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<blockquote data-quote="Emerikol" data-source="post: 8254488" data-attributes="member: 6698278"><p>I think it is fascinating that [USER=177]@Umbran[/USER] and [USER=42582]@pemerton[/USER] have managed to somehow bring an age old debate about art into a roleplaying discussion.</p><p></p><p>Here a wrench to throw into the works. Does price matter? Some might argue that a Rolex watch is really good but based upon sales I'm sure when people were buying watches that it was not #1. I imagine timex sold more watches in those days. These days watches are pretty much luxury only items since your phone does that work for the common man. I mean I think a Lexus ES350 is better than a Toyota Corolla. I am certain they sell more Corollas. So sales can't be the only mark of quality.</p><p></p><p>Another question. How much does market momentum matter? I remember the VHS and Betamax wars. VHS was inferior and few debate it to be honest. The difference was VHS was everywhere and Betamax could not get a critical mass. </p><p></p><p>So in an absolute sense there are plenty of reasons to argue that sales can't be the ONLY mark of product quality. D&D no doubt benefits from market momentum. </p><p></p><p>Usually, history will decide but those historians are often evaluating the work purely on quality and are not considering all the other market factors in play. Do they get it wrong on occasion in my opinion? yes. Do they get it right also? I think so.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Emerikol, post: 8254488, member: 6698278"] I think it is fascinating that [USER=177]@Umbran[/USER] and [USER=42582]@pemerton[/USER] have managed to somehow bring an age old debate about art into a roleplaying discussion. Here a wrench to throw into the works. Does price matter? Some might argue that a Rolex watch is really good but based upon sales I'm sure when people were buying watches that it was not #1. I imagine timex sold more watches in those days. These days watches are pretty much luxury only items since your phone does that work for the common man. I mean I think a Lexus ES350 is better than a Toyota Corolla. I am certain they sell more Corollas. So sales can't be the only mark of quality. Another question. How much does market momentum matter? I remember the VHS and Betamax wars. VHS was inferior and few debate it to be honest. The difference was VHS was everywhere and Betamax could not get a critical mass. So in an absolute sense there are plenty of reasons to argue that sales can't be the ONLY mark of product quality. D&D no doubt benefits from market momentum. Usually, history will decide but those historians are often evaluating the work purely on quality and are not considering all the other market factors in play. Do they get it wrong on occasion in my opinion? yes. Do they get it right also? I think so. [/QUOTE]
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