SteveC said:
I must regretfully agree with this. I like the people who are behind marketing the new edition, but I can only think of a worse way to do this with a lot of work. Game design skills aren't the same as marketing skills, and it looks like 4E is being marketed by gamers. That isn't intended as a slam on anyone involved by the way ... it's more of a complement on the personality of a typical gamer.
While I was watching Metalocalypse a couple weeks ago, I saw a commercial for the new series of Magic cards. An actual TV spot. It was reasonably well done. The release of a new edition of D&D deserves at least as much attention.
--Steve
Aaaaarrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggghhhhhhhhh!
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 ,9, 10
OK, I think I can type now.
Criticizing the marketing of a 4e, on a message board dedicated to 4e, with 15 pages of posts (some with over 15,000 views), with 10s of thousands of participants, most of whom are talking favorably about a product that is not even out, is laughable.
There are actual marketing professionals behind this (like myself) and we have not even made a dent in the very large budget for advertising, public relations, and promotions yet.
It is the end of January, the big product release is in June, marketing will really kick in in March/April and will run for months.
end rant