Re: [OT] Mini Pictures

On Mon, 12 Feb 2001, Casquilho, Daniel wrote:

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> 
> I have seen many companies just rest on their "milk cows" and fail to 
> keep their products vital and fresh. Look at Battletech for an
example. 
> Good game, nice miniatures, loyal fan base, and stagnant growth. The 
> game has entered a down turn because of a failure to market and push 
> for growth. What was the last major change or major release for 
> Battletech? The clans? And how long ago was that?
>
I don't know about you, but the release of the Clans was the reason I
STOPPED playing Battletech. The munchiness of their weapons was just too
much for me. I have since gotten back into it, but I try and refrain
from
playing anything but the original mechs and vehicles. 

 
> GW does understand the need for marketing. They understand they need 
> both customer loyalty and customer based proselytizing. It is the 
> excitement that GW builds within the 12-16 year old market that is 
> driving most of their sales. GW is looking to grow and thus they 
> understand that you need to kill off products that are not selling 
> and revamp the ones that might. We as older players may not like the 
> "new editions" but the fact remains that a tree that is pruned 
> grows better. 

I just don't play the new stuff. I have the original Space Hulk and
expansions. Never bothered dropping another hundred bucks on more stuff
that was merely repackaged. Same with Epic. Of course, it didn't help
that
my $300 worth of figs disappeared when the guy I loaned them to dropped
off of the face of the planet. But that's another story.