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<blockquote data-quote="kunadam" data-source="post: 8921844" data-attributes="member: 57610"><p>My feeling is that they don't know anything about their products, costumer and where they should/could go. Digital has become a buzzword, and everyone would like to jump in as there is nearly zero material investment and a lot of returns. If it is done right. But designing and publishing video games is an entirely different beast than RPGs and tabletop games.</p><p></p><p>The resurgence of RPGs and tabletop games came (IMHO) because (1) geeks have more cash now so they can pay for their pastime; (2) and they want to do stuff in person with their friends. Many of them spend all their working hours in front of a computer, and then they probably do some gaming online, but they also want to have some social activity. Furthermore, parents are not that fond of their kids just playing videogames. Nor when I was a kid, nor not as I'm a parent. I would much prefer them to play tabletops, and as a family we do play boardgames.</p><p>Add to this, that the #1 boardgame for a long time is Gloomhaven. Which is for all intent and purpose a DMless dungeoncrawl. Which for me signals that there is a market for such games. Include some minis and one can cash in some real money (look at CMON games...) Why not go into this direction and not toward digital?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kunadam, post: 8921844, member: 57610"] My feeling is that they don't know anything about their products, costumer and where they should/could go. Digital has become a buzzword, and everyone would like to jump in as there is nearly zero material investment and a lot of returns. If it is done right. But designing and publishing video games is an entirely different beast than RPGs and tabletop games. The resurgence of RPGs and tabletop games came (IMHO) because (1) geeks have more cash now so they can pay for their pastime; (2) and they want to do stuff in person with their friends. Many of them spend all their working hours in front of a computer, and then they probably do some gaming online, but they also want to have some social activity. Furthermore, parents are not that fond of their kids just playing videogames. Nor when I was a kid, nor not as I'm a parent. I would much prefer them to play tabletops, and as a family we do play boardgames. Add to this, that the #1 boardgame for a long time is Gloomhaven. Which is for all intent and purpose a DMless dungeoncrawl. Which for me signals that there is a market for such games. Include some minis and one can cash in some real money (look at CMON games...) Why not go into this direction and not toward digital? [/QUOTE]
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