dmccoy1693
Adventurer
Forget all polls, this is the real measure. Same is true for me. I bought 1 book out of my whole collection of WotC books at full price. The rest I got from Ebay, more then half of which were after the 4E announcement once the price dropped.
Paizo, I subscribe to the Adventure Path and Settings books. And I don't even think twice about the money I spend. Its worht it.
If that's the real measure then let's look at WoTC sales vs. Paizo sales. WoTC wins!
Umm, no. Its the VALUE of the books. I do not consider most of WotC books worth more then $10 and waited until I could buy them on Ebay for that price. Paizo on the other hand, I buy direct from Paizo before reading a single review and even before they hit store shelves. Why? Because that's how much Paizo books are worth.
And if you want to compare sales, compare future sales. Look at where the collectors, the hardcore games, the "alphas" if you will, are going. Those 20% of customers comprise 80% of the a company's sales. They're going to Paizo. A stock analyst that I respect once said, "If you want to know a company's current health, look at their sales, their earning and other similar indicators; if you want to know a company's future heath, look at their customer service. Because you can only piss off your customers for so long before they go elsewhere." Wizards lost me and others.
EDIT: Besides remember what a juggernaut Microsoft use to be. They've now been beaten by what was once a little upstart called Google.
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