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<blockquote data-quote="Orcus" data-source="post: 95203" data-attributes="member: 1254">d20 is going like gangbusters, in my opinion. As Monte says, if d20 were one company, it would be huge. The problem is that there are more shards of the one company now so individual publishers may see smaller total sales. That is true for Necromancer as well (though our numbers FAR exceed those quoted in the first post both pre and post &quot;glut&quot;).Here is the stinger (which may be the reason people say d20 is hurting): a small distribution d20 company that previously sold 4000 copies of a product now sells 1500 to 2000. That is a big marginal shift. You may go from making a profit to not making a profit in many instances. And if you made business expenditures and decisions based on continuing to sell 4000 units then that company might be in trouble...I do agree that this may not be the best time for a new d20 company with small distribution to launch.Clark</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Orcus, post: 95203, member: 1254"] d20 is going like gangbusters, in my opinion. As Monte says, if d20 were one company, it would be huge. The problem is that there are more shards of the one company now so individual publishers may see smaller total sales. That is true for Necromancer as well (though our numbers FAR exceed those quoted in the first post both pre and post "glut"). Here is the stinger (which may be the reason people say d20 is hurting): a small distribution d20 company that previously sold 4000 copies of a product now sells 1500 to 2000. That is a big marginal shift. You may go from making a profit to not making a profit in many instances. And if you made business expenditures and decisions based on continuing to sell 4000 units then that company might be in trouble... I do agree that this may not be the best time for a new d20 company with small distribution to launch. Clark [/QUOTE]

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