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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 7950777" data-attributes="member: 22779"><p>Let's put it another way.</p><p></p><p>I believe that gamers have always, generally, played campaigns that last 12-18 months. Are there those with longer campaigns? Absolutely. I totally know that's true. However, on average, most home games have a half life of about a year to two years.</p><p></p><p>As evidence of that, I present the following:</p><p></p><p>1. WotC market research found that this was true for gamers who were under 35. </p><p>2. Every single poll I've ever seen on every single gaming website for the past twenty years mirrors this same result - you have a huge number spiking at about 18 months, and then a pretty long tail stretching into the years longer. </p><p>3. Multiple Dragon Magazine polls over the years pegged their readership at around 20 years old. Give or take. Again, this mirrors both the WotC market research and every other poll I've ever seen. Meaning that the older crowd just isn't spending the money on the hobby.</p><p>4. Convention crowds - again, this is more anecdotal, but, convention crowds are overwhelmingly in their 20's - although that has been greying more and more as time has gone on. In 1995, seeing a 50 year old gamer at a convention was pretty uncommon.</p><p></p><p>So, now, the counter contention is that there is this rather large population of gamers out there, enough that they tip the balances of the averages, that play these multi-year, extended campaigns. Ok, fair enough. Where are they? What evidence is there that they exist in any significant numbers? Is there just this really big group of silent gamers that never come online, never participate in the larger hobby? </p><p></p><p>In other words, why do you believe that there are large numbers of these multi-year campaigns going on out there?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 7950777, member: 22779"] Let's put it another way. I believe that gamers have always, generally, played campaigns that last 12-18 months. Are there those with longer campaigns? Absolutely. I totally know that's true. However, on average, most home games have a half life of about a year to two years. As evidence of that, I present the following: 1. WotC market research found that this was true for gamers who were under 35. 2. Every single poll I've ever seen on every single gaming website for the past twenty years mirrors this same result - you have a huge number spiking at about 18 months, and then a pretty long tail stretching into the years longer. 3. Multiple Dragon Magazine polls over the years pegged their readership at around 20 years old. Give or take. Again, this mirrors both the WotC market research and every other poll I've ever seen. Meaning that the older crowd just isn't spending the money on the hobby. 4. Convention crowds - again, this is more anecdotal, but, convention crowds are overwhelmingly in their 20's - although that has been greying more and more as time has gone on. In 1995, seeing a 50 year old gamer at a convention was pretty uncommon. So, now, the counter contention is that there is this rather large population of gamers out there, enough that they tip the balances of the averages, that play these multi-year, extended campaigns. Ok, fair enough. Where are they? What evidence is there that they exist in any significant numbers? Is there just this really big group of silent gamers that never come online, never participate in the larger hobby? In other words, why do you believe that there are large numbers of these multi-year campaigns going on out there? [/QUOTE]
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