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<blockquote data-quote="Ace" data-source="post: 4747494" data-attributes="member: 944"><p><strong>my pot from over there</strong></p><p></p><p>Now as to the WOTC thing. The suits weren't too smart. It makes WOTC look like the RIAA and organization 1st up against the wall -- you know the rest. It will stop people from putting up watermarked PDF's on Scribd or something but so what? OCR software is everywhere</p><p></p><p>As for the sales drops -- 6 reasons</p><p></p><p>#1 and the big one</p><p></p><p> The US and most of the world are in a depression. A lot of the main market is broker than usual. The unemployment rate among young people, 4e's main market is scary.Even those with jobs are cutting back.</p><p></p><p>The rest in no particular order </p><p></p><p>#2 A good chunk of the market is fragmented. Sure people play 4e but lots still play 3x, 2x, and older editions and have no intention of "upgrading" . I suspect more than a few 4e players have gone rero-clone too</p><p></p><p>#3 Yes piracy, kinda. Books are functionally free now Most marginal buyers don't need to buy. In the past they'd bum a buddies book and if it really clicked might buy it. Now the download it and unless they use it all the time there is no reason to buy</p><p></p><p>#4 Smaller Market. Its not a lazy Saturday in 1981, There are a lot more things to do now. Tons of choices that didn't exist then, many of whom provide the sam experience as mediocre gaming. Poeple play TTRPG's because they want to play TTRPG's not because they are bored and have nothing better to do. Even when they want to game they can play all sorts of things free and legal. The Runequest and Traveller and D20 SRD's are enough for hundreds of hours of gaming. Throw in free stuff like Pathfinder and the OGL wiki and you'd never need buy a book.</p><p></p><p> #5 Its not that much fun for some people. This is entirely subjective and you can love it and be right and I can dislike it and be right but I suspect many gamers see little value in the 4e rules set.The fluff is great but the game is well its -- heck I'll say it. Its a mini wargame with RPG elements. OK I know that 1e was too but it was all we had (till I switched to Runequest) Compared to 3x (especially my modestly houseruled version) 4e is a strait jacket</p><p></p><p>#6 Saturation. Lots of people bought tons of 3e and are full up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ace, post: 4747494, member: 944"] [b]my pot from over there[/b] Now as to the WOTC thing. The suits weren't too smart. It makes WOTC look like the RIAA and organization 1st up against the wall -- you know the rest. It will stop people from putting up watermarked PDF's on Scribd or something but so what? OCR software is everywhere As for the sales drops -- 6 reasons #1 and the big one The US and most of the world are in a depression. A lot of the main market is broker than usual. The unemployment rate among young people, 4e's main market is scary.Even those with jobs are cutting back. The rest in no particular order #2 A good chunk of the market is fragmented. Sure people play 4e but lots still play 3x, 2x, and older editions and have no intention of "upgrading" . I suspect more than a few 4e players have gone rero-clone too #3 Yes piracy, kinda. Books are functionally free now Most marginal buyers don't need to buy. In the past they'd bum a buddies book and if it really clicked might buy it. Now the download it and unless they use it all the time there is no reason to buy #4 Smaller Market. Its not a lazy Saturday in 1981, There are a lot more things to do now. Tons of choices that didn't exist then, many of whom provide the sam experience as mediocre gaming. Poeple play TTRPG's because they want to play TTRPG's not because they are bored and have nothing better to do. Even when they want to game they can play all sorts of things free and legal. The Runequest and Traveller and D20 SRD's are enough for hundreds of hours of gaming. Throw in free stuff like Pathfinder and the OGL wiki and you'd never need buy a book. #5 Its not that much fun for some people. This is entirely subjective and you can love it and be right and I can dislike it and be right but I suspect many gamers see little value in the 4e rules set.The fluff is great but the game is well its -- heck I'll say it. Its a mini wargame with RPG elements. OK I know that 1e was too but it was all we had (till I switched to Runequest) Compared to 3x (especially my modestly houseruled version) 4e is a strait jacket #6 Saturation. Lots of people bought tons of 3e and are full up. [/QUOTE]
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