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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 6222832" data-attributes="member: 37579">One of the reasons we know the division of the audience hurt TSR was because someone at WotC sat down and did the numbers and research and looked at the sales figures and found that people weren't buying multiple lines. Or they'd buy bits of two but nothing from others.And there'd be people that bought no setting books and just generic products. WotC most recent attempt was a little different in that it gave each setting very minimal support beyond an updated book, so it would be harder for the division to really hurt the game. At worst they would have one or two books that didn't sell as well.But it should be noted that after the first couple years, they swapped from a DM book and Player book to a single large DM/player book for Dark Sun and Neverwinter. Possibly because they hoped making half the book mechanics that could be used in almost any setting might help sales. And they very quickly returned to the Forgotten Realms. We don't know how well Eberron and Dark Sun did, especially compared to generic books. So it's unfounded to say there's room for 3-4 settings. Plus, WotC has the advantage of their settings having an established audience and much of the work writing and designing the settings having already been done. The 4e books had fans waiting for the products and willing to buy because they'd been waiting for more Dark Sun for years, while the writers just had to compile information from past books. This is very different than having to make a brand new setting that takes time and does not have a built in audience, like Paizo would need to have. There's also numerous 3rd Party Publishers making campaign settings and worlds. So anyone who doesn't want Golarion isn't lacking for options, either PF specific or old 3e worlds.</blockquote>

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