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Message: <blockquote data-quote="teitan" data-source="post: 3036266" data-attributes="member: 3457">WB, its been analyzed in ICV2 and Game Trade.. it IS because of online gaming and console games that RPG sales are down. I read these everytime they come out. I don't think the release of a new WOD HURT RPG sales, it SHOULD have helped but was instead a disappointment. It didn't perform to expectations in spite of following the D&D model of a cheap ass core rule book as a loss leader. World of Darkness was expected to be huge but instead many fans were turned off by the idea of having to get all new rulebooks etc because the beauty of the old White WOlf stuff was that it wasn't the character sheet that changed, it was the rules interpretations and you could use your old stuff with no conversions. There went that novel concept. There were also nasty rumours about the rules and the products having a "same old, same old" feel to them and "why was this needed" arguements.Exalted 2e has not performed to expectations... Sure, the glut of crap D20 products didn't help but that bubble lasted a hell of alot longer than expected but I doubt that a glut of D20 products hurt RPG sales across the board in the way that they were hit in the last 2-3 years. As I said, that was expected to happen much earlier than it did.</blockquote>