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<blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 8128932" data-attributes="member: 59082"><p>I'm in the latter half of my 40s and I approve this message. Let's be honest with ourselves: we're not the biggest demographic anymore, and probably haven't been for awhile - but especially in the 5E era.</p><p></p><p>Any future publications will seek to address this question: What does the current base want (and will buy)?</p><p></p><p>That said, I think the "settings don't sell" <em>was </em>true in the context in which it arose: the glut of the 90s-00s, which reduced setting sales in two ways: One, people spread their money around more with the sheer quantity of product available, and two, the law of diminishing returns was in full effect with setting supplements. A lot of people wanted the FRCS, but maybe not <em>Complete Guide to Some Village in Lapaliiya </em>(OK, it never got that bad, you get the point).</p><p></p><p>So the inverse would be: Settings are probably selling better now because A) there are fewer products, so a higher percentage will be purchased, and B) there are fewer fringe/specialty setting books.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mercurius, post: 8128932, member: 59082"] I'm in the latter half of my 40s and I approve this message. Let's be honest with ourselves: we're not the biggest demographic anymore, and probably haven't been for awhile - but especially in the 5E era. Any future publications will seek to address this question: What does the current base want (and will buy)? That said, I think the "settings don't sell" [I]was [/I]true in the context in which it arose: the glut of the 90s-00s, which reduced setting sales in two ways: One, people spread their money around more with the sheer quantity of product available, and two, the law of diminishing returns was in full effect with setting supplements. A lot of people wanted the FRCS, but maybe not [I]Complete Guide to Some Village in Lapaliiya [/I](OK, it never got that bad, you get the point). So the inverse would be: Settings are probably selling better now because A) there are fewer products, so a higher percentage will be purchased, and B) there are fewer fringe/specialty setting books. [/QUOTE]
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