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<blockquote data-quote="Gareman" data-source="post: 6270231" data-attributes="member: 4918"><p>From a retailer perspective, here's how it usually works: Edition is met with skepticism. On release, player's from every edition come out of the woodwork to buy the new edition, to see what it's all about. Sales, by the way, are epic for us, as even 4E was delivered to my store on a pallet. For a few months, retailers get really excited about RPGs again. If the edition is good, a strong subset of customers return for more. But so we're clear, ridiculous numbers of people will buy the core book out of the gate, *especially* those who claim skepticism. We have opaque bags for them, so nobody has to know. </p><p></p><p>As an aside, not releasing this edition as a complete box set helps brick and mortar game stores tremendously, since as you may recall, Amazon sold it practically as a loss leader. And as a store owner, may I suggest you take this opportunity to pay a few dollars more at your local FLGS as an indication you would like to see RPGs not die there? As a player myself, I feel we're headed towards the chit and counter wargamer model if we can't get new blood into the game (what good stores do).</p><p></p><p>And sorry about the math, I should have used the $30 pice point instead of $35. That would put the book at $4, adjusted for inflation. The rest, publishers can tell you, is likely related to the increased cost of printing. $50 is the new gaming entry price point though, for board games, miniature games (per player), and RPGs (because Pathfinder).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gareman, post: 6270231, member: 4918"] From a retailer perspective, here's how it usually works: Edition is met with skepticism. On release, player's from every edition come out of the woodwork to buy the new edition, to see what it's all about. Sales, by the way, are epic for us, as even 4E was delivered to my store on a pallet. For a few months, retailers get really excited about RPGs again. If the edition is good, a strong subset of customers return for more. But so we're clear, ridiculous numbers of people will buy the core book out of the gate, *especially* those who claim skepticism. We have opaque bags for them, so nobody has to know. As an aside, not releasing this edition as a complete box set helps brick and mortar game stores tremendously, since as you may recall, Amazon sold it practically as a loss leader. And as a store owner, may I suggest you take this opportunity to pay a few dollars more at your local FLGS as an indication you would like to see RPGs not die there? As a player myself, I feel we're headed towards the chit and counter wargamer model if we can't get new blood into the game (what good stores do). And sorry about the math, I should have used the $30 pice point instead of $35. That would put the book at $4, adjusted for inflation. The rest, publishers can tell you, is likely related to the increased cost of printing. $50 is the new gaming entry price point though, for board games, miniature games (per player), and RPGs (because Pathfinder). [/QUOTE]
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