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<blockquote data-quote="Treebore" data-source="post: 5432899" data-attributes="member: 10177"><p>I sure find this line very interesting:</p><p></p><p>"As far as the publishing side, Pazio’s Pathfinder line appears to have taken a huge chunk of market share away from D&D, with many stores reporting it supplanting 4th edition as their number one seller."</p><p></p><p></p><p>Can't say I am surprised, and certainly believe it to be true. Since it as announced that Paizo was essentially even with WOTC last quarter.</p><p></p><p>I wondered at the time if Paizo would take the lead, and at this time I believe they will. Customer relations really help, and only Paizo acknowledges that.</p><p></p><p>WOTC likes to operate as if we have to go where they take us. They are failing to realize a lot of us know we don't have to follow.</p><p></p><p>That, combined with over 100 pages of errata for their book line, are the reasons why I think WOTC is losing so much ground to Paizo, and I am looking forward to seeing how their futures play out.</p><p></p><p>Please don't take this as a "bashing" post, I clearly like Paizo much better as a company. Simple as that. I don't run or play 4E or Pathfinder, but I do buy way more than I should from Paizo.</p><p></p><p>The only thing I buy religiously from WOTC is their tiles. Prior to 4E I pretty much bought everything. I know WOTC misses me and others like me.</p><p></p><p>We made them far more money in the 3E days, now our money goes to Paizo and others.</p><p></p><p>WOTC is struggling, we know it, some of us know why. Now the question is, will WOTC figure out how to win us back before Hasbro shuts them down?</p><p></p><p>My money is on Paizo. Not because I want WOTC to fail, but because I simply believe they won't figure out how to win us back in time. I would love for WOTC to succeed, to bring me back. D&D has been a big part of my life for over 20 years, and I certainly do not want that to go away.</p><p></p><p>I want WOTC to get the message, to figure it out, to bring me back into the D&D family.</p><p></p><p>But I think Paizo is going to do it first, with this "introductory" Pathfinder James Jacobs is working on.</p><p></p><p>But I am going to have to continue to sit back and wait and see.</p><p></p><p>In the mean time playing with Castle and Crusades and following the OSR movement, and buying way too much awesome Paizo adventures and map and card products, all that will keep me pretty happy.</p><p></p><p>WOTC turning things around would make me even happier.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Treebore, post: 5432899, member: 10177"] I sure find this line very interesting: "As far as the publishing side, Pazio’s Pathfinder line appears to have taken a huge chunk of market share away from D&D, with many stores reporting it supplanting 4th edition as their number one seller." Can't say I am surprised, and certainly believe it to be true. Since it as announced that Paizo was essentially even with WOTC last quarter. I wondered at the time if Paizo would take the lead, and at this time I believe they will. Customer relations really help, and only Paizo acknowledges that. WOTC likes to operate as if we have to go where they take us. They are failing to realize a lot of us know we don't have to follow. That, combined with over 100 pages of errata for their book line, are the reasons why I think WOTC is losing so much ground to Paizo, and I am looking forward to seeing how their futures play out. Please don't take this as a "bashing" post, I clearly like Paizo much better as a company. Simple as that. I don't run or play 4E or Pathfinder, but I do buy way more than I should from Paizo. The only thing I buy religiously from WOTC is their tiles. Prior to 4E I pretty much bought everything. I know WOTC misses me and others like me. We made them far more money in the 3E days, now our money goes to Paizo and others. WOTC is struggling, we know it, some of us know why. Now the question is, will WOTC figure out how to win us back before Hasbro shuts them down? My money is on Paizo. Not because I want WOTC to fail, but because I simply believe they won't figure out how to win us back in time. I would love for WOTC to succeed, to bring me back. D&D has been a big part of my life for over 20 years, and I certainly do not want that to go away. I want WOTC to get the message, to figure it out, to bring me back into the D&D family. But I think Paizo is going to do it first, with this "introductory" Pathfinder James Jacobs is working on. But I am going to have to continue to sit back and wait and see. In the mean time playing with Castle and Crusades and following the OSR movement, and buying way too much awesome Paizo adventures and map and card products, all that will keep me pretty happy. WOTC turning things around would make me even happier. [/QUOTE]
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