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<blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 4571706" data-attributes="member: 22424">While the best selling game may well not be the game with the best rules, sales remain important, especially in the current economy. When times are tough, companies are always going to be much more mercenary in the investments they make. If something isn't showing the expected results, it will get cut far more readily than would be the case when times are good.And, unfortunately, something like D&amp;D is going to suffer on both sides of the equation: as a leisure purchase, it's almost certainly going to see reduced sales as people cut back (particularly for supplemental books, which aren't needed for play), while at the same time WotC (and/or Hasbro) will be under pressure to keep sales up, or even increase them.And if the sales don't stay up? Well, that might mean the loss of the lowest-selling items from the schedule going forward (i.e. no more adventures), or it might mean a reduction in production costs (lower quality paper, lower page count, and increased costs to go with it), or it might mean significant layoffs, or simply the cancellation of the line.I'm no fan of 4e, but right now I really hope that sales are good, and especially that the D&amp;D Insider is doing well.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="delericho, post: 4571706, member: 22424"] While the best selling game may well not be the game with the best rules, sales remain important, especially in the current economy. When times are tough, companies are always going to be much more mercenary in the investments they make. If something isn't showing the expected results, it will get cut far more readily than would be the case when times are good. And, unfortunately, something like D&D is going to suffer on both sides of the equation: as a leisure purchase, it's almost certainly going to see reduced sales as people cut back (particularly for supplemental books, which aren't needed for play), while at the same time WotC (and/or Hasbro) will be under pressure to keep sales up, or even increase them. And if the sales don't stay up? Well, that might mean the loss of the lowest-selling items from the schedule going forward (i.e. no more adventures), or it might mean a reduction in production costs (lower quality paper, lower page count, and increased costs to go with it), or it might mean significant layoffs, or simply the cancellation of the line. I'm no fan of 4e, but right now I really hope that sales are good, and especially that the D&D Insider is doing well. [/QUOTE]

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