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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 6195458" data-attributes="member: 22779">But, is this actually true?&nbsp; The 4e PHB outsold any other PHB since 1e.&nbsp; Unless WOTC was flat out lying about that.&nbsp; The game is profitable enough that it has allowed WOTC to take a 2 year hiatus from publishing any new material while they develop 5e, which is unprecedented for any gaming company.Put it this way.&nbsp; Do you think Paizo could close up publishing today, not produce a single new product for two years, and develop Pathfinder 2.0?&nbsp; Do you believe that Pathfinder is that strong?I honestly wonder if 4e isn't the mostly evergreen product that they said it would be.&nbsp; Sure, Pathfinder might be outselling in brick and mortar stores.&nbsp; But, who cares?&nbsp; It's not like WOTC is selling anything in that venue currently anyway.&nbsp; And, let's not forget, 4e is still outselling everything else on the market, even without publishing a single new product for over a year now.&nbsp; That's some pretty decent inertia built up right there.I think the presumption that Paizo, because it's selling better in brick and mortar stores, is automatically the dominant game, is just that - a presumption.&nbsp; Which makes it very difficult to use as a basis for any analysis.&nbsp; It just ignores so much.&nbsp; D&amp;D, according to Ryan Dancy, is a 30 million dollars a year industry.&nbsp; It's easily possible that the DDI alone can account for 25-30% of that.&nbsp; Not a bad deal for something that is costing peanuts to keep running.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 6195458, member: 22779"] But, is this actually true? The 4e PHB outsold any other PHB since 1e. Unless WOTC was flat out lying about that. The game is profitable enough that it has allowed WOTC to take a 2 year hiatus from publishing any new material while they develop 5e, which is unprecedented for any gaming company. Put it this way. Do you think Paizo could close up publishing today, not produce a single new product for two years, and develop Pathfinder 2.0? Do you believe that Pathfinder is that strong? I honestly wonder if 4e isn't the mostly evergreen product that they said it would be. Sure, Pathfinder might be outselling in brick and mortar stores. But, who cares? It's not like WOTC is selling anything in that venue currently anyway. And, let's not forget, 4e is still outselling everything else on the market, even without publishing a single new product for over a year now. That's some pretty decent inertia built up right there. I think the presumption that Paizo, because it's selling better in brick and mortar stores, is automatically the dominant game, is just that - a presumption. Which makes it very difficult to use as a basis for any analysis. It just ignores so much. D&D, according to Ryan Dancy, is a 30 million dollars a year industry. It's easily possible that the DDI alone can account for 25-30% of that. Not a bad deal for something that is costing peanuts to keep running. [/QUOTE]

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