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<blockquote data-quote="Brown Jenkin" data-source="post: 595370" data-attributes="member: 2572">Well here we can agree to disagree about the use of the mini-games. Now if you are representitive of the Poly subscriber then sure they should keep them. Now hopefully Chris Thomasson will let us know if this is the case. It seems to me that they have a very difficult job before them since there seems to be little synergy between the two mags and each has different goals and readers.The question for them is which way will they get more net subscribers. By pushing things one way or the other they are gambling that they will pick up more subscribers who like the new approach than they will lose who don't like it. If they will pick up more people like you who like the new improved Poly than they will lose to Dungeon subscribers who don't renew because they don't feel they are getting a good value then yes they made the right choice. If however they end up with a net loss then they&nbsp; lose thier bet and risk losing both mags. I would like to hear from Chris that some research was done and that this is not just some blind gamble based on what the editors think might work. No commentSure you can boost individual issue sales by including something that is popular. However any Star Wars articles will apear in the 1/3 poly issues only as the 2/3 poly issues are all Mini-game. If it becomes a regular feature that boosts sales it will be because people like the 2/3 Dungeon 1/3 Poly issues that I as a Dungeon fan prefer as well. To carry that logic further if this is what boosts sales you can further boost them by getting rid of the mini-games and focusing on articles about existing popular games. jaults answered this question quite well.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Brown Jenkin, post: 595370, member: 2572"] Well here we can agree to disagree about the use of the mini-games. Now if you are representitive of the Poly subscriber then sure they should keep them. Now hopefully Chris Thomasson will let us know if this is the case. It seems to me that they have a very difficult job before them since there seems to be little synergy between the two mags and each has different goals and readers. The question for them is which way will they get more net subscribers. By pushing things one way or the other they are gambling that they will pick up more subscribers who like the new approach than they will lose who don't like it. If they will pick up more people like you who like the new improved Poly than they will lose to Dungeon subscribers who don't renew because they don't feel they are getting a good value then yes they made the right choice. If however they end up with a net loss then they lose thier bet and risk losing both mags. I would like to hear from Chris that some research was done and that this is not just some blind gamble based on what the editors think might work. No comment Sure you can boost individual issue sales by including something that is popular. However any Star Wars articles will apear in the 1/3 poly issues only as the 2/3 poly issues are all Mini-game. If it becomes a regular feature that boosts sales it will be because people like the 2/3 Dungeon 1/3 Poly issues that I as a Dungeon fan prefer as well. To carry that logic further if this is what boosts sales you can further boost them by getting rid of the mini-games and focusing on articles about existing popular games. jaults answered this question quite well. [/QUOTE]

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