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<blockquote data-quote="Shadewyn" data-source="post: 4125542" data-attributes="member: 6340"><p>New marketing information post 3.0?</p><p></p><p>Yes.</p><p></p><p>But that gets into a LONG speculative debate on company proprietary data that an never be proven one way or another on a web board.</p><p></p><p>Instead ask yourself this ... </p><p></p><p>Which company is better positioned to have access to the marketing data that reflects the consumer behaviors of the D&D gamers? WotC? Paizo?</p><p></p><p>And as for the folks chipping in phrases such as "4E is just about making money not that it was needed" ... I think I will just say ... well DUH. Kinda a basic point of capatilism is to provide customers products they want to buy. You COULD manage a company building superior products that you think match what the customer should be using ... or you can sell them what the customer wants.</p><p></p><p>The fact that there is a push to 4E is a sign that there is not only a market for a new product but that it is a profitable one as well from WotC. Due you really think for an instant that the corporate overlords in Hasbro release ANYTHING without marketing surveys? Every product that exists in the mainstream corproate world has a lot of "focus" testing and marketing these days before it ever sees the light of day.</p><p></p><p>On the other hand we have Paizo with a weak sauce toe in the water approach speculating about whether there is or is not ... or perhaps based on web hits they can extrapolate ... or feedback from free alphas they can estimate ... Put yourself in the role of an investor. Which company do your think knows the market?</p><p></p><p>Arguing that a market COULD exist and MAY be profitable in the future is the Paizo strategy.</p><p></p><p>Doing the research that a market DOES exist and WILL be profitable is the WotC strategy.</p><p></p><p>On any given day Paizo can get lucky, but I certainly would not bet the rent money on it due to the level of risk involved.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shadewyn, post: 4125542, member: 6340"] New marketing information post 3.0? Yes. But that gets into a LONG speculative debate on company proprietary data that an never be proven one way or another on a web board. Instead ask yourself this ... Which company is better positioned to have access to the marketing data that reflects the consumer behaviors of the D&D gamers? WotC? Paizo? And as for the folks chipping in phrases such as "4E is just about making money not that it was needed" ... I think I will just say ... well DUH. Kinda a basic point of capatilism is to provide customers products they want to buy. You COULD manage a company building superior products that you think match what the customer should be using ... or you can sell them what the customer wants. The fact that there is a push to 4E is a sign that there is not only a market for a new product but that it is a profitable one as well from WotC. Due you really think for an instant that the corporate overlords in Hasbro release ANYTHING without marketing surveys? Every product that exists in the mainstream corproate world has a lot of "focus" testing and marketing these days before it ever sees the light of day. On the other hand we have Paizo with a weak sauce toe in the water approach speculating about whether there is or is not ... or perhaps based on web hits they can extrapolate ... or feedback from free alphas they can estimate ... Put yourself in the role of an investor. Which company do your think knows the market? Arguing that a market COULD exist and MAY be profitable in the future is the Paizo strategy. Doing the research that a market DOES exist and WILL be profitable is the WotC strategy. On any given day Paizo can get lucky, but I certainly would not bet the rent money on it due to the level of risk involved. [/QUOTE]
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