I wanted to share this link.
http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/19151.html
According to ICv2 the hobby is on the rise. I have to say this does have some face validity to it. More people staying in and engaging in the relatively cheap hobby of rolling dice and talking in-character.
Hopefully their data is good.
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Certainly you are not equating hobby gaming to RPGs perfectly, Tim. A lot of that is talking about CCGs and boardgames.
To me, Pathfinder tying WotC in sales is a bad omen.
No, not equating them, but there is a bundle of interconnected data here.
We really do lack good market analysis in RPGs and even good market intelligence.
Sometimes all we have are these marginal indices of performance.
I know. The data sucks.
I am hoping that with Gen Con up 3,000 people this year that we are seeing a potential rise.
I think you mean 30,000 ... 3,000 would be pretty pathetic for a con of that scale... I am pretty sure that Strategicon gets about that many each year, but for a local con, I would say 3k is pretty good. I have never been to Gencon, but honestly, I thought the numbers might be a bit higher given that it is the biggest con of the year.
No no, it was up by 3,000 over last year.
Just for fun:
Walked into my FLGS today and was shown the preview of the new 4th Fortune Cards. There will be (8) cards and there will be a rare, (2) uncommon and (5) common cards. I was asked if I will be buying these cards...I said flatly NO!
The employee then proceeded to show me the cards and the artwork, I reiterated if you are in a hurry to go, please don't let me stop you. I won't be buying any of those cards.
He stopped and saw that I was serious and said ok, that is the kind of information we have been asked to provide back to WOTC.
I don't mind cards in a game, heck I've used critical cards and treasure decks before BUT when you start making the cards collectible...that cuts it, I don't do CCG's. I did when I was in my twenties and thirties but I got out of that in my early thirties.
Good Luck WOTC with that.
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