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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 418185" data-attributes="member: 177">Actually, I expect there's more to it than that.&nbsp; Not only is there a limit to what they can stock, there's limits on what they will try to stock.It seems to me that d20Dwarf's position has as a base assumption the idea that retailers and the buying public are well-educated and aware.&nbsp; I expect that's a bit naive.The &quot;trickle down&quot; effect is limited by knowledge.&nbsp; If the guy ordering for the bookstore doesn't know much, his ordering practices wil be affected.&nbsp; And the buyers won't buy it if it isn't on the shelf.&nbsp; The buyer doesn't seek out games or products he's never heard of...Godlike may be a good example.&nbsp; It looks like a great game.&nbsp; But if I didn't come here, I'd have never heard of it.&nbsp; I've only ever seen copies of the core rulebook for the game for sale, and neither was in a &quot;mass market&quot; bookstore.&nbsp; The fact that there's more money being spent on d20 stuff isn't going to help a game like Godlike if nobody ever hears about it...We here at EN World are spoiled by the amount of information we recieve.&nbsp; We occasionally forget that we are a few thousand people out of millions of gamers.&nbsp; Our knowledge of what exists is far beyond the norm.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 418185, member: 177"] Actually, I expect there's more to it than that. Not only is there a limit to what they can stock, there's limits on what they will try to stock. It seems to me that d20Dwarf's position has as a base assumption the idea that retailers and the buying public are well-educated and aware. I expect that's a bit naive. The "trickle down" effect is limited by knowledge. If the guy ordering for the bookstore doesn't know much, his ordering practices wil be affected. And the buyers won't buy it if it isn't on the shelf. The buyer doesn't seek out games or products he's never heard of... [i]Godlike[/i] may be a good example. It looks like a great game. But if I didn't come here, I'd have never heard of it. I've only ever seen copies of the core rulebook for the game for sale, and neither was in a "mass market" bookstore. The fact that there's more money being spent on d20 stuff isn't going to help a game like [i]Godlike[/i] if nobody ever hears about it... We here at EN World are spoiled by the amount of information we recieve. We occasionally forget that we are a few thousand people out of millions of gamers. Our knowledge of what exists is far beyond the norm. [/QUOTE]

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