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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 7882112" data-attributes="member: 177">Sorry, but if you don't know how many of them there are, you can't really say if serving them would be profitable.Given how strong the homebrewing tradition is among RPG players, describing it as &quot;in the garage&quot; seems... undeservedly dismissive.Upon what do you base that assertion?&nbsp; I mean, you may be correct.&nbsp; With the PHB selling in the top 30 books, that makes us wonder who is buying them all... if they are mostly new players... well, the more new players there are, the less the old players are relevant to the business equation, I'm afraid.I will agree that the D&amp;D Beyond data is not reliably representative - it is a self-selected population.However, &quot;Your data is not representative&quot; is not equivalent to, &quot;therefore, my assertions are correct.&quot;&nbsp; You need representative data as much as they do to make assertions.We all would.&nbsp; But you do realize that they do not owe us that data, yes?Paizo &quot;used to do that sort of thing&quot;?&nbsp; As in, they no longer do?&nbsp; Interesting. If Paizo were still doing it, you'd be supporting your argument that there's significant money on the table.&nbsp; By apparently reminding us that they don't do this... that suggests that it wasn't great business for Paizo, doesn't it?&nbsp; This does not seem to support your argument very well.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 7882112, member: 177"] Sorry, but if you don't know how many of them there are, you can't really say if serving them would be profitable. Given how strong the homebrewing tradition is among RPG players, describing it as "in the garage" seems... undeservedly dismissive. Upon what do you base that assertion? I mean, you may be correct. With the PHB selling in the top 30 books, that makes us wonder who is buying them all... if they are mostly new players... well, the more new players there are, the less the old players are relevant to the business equation, I'm afraid. I will agree that the D&D Beyond data is not reliably representative - it is a self-selected population. However, "Your data is not representative" is not equivalent to, "therefore, my assertions are correct." You need representative data as much as they do to make assertions. We all would. But you do realize that they do not [I]owe[/I] us that data, yes? Paizo "used to do that sort of thing"? As in, they no longer do? Interesting. If Paizo were [I]still[/I] doing it, you'd be supporting your argument that there's significant money on the table. By apparently reminding us that they don't do this... that suggests that it wasn't great business for Paizo, doesn't it? This does not seem to support your argument very well. [/QUOTE]

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