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02-03-1999, 11:46 PM #11David Sean BrownGuest
Products.
Wonder if its possible to release the products on an "by order"
basis..meaning they advertise the products they would be willing to sell,
have people/stores order the products, and those that get enopugh orders
to be seen as profitable are produced...heh..business management isn't any
strong point of mine, so there are doubtless numerous problems with this
that I just don't know about...*shrug*
Sena
On Wed, 3 Feb 1999, Daniel McSorley wrote:
> From: Jeff Dunnett
> >In other words they mean there looking for a way to make more money
> >off of them.
> >
> >> No, they're looking for a cost-effective way to release them. In the
> >> meanwhile, all of the products are postponed until further notice - ie
> >> indefinitely.
> Actually, they're probably looking for a way to make _any_ money off
> them, since they lost money on several of the BR products. You make it
> sound like a bad thing.
>
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02-04-1999, 02:48 AM #12Kenneth GauckGuest
Products.
Many board style wargames are now being sold this way, and no shipments are
made until 300 requests are made.
Kenneth Gauck
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From: David Sean Brown
To: birthright@MPGN.COM
Date: Wednesday, February 03, 1999 5:56 PM
Subject: Re: [BIRTHRIGHT] - Products.
>Wonder if its possible to release the products on an "by order"
>basis..meaning they advertise the products they would be willing to sell,
>have people/stores order the products, and those that get enopugh orders
>to be seen as profitable are produced...heh..business management isn't any
>strong point of mine, so there are doubtless numerous problems with this
>that I just don't know about...*shrug*
>
>Sena
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Products.
> Actually, they're probably looking for a way to make _any_ money off
> them, since they lost money on several of the BR products. You make it
> sound like a bad thing.
Well, it wasn't my intention to make it sound like a bad thing - or as a
good thing, for that matter. I was just relayin what I had read on the
TSR web site.
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02-12-1999, 04:48 PM #14Jeff DunnettGuest
Products.
From what I heard TSR did make money off Birthright they just didn't
make enough money. I talked to Skip Williams, and he mentioned that
while they lost money on a few products, they made money overall. I
think the worst problem TSR had was with promoting it. They tend to
focus mainly on worlds like FR, Dragonlance ETC. On worlds they know
will sell, instead of trying to sell the other worlds they have.
- ---Daniel McSorley wrote:
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> From: Jeff Dunnett
> >In other words they mean there looking for a way to make more money
> >off of them.
> >
> >> No, they're looking for a cost-effective way to release them. In
the
> >> meanwhile, all of the products are postponed until further notice
- - ie
> >> indefinitely.
> Actually, they're probably looking for a way to make _any_ money
off
> them, since they lost money on several of the BR products. You make
it
> sound like a bad thing.
>
> Daniel McSorley- mcsorley.1@osu.edu
> http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~mcsorley/
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02-12-1999, 06:03 PM #15TimGuest
Products.
Jeff Dunnett wrote:
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> From what I heard TSR did make money off Birthright they just didn't
> make enough money. I talked to Skip Williams, and he mentioned that
> while they lost money on a few products, they made money overall. I
> think the worst problem TSR had was with promoting it. They tend to
> focus mainly on worlds like FR, Dragonlance ETC. On worlds they know
> will sell, instead of trying to sell the other worlds they have.
Thought I'd pop in on this. I don't think the only problem lay in
promoting Birthright. They also have a problem of focus. All the other
canceled settings seem to lose what it was they initially appealed to
player with. The idea of standard fantasy is easy enough to understand
but Birthright (and others) that don't fit that idea always seem to
waver. I think they ended Birthright before focus was completely lost.
That's where I see TSR's biggest problem, not that their settings don't
have appeal only they don't know how to cultivate that appeal. They
remain with worlds that sell because those are worlds they find easiest
to understand themselves. Sort of like they paint themselves into a
corner and don't know what to do with them.
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