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<blockquote data-quote="Cadfan" data-source="post: 4427767" data-attributes="member: 40961">The real problem for Pathfinder, from a marketing perspective, is the question of who its trying to appeal to.The people who tend to go for &quot;official D&amp;D&quot; already go for 4e, and 4e has already presented a coherent ruleset for those who want lots of changes.People who didn't like 4e because they didn't really want change aren't going to be that enthusiastic about a new game.&nbsp; Winning them over will be tough when 3e is still so fresh.&nbsp; Plus, a lot of them weren't the types who buy lots of new material anyways.People who want change but who don't like the changes that 4e made tend to be people who are relatively specific about what they want changed.&nbsp; And unfortunately lots of them disagree with each other about what changes actually matter.&nbsp; Some of these disagreements are quite... volatile.They've got some customers under their belt- the Paizo loyalists.Disclaimer: I've got no idea what this means for Paizo as a company because I have no idea how many people fall into any of these categories.&nbsp; I'm not forecasting doom.&nbsp; Maybe there's enough Paizo loyalists that they don't even need new customers.&nbsp; I've honestly got no clue.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cadfan, post: 4427767, member: 40961"] The real problem for Pathfinder, from a marketing perspective, is the question of who its trying to appeal to. The people who tend to go for "official D&D" already go for 4e, and 4e has already presented a coherent ruleset for those who want lots of changes. People who didn't like 4e because they didn't really want change aren't going to be that enthusiastic about a new game. Winning them over will be tough when 3e is still so fresh. Plus, a lot of them weren't the types who buy lots of new material anyways. People who want change but who don't like the changes that 4e made tend to be people who are relatively specific about what they want changed. And unfortunately lots of them disagree with each other about what changes actually matter. Some of these disagreements are quite... volatile. They've got some customers under their belt- the Paizo loyalists. Disclaimer: I've got no idea what this means for Paizo as a company because I have no idea how many people fall into any of these categories. I'm not forecasting doom. Maybe there's enough Paizo loyalists that they don't even need new customers. I've honestly got no clue. [/QUOTE]

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