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<blockquote data-quote="Jay Verkuilen" data-source="post: 7783995" data-attributes="member: 6873517"><p>Could be, but this was definitely a time where the RPG industry as a whole started going down so I don't think it was just WotC. </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I see 3.5 as more of a "we see sales going down and are trying to boost them" situation that didn't work. As I recall this was industry wide. Part of it was the glut created by all the D20 releases but it was affecting other companies, too. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>They did, but I do really think it's hard to conclude a ton from them. Nobody went into each of those edition changes saying "You know what, let's plot a failure." </p><p></p><p>I keep saying this too, but I really think the overall mix of competition that's out there makes an enormous difference. TSR and WotC was often its own worst competitor by diluting the market and making foolish decisions, but they also faced changing mixes of competition from other products. This was particularly true with 3.0, which started dying out in no small part due to the emergence of MMOs. 2E also had a lot of competition from the rise of CCGs. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yeah, it's certainly difficult to sustain that level of publication. The costs are high and it fragments the market. Still, the material that came out for 2E in those days was really, really good as, indeed, was some of the 4E material.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jay Verkuilen, post: 7783995, member: 6873517"] Could be, but this was definitely a time where the RPG industry as a whole started going down so I don't think it was just WotC. I see 3.5 as more of a "we see sales going down and are trying to boost them" situation that didn't work. As I recall this was industry wide. Part of it was the glut created by all the D20 releases but it was affecting other companies, too. They did, but I do really think it's hard to conclude a ton from them. Nobody went into each of those edition changes saying "You know what, let's plot a failure." I keep saying this too, but I really think the overall mix of competition that's out there makes an enormous difference. TSR and WotC was often its own worst competitor by diluting the market and making foolish decisions, but they also faced changing mixes of competition from other products. This was particularly true with 3.0, which started dying out in no small part due to the emergence of MMOs. 2E also had a lot of competition from the rise of CCGs. Yeah, it's certainly difficult to sustain that level of publication. The costs are high and it fragments the market. Still, the material that came out for 2E in those days was really, really good as, indeed, was some of the 4E material. [/QUOTE]
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