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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 9155698" data-attributes="member: 22779">PHew.&nbsp; That took a while to wade through.Just a question.How is 3-5 pretty meaty books - as in 2-300 pages each, hard cover, full art, plus all the extras like web articles and whatnot count as a &quot;slow&quot; release?&nbsp; I mean, sure, it's slower than other editions but, we all pretty much agree that those were too fast.How much faster do they need to be?&nbsp; If they bang out 6 books a year, say, then that's a book every two months.&nbsp; There's zero chance that any group will use that much material that fast.&nbsp; So, every year, there's just more glut of back catalogue.&nbsp; Paizo gets away with it because Paizo is a subscription based model - their bread and butter is from that subscriber who is getting a metric ton of material every year.WotC is not using that model.&nbsp; They are basing it on the idea that every group will use almost every book.&nbsp; No book left behind.And it works.&nbsp; That's the kicker.&nbsp; It's worked unbelievably well.&nbsp; I dunno about you, but, I've played five or six of the 5e Adventure paths.&nbsp; And my players have played those and more.&nbsp; There are modules that are years old that are STILL selling.&nbsp; That's unheard of in the past.&nbsp; A five year old (or almost ten year old in some cases) that are still selling?&nbsp; And selling well?&nbsp; I think people are ignoring the fact that WotC isn't interested in selling one book.&nbsp; They want to sell you all the books.&nbsp; Which they can't do if they start banging out large numbers of books.People have said there's a big difference between the 5e release schedule and previous editions.&nbsp; Thing is, no there actually isn't.&nbsp; Even 4e's ludicrous schedule was still only 12 books a year.&nbsp; That's it.&nbsp; The difference between &quot;really slow&quot; and &quot;too fast&quot; is like 2 books a year.&nbsp; New book every other month?&nbsp; That's too fast.&nbsp; Sales of one book cannibalize the sales of another.&nbsp; So, realistically, 5/year is about as fast as it's likely going to be for the foreseeable future.Which WotC has been pretty darn clear that that's what they're going to do.&nbsp; And they've stuck to it, to their credit.&nbsp; Instead of milking the fandom as hard and fast as possible, they actually seem to be interested in a long term sales strategy.&nbsp; And good for them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 9155698, member: 22779"] PHew. That took a while to wade through. Just a question. How is 3-5 pretty meaty books - as in 2-300 pages each, hard cover, full art, plus all the extras like web articles and whatnot count as a "slow" release? I mean, sure, it's slower than other editions but, we all pretty much agree that those were too fast. How much faster do they need to be? If they bang out 6 books a year, say, then that's a book every two months. There's zero chance that any group will use that much material that fast. So, every year, there's just more glut of back catalogue. Paizo gets away with it because Paizo is a subscription based model - their bread and butter is from that subscriber who is getting a metric ton of material every year. WotC is not using that model. They are basing it on the idea that every group will use almost every book. No book left behind. And it works. That's the kicker. It's worked unbelievably well. I dunno about you, but, I've played five or six of the 5e Adventure paths. And my players have played those and more. There are modules that are years old that are STILL selling. That's unheard of in the past. A five year old (or almost ten year old in some cases) that are still selling? And selling well? I think people are ignoring the fact that WotC isn't interested in selling one book. They want to sell you all the books. Which they can't do if they start banging out large numbers of books. People have said there's a big difference between the 5e release schedule and previous editions. Thing is, no there actually isn't. Even 4e's ludicrous schedule was still only 12 books a year. That's it. The difference between "really slow" and "too fast" is like 2 books a year. New book every other month? That's too fast. Sales of one book cannibalize the sales of another. So, realistically, 5/year is about as fast as it's likely going to be for the foreseeable future. Which WotC has been pretty darn clear that that's what they're going to do. And they've stuck to it, to their credit. Instead of milking the fandom as hard and fast as possible, they actually seem to be interested in a long term sales strategy. And good for them. [/QUOTE]

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