tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306620386900409890.post8088698155062794559..comments2023-10-08T12:40:01.752-04:00Comments on In the Mind of a Mad Man!!!: How many new editions can you make until people stop buying?LMPjr007http://www.blogger.com/profile/08789902828046077032noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306620386900409890.post-56775565731429960182010-05-17T21:36:03.197-04:002010-05-17T21:36:03.197-04:00Yeah... I consider this a "good opportunity&...Yeah... I consider this a "good opportunity" to do such a thing though, getting a huge high profile license like DC is worth a new version. If they hadn't done 2e when they had I think it would be totally OK.<br /><br />Personally, I loved 1e and ran a campaign, and bought 2e when it came out, but was turned off by the additional rule bulk/complexity, it was more "Champions Lite" and as a result I didn't buy anything more for it. I didn't "hate" it, but I was like "I bought a lot of stuff for 1e, and I haven't used a lot of it yet, does it make sense for me to buy 2e versions of the same stuff especially given I don't have an active M&M campaign and I don't really like it better... No."<br /><br />I hope they use this opportunity to recapture some of the 1e freewheeling simplicity while using what they've learned to incorporate the DC properties. I'm actually semi likely to buy 3e since I skipped all of 2e!mxyzplkhttp://mxyzplk.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306620386900409890.post-19655860357317763772010-05-17T17:12:30.691-04:002010-05-17T17:12:30.691-04:00I consider M&M 2E to be the best d20 super gam...I consider M&M 2E to be the best d20 super game on the market. I will not be 'upgrading' to 3E. I will however take advantage of anyone selling off 2E books cheap.<br /><br />I loved 3E D&D. I consider the 3.5 OGL to be the greatest gift ever given to the RPG hobby. I didn't make the switch to 4E and have no plans on ever giving WotC another dime.<br /><br />I am tired however of new editions. My gaming dollar only goes so far. And buying the same game over and over again has gotten old.Tetsubohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00339621610619347842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306620386900409890.post-28220432446264728422010-05-17T10:20:47.892-04:002010-05-17T10:20:47.892-04:00I think once people are into your "brand"...I think once people are into your "brand" they stick with it...at least until they decide they no longer need/ use your product. Windows and Mac have been releasing updated versions forever.com(tm). Difference is people need to use computers daily in their office or at home. Plus, Anytime you buy a new computer, you get the latest operating system in it so it is sort forced obsolescence/ upgrade model. <br /><br />RPG's (and Games Workshop)try a similar tactic by dumping support for a previous version of their game thus requiring you to "upgrade" in order to continue to use their new products. The difficult proposition for these companies is when someone has spent hundreds of dollars on the old system, and a new one releases...there is a question you force the consumer to consider: Is this worth my investment. When you force someone to stop and consider what they previously spent, and whether they want to do it all over again. Some will say no. Now you have to hope the new edition is so fabulous it at least brings in NEW players enough to fill the ranks of the departed.<br /><br />If it were me? I'd do a swap out at conventions: bring me $100 MSRP of the old stuff in good condition, and I will give you the new one free. <br /><br />Then I turn around and resell bundles of the old stuff at half off or possibly give them to charities as a tax write off. I migrate my core base into the new stuff overcoming their barrier to entry and keeping them my customer and whether I sell the old stuff or donate it for tax write off I have made my money back.Fenway5https://www.blogger.com/profile/14870312188585916750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306620386900409890.post-45576421385565647122010-05-17T07:46:25.335-04:002010-05-17T07:46:25.335-04:00/disclaimer I'ma proper Paizo fanboi ;D
In P.../disclaimer I'ma proper Paizo fanboi ;D<br /><br />In Paizo's defence, they *only* released PFRPG because they couldn't continue what they were doing under 4th ED (in their opinion) and that left them with trying to get new people into a game that was out of print.....<br /><br />Difficult position, and caused them a *lot* of problems.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com