FormCritic wrote: the 3.0 and 3.5 items seem to move faster than a lot of the 2nd Edition publications.
I think I now understand why TSR continued to print the
1e books for several years into the
2e era. Same goes for the
OCE.
WotC however has not continued the practice. Based on your description of lingering
2e stock a decade later, maybe that was a wise choice. This time around, I wonder if it was intended to create a sort of pump-priming suction effect for 4e:
-3e goes out of print.
-demand for
3e continues.
-with no new printings, old
3e stock sells well.
-distributors & retailers looking to replenish their stocks do so from what is available,
4e.
-their orders are influenced by the run on
3e.
FormCritic wrote:Pathfinder books tend to sell quickly.
They seem to have achieved real-life presto-chango marketing magic. Dragon & Dungeon magazines had always been the absolute bottom-feeders of collectability, & of general regard, since The Dragon lost its "The."
There is not a lot of substantial difference between a Pathfinder module & a Paizo-era Dungeon article. Yet one is the new hotness, while the other occupies those same heaps of unsold/unwanted
2e &
4e material.
