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Your RPG predictions for 2008

Started by Sean, December 31, 2007, 01:19:58 AM

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Drew

#15
December 31, 2007, 05:10:53 PM
I can't comment on Who's popularity worldwide, but here in the UK it regularly gets between eight and ten million viewers per episode.
 

Seanchai

#16
December 31, 2007, 05:38:31 PM
Quote from: RPGPunditYou do realize that overall, Dr.Who the TV series is easily the most popular sci-fi series in the world right now, right?

Yeah...and raw numbers can't keep Star Wars or Star Trek in print. I'm definitely excited about the new Doctor Who game, too, but I don't see it bringing any more people into the hobby than the Star Wars, Star Trek, Firefly, Battlestar Galactica, or any other licensed games have.

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beeber

#17
December 31, 2007, 06:10:42 PM
Quote from: ColonelHardissonMy prediction: 4e D&D will be released and do well, but not as well as WotC had hoped. If they do any research into it, they may find that getting younger players into the game is very difficult due to the competition from video games (no duh, right?) and the learning curve being too steep. They may also find that essentially ignoring, and thus alienating, older gamers wasn't worth the gains they made elsewhere.

this sounds about right to me.  

plus:
--BRP will come out in Q1 '08 and do surprisingly well
--both RTT and T5 will come out strong but will be loudly rejected by the traveller fanbase.  sales will be middling to poor.  
--i will go from being a "crunchy" ref to a "savage worlds for EVERYTHING" slobbering fanboy (prep time being a major factor)

Bradford C. Walker

#18
December 31, 2007, 09:06:11 PM
The only I feel confident in making at this time is: I will play more WOW.
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