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Worst case scenario: Could WotC "break" the whole industry?
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<blockquote data-quote="DracoSuave" data-source="post: 4755071" data-attributes="member: 71571"><p>That's like saying if they stop making Ford cars that people will ride jetskis. Or that if Blizzard goes under, people will play Counterstrike. I'm sorry, but people don't always get the same experience from a MMO as they do from a table top RPG. The two aren't even comparable. They provide different 'feel good' moments, and have different styles of socialization. They hit different buttons, and are -different products entirely.- They are in a measure of competition for time and money, but they aren't replacements for each other.</p><p></p><p>The more likely substitute for D&D will be a product that offers the same sensations and socialization. And given that the places that sell D&D will be financially invested in selling a replacement product, the chances of that replacement being marketted by those whose lives will depend on it are pretty good.</p><p></p><p>They've been saying video games will replace D&D for decades, and that's never happened. Video games -based on- D&D haven't even replaced D&D.</p><p></p><p>It's just not the same animal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DracoSuave, post: 4755071, member: 71571"] That's like saying if they stop making Ford cars that people will ride jetskis. Or that if Blizzard goes under, people will play Counterstrike. I'm sorry, but people don't always get the same experience from a MMO as they do from a table top RPG. The two aren't even comparable. They provide different 'feel good' moments, and have different styles of socialization. They hit different buttons, and are -different products entirely.- They are in a measure of competition for time and money, but they aren't replacements for each other. The more likely substitute for D&D will be a product that offers the same sensations and socialization. And given that the places that sell D&D will be financially invested in selling a replacement product, the chances of that replacement being marketted by those whose lives will depend on it are pretty good. They've been saying video games will replace D&D for decades, and that's never happened. Video games -based on- D&D haven't even replaced D&D. It's just not the same animal. [/QUOTE]
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