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<blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 4428144" data-attributes="member: 158">I'd really love to know how it's harmed sales. 4e sales seem quite brisk locally here in South Carolina, and the number of people who know about Pathfinder versus the number of people who know about 4e D&amp;D is likely on the order of a 1 to 100 ratio. (About 25,000 downloads versus... what, an active 2 to 4 million base who plays D&amp;D at least once a month?)Paizo will survive and thrive on the &quot;long tail.&quot;WotC, no matter WHAT it says, does, or tries, WILL NOT GET THE SALES from the &quot;Long Tail,&quot; by definition.Therefore, they're not direct competition with one another. I don't think either Paizo OR WotC thinks they're direct competition. Obviously, SOMEBODY at WotC does, or the GSL wouldn't be as restrictive as it originally turned out. But most of the people who know the little close-knit RPG industry pretty well know the truth of the issue.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Henry, post: 4428144, member: 158"] I'd really love to know how it's harmed sales. 4e sales seem quite brisk locally here in South Carolina, and the number of people who know about Pathfinder versus the number of people who know about 4e D&D is likely on the order of a 1 to 100 ratio. (About 25,000 downloads versus... what, an active 2 to 4 million base who plays D&D at least once a month?) Paizo will survive and thrive on the "long tail." WotC, no matter WHAT it says, does, or tries, WILL NOT GET THE SALES from the "Long Tail," by definition. Therefore, they're not direct competition with one another. I don't think either Paizo OR WotC thinks they're direct competition. Obviously, SOMEBODY at WotC does, or the GSL wouldn't be as restrictive as it originally turned out. But most of the people who know the little close-knit RPG industry pretty well know the truth of the issue. [/QUOTE]

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