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<blockquote data-quote="Cryndo" data-source="post: 4127255" data-attributes="member: 19346">Absolutely true!&nbsp; But I believe there are two huge differences that work in WotC's favor.&nbsp; First, Wizards is considerably more likely to re-invigorate the casual D&amp;D player.&nbsp; People who played D&amp;D before will likely come back.&nbsp; People who still play D&amp;D but stopped purchasing new stuff cause they already had more than they could use will buy the new line.&nbsp; Wizards will most assuredly have in place agreements with video game makers (DDO2?, NWN3?, Baldur's Gate?) which will drive new gamers to D&amp;D.&nbsp; D&amp;D will dominate the shelf space in gaming stores too.&nbsp; How long before Pathfinder will be available for purchase?&nbsp; There are a lot of people like you (I'm one come to think of it) that haven't bought a WotC product for a year or two and many of us will be buying again.&nbsp; I don't see Paizo picking up many new customers due to cross-promotion, new players coming to the game, or old one's coming back, so they better keep almost evey customer they have.Second, Wizards has a much larger margin for error.&nbsp; Paizo can't afford to have it's customer base shrink too much.&nbsp; Wizards, by the nature of their business, can have a flop and still make considerably more than last year just because they've produced the next incarnation of D&amp;D.&nbsp; If Wizards doesn't meet sales projections, there will be some downsizing, but what does that really mean to us?&nbsp; Fewer splat books?&nbsp; Not a problem from my vantage point.I'm not trying to slam Paizo.&nbsp; I love Paizo.&nbsp; I hope they don't fail to miserably so they are still around to support 4E when they see the error of their ways.&nbsp; Heck, I'd rather support Paizo than Wizards any day, but I'm not gonna drive a souped up Pinto when I can get the Mustang for a few bucks more.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cryndo, post: 4127255, member: 19346"] Absolutely true! But I believe there are two huge differences that work in WotC's favor. First, Wizards is considerably more likely to re-invigorate the casual D&D player. People who played D&D before will likely come back. People who still play D&D but stopped purchasing new stuff cause they already had more than they could use will buy the new line. Wizards will most assuredly have in place agreements with video game makers (DDO2?, NWN3?, Baldur's Gate?) which will drive new gamers to D&D. D&D will dominate the shelf space in gaming stores too. How long before Pathfinder will be available for purchase? There are a lot of people like you (I'm one come to think of it) that haven't bought a WotC product for a year or two and many of us will be buying again. I don't see Paizo picking up many new customers due to cross-promotion, new players coming to the game, or old one's coming back, so they better keep almost evey customer they have. Second, Wizards has a much larger margin for error. Paizo can't afford to have it's customer base shrink too much. Wizards, by the nature of their business, can have a flop and still make considerably more than last year just because they've produced the next incarnation of D&D. If Wizards doesn't meet sales projections, there will be some downsizing, but what does that really mean to us? Fewer splat books? Not a problem from my vantage point. I'm not trying to slam Paizo. I love Paizo. I hope they don't fail to miserably so they are still around to support 4E when they see the error of their ways. Heck, I'd rather support Paizo than Wizards any day, but I'm not gonna drive a souped up Pinto when I can get the Mustang for a few bucks more. [/QUOTE]

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