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I'm curious if those in the know have some ideas of the impact that 4E has had on sales for 3rd parties so far?
Have sales of 3.5 materials dropped? Is there someplace this is tracked? (industry numbers, etc.)
Also, what's the impression as far as the Paizo impact?
Paizo lost that subscription revenue of Dragon/Dungeon, but my impression so far is that the new subscriptions they've come out with have taken off very well. Does anyone know if the new subscriptions have exceeded what they used to pull in for an average Dragon/Dungeon month? Everyone was PO'd at that, have they recovered that revenue and exceeded it at this point?
WotC seems to be doing an admirable job of shooting sacred cows for their primary campaign settings. This can only help 3rd party campaign settings and support materials, I would think.
So overall, is 4E good or bad for the 3rd parties? Bad in the short run (3.5 sitting on the shelf), good in the long run (reboot pushes new products - either to support 4E or to counter it.)
What thinks you messageboard masses? Anyone from Paizo want to comment?
-Pete
I'm not from Paizo, nor do I run a store or publish any material. But I do recall Morrus of ENWorld saying sales for 3E stuff dropped about 50% ever since 4E was announced. Take that as you will.
I believe OneBookShelf has also said that sales dropped on existing 3.5 materials, but I can't recollect where.