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<blockquote data-quote="BraveSirRobin" data-source="post: 4369659" data-attributes="member: 3590">From what Erik said Paizo is doing great.&nbsp; That has nothing to do with my point abou overall market size.&nbsp; The question is what system is more appealing to a third party publisher.&nbsp; The system that holds 80% of the RPG market (which people think won't have much 3pp competition) or the system that holds 20% of the RPG market (which apparently is going to become fairly croweded with 3pp competition)?&nbsp; Of OGL crowd Paizo seems to be jumping to an early lead, but what about the other guys?&nbsp; The OGL is a smaller pie and alot of seats around the table.&nbsp; Is that better or worse then the bigger pie with the one big fat guy accross the table?&nbsp; Who knows, we will see.&nbsp; &nbsp;Do you think WOTC sales are up or down from last year?&nbsp; I have a hard time seeing a significant share of the market going exclusively OGL.&nbsp; I think the type of people that have traditionally gone with 3pp are the types that play a wide array of products.&nbsp; Some may go exclusive but I think most will continue to buy WOTC product.&nbsp; 20% of the market continuing to play OGL doesn't necessariy mean that WOTC looses 20% of the market.&nbsp; I think WOTC's plan is horizontal and verticle marketing.&nbsp; They want to expand to new players and also sell deeper with a more varied array of product like the DDI.&nbsp; Will they be able to pull it off?&nbsp; Maybe, maybe not.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BraveSirRobin, post: 4369659, member: 3590"] From what Erik said Paizo is doing great. That has nothing to do with my point abou overall market size. The question is what system is more appealing to a third party publisher. The system that holds 80% of the RPG market (which people think won't have much 3pp competition) or the system that holds 20% of the RPG market (which apparently is going to become fairly croweded with 3pp competition)? Of OGL crowd Paizo seems to be jumping to an early lead, but what about the other guys? The OGL is a smaller pie and alot of seats around the table. Is that better or worse then the bigger pie with the one big fat guy accross the table? Who knows, we will see. Do you think WOTC sales are up or down from last year? I have a hard time seeing a significant share of the market going exclusively OGL. I think the type of people that have traditionally gone with 3pp are the types that play a wide array of products. Some may go exclusive but I think most will continue to buy WOTC product. 20% of the market continuing to play OGL doesn't necessariy mean that WOTC looses 20% of the market. I think WOTC's plan is horizontal and verticle marketing. They want to expand to new players and also sell deeper with a more varied array of product like the DDI. Will they be able to pull it off? Maybe, maybe not. [/QUOTE]

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