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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 6057809" data-attributes="member: 7006">Well, I think part of what adds to WotC's successes with D&amp;D are the parts that are outside the &quot;limited market&quot; of the RPG.&nbsp; IE the novel line, the miniatures lines, the board games, and the other D&amp;D branded material.The RPG might actually be a rather smaller part of the overall worth of the D&amp;D brand than we realize.&nbsp; So one possible advantage of releasing a new edition every five years is that it will always get press, thus keeping the brand name out in the market.&nbsp; Which then can get leveraged into the other markets that WotC tries to serve.&nbsp; The RPG might actually be &quot;advertising&quot; to a certain extent.&nbsp; And if the game itself doesn't generate a lot of revenue (either on the whole or as a percentage of the D&amp;D brand in its entirety)... then as much as it might pain us to accept... that might be all the game is at this point.Which again says that we cannot take Paizo's business model and transfer it over to WotC because their foci might be completely different.&nbsp; Who's really to say?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 6057809, member: 7006"] Well, I think part of what adds to WotC's successes with D&D are the parts that are outside the "limited market" of the RPG. IE the novel line, the miniatures lines, the board games, and the other D&D branded material. The RPG might actually be a rather smaller part of the overall worth of the D&D brand than we realize. So one possible advantage of releasing a new edition every five years is that it will always get press, thus keeping the brand name out in the market. Which then can get leveraged into the other markets that WotC tries to serve. The RPG might actually be "advertising" to a certain extent. And if the game itself doesn't generate a lot of revenue (either on the whole or as a percentage of the D&D brand in its entirety)... then as much as it might pain us to accept... that might be all the game is at this point. Which again says that we cannot take Paizo's business model and transfer it over to WotC because their foci might be completely different. Who's really to say? [/QUOTE]

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