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<blockquote data-quote="helium3" data-source="post: 4114026" data-attributes="member: 31301">Besides WotC own marketing, what real test of the &quot;reception&quot; of the 4E game has there really been? People point to the boards, but frankly I think we're just fanboys either way. The bigger question is what their customers want and I suspect they just don't know the answer to that question. No one should forget the example of &quot;Snakes On A Plane.&quot; If you went solely by the &quot;internet buzz&quot; you would've thought it was going to be a blockbuster. In reality, it was just another &quot;meh&quot; sort of movie. It turns out the intertubes also function as a really great echo-chamber. As much as the pro-4E faction touts the inevitability of 4E, Paizo should not be basing critical business decisions off the buzz on Enworld, the Paizo boards, the WotC boards or any other internet forum unless they have good hard evidence that their market IS those boards.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="helium3, post: 4114026, member: 31301"] Besides WotC own marketing, what real test of the "reception" of the 4E game has there really been? People point to the boards, but frankly I think we're just fanboys either way. The bigger question is what their customers want and I suspect they just don't know the answer to that question. No one should forget the example of "Snakes On A Plane." If you went solely by the "internet buzz" you would've thought it was going to be a blockbuster. In reality, it was just another "meh" sort of movie. It turns out the intertubes also function as a really great echo-chamber. As much as the pro-4E faction touts the inevitability of 4E, Paizo should not be basing critical business decisions off the buzz on Enworld, the Paizo boards, the WotC boards or any other internet forum unless they have good hard evidence that their market IS those boards. [/QUOTE]

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