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Message: <blockquote data-quote="breschau" data-source="post: 4116374" data-attributes="member: 52376">Sure, they were handed the mantle... and what was the first thing they did? Altered it. Changed it. There are people who are switching to 4E no matter what, those sales are lost to Paizo. There are people who are sticking with 3.x no matter what, those sales are now lost to Paizo. So who exactly is Paizo trying to win over here? The diehard 3.x crowd is the only possible target, but with the changes they've already announced (in the last 24 hours no less) they've made it perfectly clear that they are making changes and that there will be a need to change standard 3.x stuff to fit with Pathfinder.They have the mantle and are giving it a shiny new paint job. Great. The 3.x crowd doesn't want a new coat of paint, they want the exact same thing they've been playing for years. Paizo is scrambling after the 1% that like 3.5 enough not to switch to 4E, but don't like 3.5 enough to continue playing it as is. That's specializing yourself out of business.NOTE: I hope I'm wrong. I wish Paizo all the best. I had never heard of them before seeing a link to their site over on the M&M boards. I am in publishing. I know something of that side of the hobby we all love. I see it as a huge risk with very low potential for payoff. If most of Paizo's revenue comes from other things than their Pathfinder adventures, then it's not that much of a risk. But if the subscription adventure sales kept them going, just from this thread alone, we're seeing loyal customers abandon them left and right.</blockquote>

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