Hi!
As a former retailer I understand that GW must stick to those games that
produce more money and leave out the rest, or let Fanatic do them. What
bugs me is that prior to the last change in the rules GW made between
8-10% of their sales in Epic (US figure from 1995-96) and wanted a
robust 15% with the introduction of the new game. Of course not only did
they not get that precious 15%, but lost that 8-10%. In the end epic
gamers were made to suffer their incompetence. I sometimes wonder what
would have happened if an updated (net epic-ish version if you will)
ofthe previous game system was released would have they fared better.
But we will never know.
Peter
Albert Farr� Benet wrote:
> Hi
>
>
>
> I suppose it will depend on sales, but I don't know if GW got the
> results they wanted from Epic.
>
> As I understand it, GW is a bussiness and its purpose it's making the
> most money they can (which, from my point of view, is logical) so they
> know if they are interested about it. I imagine that WH and WH40k make
> them richer than Epic, so normally they would put their efforts in
> those lines.
>
>
>
> Perhaps Epic works best for them as a secondary (or better,
> specialised) product than a generic, all audiences (=kids) product.
>
>
>
> Albert Farr�
>
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> To:netepic_at_yahoogroups.com <mailto:netepic_at_yahoogroups.com>
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> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 8:15 PM
>
> Subject: [NetEpic ML] Implications of "epic" proportions
>
>
> Hi!
>
> I have followed the efforts of Fanatic Press since the get go and
> have
> seen how their support has evolved by putting out a fairly regular
> publication and at least in the UK all the plastic sprues are
> available at a decent price and suposedly in the summer we'll se that
> in the US mail order too.
>
> As I thought this over does Fanatic taking over epic mean we will
> never see a TRUELY supported epic game by the GW mainstream? Does it
> pretty much mean all we will ever get is a "trickle" of support from
> Fanatic? Will they ever have the guts to produce all new rules for
> the
> game? Or is it doomed forever to be a "sideshow" game with little
> real
> support? Will they ever really release a steady stream of new epic
> miniatures? Of course we all know they talk-the-talk, but do they
> walk-the-walk?
>
> Since there are members here from all around the globe, what is your
> take on this?
>
> Peter
>
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