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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 6263912" data-attributes="member: 177">That depends on which &quot;they&quot; you're talking about, I think.I doubt you'll find any of the developers actually want to see anyone &quot;crash and burn&quot;, for example.&nbsp; I strongly expect they all understand the concept of hybrid vigor, and how having others in the marketplace gives them fodder for their own improvement.&nbsp; I'd guess that they don't want to be the only game in town, but just want to be the biggest game in town.&nbsp; If you are the only one, then folks who aren't playing your game are more thoroughly lost from your potential market.&nbsp; If they are playing something else, they are still at least minimally engaged with the gaming community, and are then more easily brought to your products in the future.It also follows that for your own product to succeed, you don't need the competition to completely fail.&nbsp; The RPG market is not a strictly zero sum game, as the number of players is not fixed (the market can grow), and when those of us in the market choose to play a game, that choice isn't necessarily exclusive.&nbsp; In theory, 5e could become top dog, without Pathfinder losing a single sale.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 6263912, member: 177"] That depends on which "they" you're talking about, I think. I doubt you'll find any of the developers actually want to see anyone "crash and burn", for example. I strongly expect they all understand the concept of hybrid vigor, and how having others in the marketplace gives them fodder for their own improvement. I'd guess that they don't want to be the only game in town, but just want to be the biggest game in town. If you are the only one, then folks who aren't playing your game are more thoroughly lost from your potential market. If they are playing something else, they are still at least minimally engaged with the gaming community, and are then more easily brought to your products in the future. It also follows that for your own product to succeed, you don't need the competition to completely fail. The RPG market is not a strictly zero sum game, as the number of players is not fixed (the market can grow), and when those of us in the market choose to play a game, that choice isn't necessarily exclusive. In theory, 5e could become top dog, without Pathfinder losing a single sale. [/QUOTE]

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