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<blockquote data-quote="Darrin Drader" data-source="post: 4427075" data-attributes="member: 7394">While that's a possibility, I don't think it's overly likely. I agree that Pathfinder is in a position to pick up a lot of customers over the coming years, but in order for them to hit the kind of critical mass where they would be in direct competition with WotC, they would have to first overcome their largest challenge, which is making the average gamer aware of their existence.Anecdotal evidence is crap, and I know that, so take this with a grain of salt, but the biggest thing that Pathfinder had going against it at the convention I attended a couple weeks ago was that almost nobody I talked to knew who Paizo was or what Pathfinder was. They were clueless when it came to True20 and most other brands that we take for granted as well. Joe average gamer associates D&amp;D with roleplaying. That's going to take a lot of marketing and a lot of word of mouth advertising to get over.Now you go to the larger conventions like Gen Con and there will be greater awareness because all the companies hit those cons, but get to the smaller areas and the awareness drops like a rock.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Darrin Drader, post: 4427075, member: 7394"] While that's a possibility, I don't think it's overly likely. I agree that Pathfinder is in a position to pick up a lot of customers over the coming years, but in order for them to hit the kind of critical mass where they would be in direct competition with WotC, they would have to first overcome their largest challenge, which is making the average gamer aware of their existence. Anecdotal evidence is crap, and I know that, so take this with a grain of salt, but the biggest thing that Pathfinder had going against it at the convention I attended a couple weeks ago was that almost nobody I talked to knew who Paizo was or what Pathfinder was. They were clueless when it came to True20 and most other brands that we take for granted as well. Joe average gamer associates D&D with roleplaying. That's going to take a lot of marketing and a lot of word of mouth advertising to get over. Now you go to the larger conventions like Gen Con and there will be greater awareness because all the companies hit those cons, but get to the smaller areas and the awareness drops like a rock. [/QUOTE]

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