Re: Re: Re: Re: In defense of Open Gaming
Well, your assertionsactually strengthen my point, rather than weaken it
However, I should ask - where do your assertions come from? Do you have actual data, or are you making a personal estimation?
Without search, I cannot easily find the attribution, but I'm fairly certain that Mr. Dancey (or someone like him, in that they were in a position to know) has mentioned more than once on these boards that the 3E core books have passed the million mark in sales. I admit that this is hearsay until someone finds a quote.
Note that I did not say that any particular game sold over 100,000. I said that I suspect that 3rd party products aren't likely to fly unless the game sells more than that. If we are both correct, then very few games would gain noticible benefit from using an open license.
JohnNephew said:(I don't know that this has any impact on your point, just that the numbers you're tossing out need to be adjusted by a rough order of magnitude. I'm not sure if the 3EPHB has broken the million mark in sales, for instance.)
Well, your assertionsactually strengthen my point, rather than weaken it

However, I should ask - where do your assertions come from? Do you have actual data, or are you making a personal estimation?
Without search, I cannot easily find the attribution, but I'm fairly certain that Mr. Dancey (or someone like him, in that they were in a position to know) has mentioned more than once on these boards that the 3E core books have passed the million mark in sales. I admit that this is hearsay until someone finds a quote.
Note that I did not say that any particular game sold over 100,000. I said that I suspect that 3rd party products aren't likely to fly unless the game sells more than that. If we are both correct, then very few games would gain noticible benefit from using an open license.