| Michael Snyder 601 |
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So, I found out that even though distributors got the pathfinder 2nd books last week, and they could have been on the shelves this week, Paizo instead decided that no one can sell them until August 1st. My question is why? Why artificially hold back the release of your flagship game until the first day of GenCon? If it had been released this week I could have studied up in preparation for GenCon. Now, not only can I not do that, but I feel torn between going to GenCon or skipping Gencon so that I can delve into the new Pathfinder during launch week. Either skip the release week of pathfinder for GenCon or skip GenCon in order to participate in the launch week of a very anticipated game (and no, I am not buying the books at GenCon, as I am a big supporter of my local game store).
It is not a big deal if that just happens to be how the dates fall, but why on earth would you restrict your distributors and retailers from selling early if possible? I feel rather disgusted by this policy, so please help me understand the logic behind it, help me understand why making me choose between enjoying GenCon or the launch week of your game is a good idea.
Thank you in advance.