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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 5761833" data-attributes="member: 22779">Ok, there's been more than enough pixels spent claiming that the RPG community is split by the existence of competing versions of D&amp;D.&nbsp; I'm going to take it as given that the community is split.&nbsp; How much and what percentage isn't really important.My question is, is this a bad thing?From all evidence, Pathfinder is doing very well.&nbsp; Paizo has claimed numerous times and the ICV2 data certainly points to that.&nbsp; Good for them.As I look, DDI Insider has 66615 members, up from just over 60k when I joined in September (a 10% growth in 4 months isn't bad).&nbsp; And that's just confirmed subs - the actual number could easily be in the 100 k range.&nbsp; Again, a pretty solid base for an RPG company.My question to everyone is, is the split a bad thing?&nbsp; Have we wound up with two companies making half as much money, or do we have two companies making decent profit, where before we only had one?Or to put it another way, do we have a situation where we had a sort of asexual reproduction of D&amp;D, fissioning into two entities that are now growing into full size?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 5761833, member: 22779"] Ok, there's been more than enough pixels spent claiming that the RPG community is split by the existence of competing versions of D&D. I'm going to take it as given that the community is split. How much and what percentage isn't really important. My question is, is this a bad thing? From all evidence, Pathfinder is doing very well. Paizo has claimed numerous times and the ICV2 data certainly points to that. Good for them. As I look, DDI Insider has 66615 members, up from just over 60k when I joined in September (a 10% growth in 4 months isn't bad). And that's just confirmed subs - the actual number could easily be in the 100 k range. Again, a pretty solid base for an RPG company. My question to everyone is, is the split a bad thing? Have we wound up with two companies making half as much money, or do we have two companies making decent profit, where before we only had one? Or to put it another way, do we have a situation where we had a sort of asexual reproduction of D&D, fissioning into two entities that are now growing into full size? [/QUOTE]

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