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<blockquote data-quote="Mercutio01" data-source="post: 4679121" data-attributes="member: 37277">It's simplistic to say people &quot;switch&quot; anything.&nbsp; But how many people out there still listen to 8-tracks and play 1E D&amp;D?&nbsp; Individuals may not switch en masse, but the continued evolution of tastes to new things as older ones fade out is pretty much fact.&nbsp; As the years pass on and 3.5E gets farther in the rearview, I'm pretty sure the number of 3.5 players will fade as a subset of all D&amp;D players.&nbsp; So while you and I may not switch to 4E (not for lack of trying on my part, but without f2f games it's a little hard), but there are new kids just learning to play D&amp;D and they'll most likely be picking the newest books.It's just a fact of life.All that said, I'm not sure you can hold Amazon sales comparison between 3.5 and 4.&nbsp; So much has changed with how we shop in the world, with the internet becoming a much vaster market share of sales in general than they were, even in 2003.&nbsp; It's an interesting point to compare, but the raw numbers won't say much.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mercutio01, post: 4679121, member: 37277"] It's simplistic to say people "switch" anything. But how many people out there still listen to 8-tracks and play 1E D&D? Individuals may not switch en masse, but the continued evolution of tastes to new things as older ones fade out is pretty much fact. As the years pass on and 3.5E gets farther in the rearview, I'm pretty sure the number of 3.5 players will fade as a subset of all D&D players. So while you and I may not switch to 4E (not for lack of trying on my part, but without f2f games it's a little hard), but there are new kids just learning to play D&D and they'll most likely be picking the newest books. It's just a fact of life. All that said, I'm not sure you can hold Amazon sales comparison between 3.5 and 4. So much has changed with how we shop in the world, with the internet becoming a much vaster market share of sales in general than they were, even in 2003. It's an interesting point to compare, but the raw numbers won't say much. [/QUOTE]

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