Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dr. Halflight" data-source="post: 4114590" data-attributes="member: 56236">First, keep in mind I'm not being snarky, but Paizo isn't a "biggie".  There is no other company in the RPG industry close to being as big ast WotC.  White Wolf is bigger than Paizo.  I'm glad that Paizo's current business model of using subscriptions is working for them, but it will be interesting when the 4E groups stop needing those subscriptions.Second, I wonder how a company can be upset that WotC is "abandoning" a ruleset, but think they can sell us a "houseruled" version 18 months from now.  Why buy it?  We already have the rules.  How can this be smart?  I do like the open playtest, but they need to realize that Mongoose did this with Traveller this year & tried it with RuneQuest.  Third, WotC doesn't need anyone else to come on board, their sales are that strong.  But they have Goodman & in my stores Goodman outsells Paizo (I'll admit I don't know how many of my customers subscribe to Paizo or Goodman).I do wish them luck, but I think they are going to regret their decision.  They have stones though.  I really doubt that their message board will get any more civil though.</blockquote>