11-06-2012, 11:03 AM,
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Shad
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low Saipan sales numbers...
Despite Jay's breathless advertising, the first new* boxed PG game in ages is selling what, 300 copies, out of the gate?
Those are desktop publishing scale numbers. This doesn't bode well for the future of PG, lads.
Is it because of AP's history?
Is it because of the theater?
Is it because of external issues like the economy or robots on Mars?
I hesitate to compare PG to other series, but sometimes it can be useful. Could you imagine a 300 copy run of ASL anything? They could sell more than 300 farts in boxes.
* - as opposed to long promised and somewhat resented
...came for the cardboard, stayed for the camaraderie...
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11-06-2012, 11:51 PM,
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larry marak
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RE: low Saipan sales numbers...
That Saipan is being published this year at all is the result of KSF's failure to catch fire.
It was hoped that KSF would cause the PG line to catch fire once again, and enough product would move to enable AVP to produce a die-cut Sword of David release. Dr. B. has stated that the sales were disappointing.....almost all the faithful had ordered the game in the last 6 years and players who had drifted away didn't come back. With the new micro office-warehouse, only a limited number of black silk boxes can be kept in inventory, The boxes made available for Remember the Maine and then Saipan were released from reserve for anticipated orders for KSF that never materialized.
Unlike KSF, Saipan is bringing in new money into the coffers. Hopefully enough new money (along with perhaps at least 6 additional new PG books with counters currently in the wings) to finance a retail press run. My local gamestore, the Last Grenadier in Burbank Ca, opened on September 4th, 1976. I had to either be there or at my wedding that day, turns out. Two years ago they told me that they weren't sure Avalanche was in business anymore.....
Avalanche needs a retail presence before it can start gaining financial strength. The many announcements of games back in stock at the website is evidence that Avalanche is making itself viable to whole-sale distributors once again. But it's still a long way to Picadilly............
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11-07-2012, 12:47 AM,
(This post was last modified: 11-07-2012, 12:48 AM by Poor Yorek.)
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Poor Yorek
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RE: low Saipan sales numbers...
(11-06-2012, 11:03 AM)Shad Wrote: Is it because of AP's history?
Is it because of the theater?
Is it because of external issues like the economy or robots on Mars?
* - as opposed to long promised and somewhat resented
1. Check (including attitude)
2. Sorry, Jay, but absolutely no interest in Pacific Theatre land combat.
3. Nope, see #1
I have purchased neither Lehr nor Patton and also canceled my Kursk order for reason #1. Larry, some folks didn't "drift" away, they served APL divorce papers.
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11-07-2012, 01:00 AM,
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vince hughes
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RE: low Saipan sales numbers...
(11-06-2012, 11:51 PM)larry marak Wrote: . But it's still a long way to Picadilly............
Tipperary !
(Goodbye Picadilly, farewell Leicester Square)
Song is being sung by somebody in London before going to see his girl in Oi-land
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