Repositioning the "Wizards Presents:" books
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The Little Raven
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Ry
Explorer
What gets me worried is that WotC is paying attention to the negative feedback online. Online gamers aren't a representative sample, and the online gamers who choose to make noise about something are a very, very skewed sample.
That said, I think the criticisms about the product being equivalent to paying for a movie trailer are very apt - so I have no problem if WotC wants to listen to that argument. I just don't want them making decisions based on who's shouting louder about something no one has seen.
That said, I think the criticisms about the product being equivalent to paying for a movie trailer are very apt - so I have no problem if WotC wants to listen to that argument. I just don't want them making decisions based on who's shouting louder about something no one has seen.
Nifft
Penguin Herder
If online "buzz" didn't help move product, you'd have more of a point. They're not advertising just to us -- but the fact that we make noise means our opinions may disproportionately color sales.Ryan Stoughton said:
"I've heard good things about..." goes a long way.
Cheers, -- N
w_earle_wheeler
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Ryan Stoughton said:
The Digital Initiative is all about online gamers. It makes sense that WotC would listen to them if that's who they want to get $10 a month from.
Ry
Explorer
I'm not saying they shouldn't consider it at all, but these things seem flash in the pan to me - I mean I see enough negativity and fighting online about 4e in general that I can't imagine how WotC can take these into account.
As another example: Remember (was it a year ago?) when you couldn't read a post in General that wasn't about gnomes? Gnome love was all over the place, arguments about gnomes, and so on. That's the kind of timeline that this negativity is happening on - and if WotC changed its plans based on that kind of short term burst of a skewed sample, it'd be in trouble.
As another example: Remember (was it a year ago?) when you couldn't read a post in General that wasn't about gnomes? Gnome love was all over the place, arguments about gnomes, and so on. That's the kind of timeline that this negativity is happening on - and if WotC changed its plans based on that kind of short term burst of a skewed sample, it'd be in trouble.
Nifft
Penguin Herder
I very much do. I used to like gnomes... :\Ryan Stoughton said:
Anyway, I see WotC reacting to some things, and not to others, so I think they're using some judgment -- whether it's good or bad is up for interpretation, of course -- but at least they're not governing purely by poll numbers.
Cheers, -- N
Jefe Bergenstein
Legend
Nifft said:
Whaaaa? That WAS a good movie (well, if you like horror comedies). I'd rank it up there with Dead Alive.
Mercule
Adventurer
If the preview books had a code that'd discount my subscription to DDI, I'd seriously consider picking them up. That would answer the "enduring value" portion of my concerns with the preview books.
Heck, put some additional content (some sort of crunch) up for the "nominal fee" that we're all curious about for other books. It might be a bigger incentive to see how that was going to work.
Heck, put some additional content (some sort of crunch) up for the "nominal fee" that we're all curious about for other books. It might be a bigger incentive to see how that was going to work.
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