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<blockquote data-quote="Ovinomancer" data-source="post: 6800568" data-attributes="member: 16814">Of course there were lost sales.&nbsp; Some people exist that heard of pathfinder, wanted to play, found the SRD, and never bought a book they would otherwise have purchased.&nbsp; To deny this happened is engaging in wishful thinking.Now, the effect of that versus those that were curious, read the SRD, and they purchased the core books and/or additional books they would not otherwise have because of they liked what they saw in the SRD is something that I think we agree with.&nbsp; The latter balances or exceeds the former.&nbsp; In aggregate, it generates more sales than it loses.But it's absolutely ridiculous to say that the SRDs were not competition for the PHBs or Pathfinder books.&nbsp; They were.&nbsp; It was exceedingly likely, though, that was overcome by the goodwill, preview, and follow-on title effects of having the SRDs out there.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ovinomancer, post: 6800568, member: 16814"] Of course there were lost sales. Some people exist that heard of pathfinder, wanted to play, found the SRD, and never bought a book they would otherwise have purchased. To deny this happened is engaging in wishful thinking. Now, the effect of that versus those that were curious, read the SRD, and they purchased the core books and/or additional books they would not otherwise have because of they liked what they saw in the SRD is something that I think we agree with. The latter balances or exceeds the former. In aggregate, it generates more sales than it loses. But it's absolutely ridiculous to say that the SRDs were not competition for the PHBs or Pathfinder books. They were. It was exceedingly likely, though, that was overcome by the goodwill, preview, and follow-on title effects of having the SRDs out there. [/QUOTE]

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