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<blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 6788918" data-attributes="member: 7635">Don't worry, the MTG side of WotC is doing everything possible to piss off the retailers as well. Sales are down due to lackluster sets and high-cost barriers to entrance (a competitive deck is 500-1500 dollars depending on format) and attendance at tournaments (including Friday Night Magic, Magic's answer to AL in terms of demo-floor model gaming) is way down. So while D&amp;D is steady and growing (slowly), Magic is starting to dip in sales (again slowly). It's easy to think of D&amp;D as WotC's other child it took in from the rain and keeps around for sentimental reasons while MTG gets all the love, but WotC is getting hammered from both sides (RPG/CCG) from electronic gaming (especially from Blizzard), distribution methods (Paper vs. Digital) buy-in costs (the cost to start with either D&amp;D or MTG is in the hundreds, once you decide to get past intro/starter items) and an aging gamer population (the average age of a player of either game is around 30, give or take 10 years). They can't afford to piss off anyone, let alone lgs's.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Remathilis, post: 6788918, member: 7635"] Don't worry, the MTG side of WotC is doing everything possible to piss off the retailers as well. Sales are down due to lackluster sets and high-cost barriers to entrance (a competitive deck is 500-1500 dollars depending on format) and attendance at tournaments (including Friday Night Magic, Magic's answer to AL in terms of demo-floor model gaming) is way down. So while D&D is steady and growing (slowly), Magic is starting to dip in sales (again slowly). It's easy to think of D&D as WotC's other child it took in from the rain and keeps around for sentimental reasons while MTG gets all the love, but WotC is getting hammered from both sides (RPG/CCG) from electronic gaming (especially from Blizzard), distribution methods (Paper vs. Digital) buy-in costs (the cost to start with either D&D or MTG is in the hundreds, once you decide to get past intro/starter items) and an aging gamer population (the average age of a player of either game is around 30, give or take 10 years). They can't afford to piss off anyone, let alone lgs's. [/QUOTE]

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