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<blockquote data-quote="Rygar" data-source="post: 6333850" data-attributes="member: 6756765">@OPTechnically,&nbsp; 3rd edition has lasted 14 years and currently leads the market.&nbsp; Pathfinder is to 3.5 what 3.5 was to 3.0,&nbsp; it's the same game with a different name on the book.I'm afraid I have to disagree with you on a number of points.First,&nbsp; the publishing industry isn't in a sea of change from digital content.&nbsp; In fact,&nbsp; digital content is proving to be a niche product.&nbsp; Pretty much every magazine that went digital instead of print has died off,&nbsp; especially in the gaming sector.&nbsp; E-books plateaued in 2013 and hardcovers showed growth.&nbsp; While there is certainly a niche that loves the product,&nbsp; it is far from ubiquitous,&nbsp; and currently isn't showing any signs of becoming ubiquitous.&nbsp; Second,&nbsp; your piracy arguement is the same one that video game publishers,&nbsp; the RIAA,&nbsp; and the MPAA had been using.&nbsp; What actually has happened is that people still pay for product in significant numbers.&nbsp; Again in fact,&nbsp; the PC industry is doing so well in revenue it is making more than all three consoles platforms combined. IIRC CD Project Red announced that their sales increased after they removed DRM from one of their games (Witcher 2 IIRC).&nbsp; Piracy is negligible.The problems you're listing don't exist,&nbsp; 4th edition's issues were the result of the reception of 4th edition,&nbsp; not piracy,&nbsp; not DDI.&nbsp; No other industry has an issue at present,&nbsp; so I fail to see why this is an insurmountable problem when the PC Industry has eclipsed all of the consoles combined,&nbsp; the music industry is making great revenue via Itunes,&nbsp; and Hollywood is seeing numerous movies making so much money in the theaters that they're breaking record after record,&nbsp; all despite piracy.&nbsp; The issues WOTC needs to solve right now is how they're going to reclaim all of the people they lost to OSR and Pathfinder.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rygar, post: 6333850, member: 6756765"] @OP Technically, 3rd edition has lasted 14 years and currently leads the market. Pathfinder is to 3.5 what 3.5 was to 3.0, it's the same game with a different name on the book. I'm afraid I have to disagree with you on a number of points. First, the publishing industry isn't in a sea of change from digital content. In fact, digital content is proving to be a niche product. Pretty much every magazine that went digital instead of print has died off, especially in the gaming sector. E-books plateaued in 2013 and hardcovers showed growth. While there is certainly a niche that loves the product, it is far from ubiquitous, and currently isn't showing any signs of becoming ubiquitous. Second, your piracy arguement is the same one that video game publishers, the RIAA, and the MPAA had been using. What actually has happened is that people still pay for product in significant numbers. Again in fact, the PC industry is doing so well in revenue it is making more than all three consoles platforms combined. IIRC CD Project Red announced that their sales [i]increased[/i] after they removed DRM from one of their games (Witcher 2 IIRC). Piracy is negligible. The problems you're listing don't exist, 4th edition's issues were the result of the reception of 4th edition, not piracy, not DDI. No other industry has an issue at present, so I fail to see why this is an insurmountable problem when the PC Industry has eclipsed all of the consoles combined, the music industry is making great revenue via Itunes, and Hollywood is seeing numerous movies making so much money in the theaters that they're breaking record after record, all despite piracy. The issues WOTC needs to solve right now is how they're going to reclaim all of the people they lost to OSR and Pathfinder. [/QUOTE]

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