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very interesting post from orlygg
What does everyone think? Will WHFB be dead and gone from GW soon?
Personally I don't see it. It's clear that 40k is the top dog but I believe warhammer will exist in some way as a GW product for the foreseeable future. It's been a really solid year for fantasy releases, with a bunch of new army books and lot of models. There's also heavy rumors of 9th edition coming in the next year or so.
The death of WD as a print publication isn't very surprising. The magazine is a real POS for the price. I don't even think the magazine is that much worse than it was in the past. I started reading it after issue 100 and in looking back, there were some really awesome articles but definitely some stinkers. I think it's a valid complaint that it's more of a catalogue today, but I don't think the quality is that far off.
I think it's just tough to sell a pricey warhammer magazine these days with the Internet. What do I need WD for? The Gw site has pics of all the products. Forums have vat quantities of painted models to look at. There are even tons of hobby tutorials on the net and YouTube. Why would I pay for any of that?
GW also sees to be pushing really hard into the digital realm. Maybe they see this as a better future for WD.
I think the biggest danger for WHFB is the current pricing strategy. If I was new to the hobby, there is no way I could start a WHFB army. No way. just go check how much a unit of 30 plastic with elves would cost. I'd probably be playing space marines and saving some money.
I can't get over how terrible their pricing strategy seems to be for trying to get new players into the hobby. But I still don't see that killing the game just yet.
Maybe I'm way off and this is just wishful thinking though...
very interesting post from orlygg
What does everyone think? Will WHFB be dead and gone from GW soon?
Personally I don't see it. It's clear that 40k is the top dog but I believe warhammer will exist in some way as a GW product for the foreseeable future. It's been a really solid year for fantasy releases, with a bunch of new army books and lot of models. There's also heavy rumors of 9th edition coming in the next year or so.
The death of WD as a print publication isn't very surprising. The magazine is a real POS for the price. I don't even think the magazine is that much worse than it was in the past. I started reading it after issue 100 and in looking back, there were some really awesome articles but definitely some stinkers. I think it's a valid complaint that it's more of a catalogue today, but I don't think the quality is that far off.
I think it's just tough to sell a pricey warhammer magazine these days with the Internet. What do I need WD for? The Gw site has pics of all the products. Forums have vat quantities of painted models to look at. There are even tons of hobby tutorials on the net and YouTube. Why would I pay for any of that?
GW also sees to be pushing really hard into the digital realm. Maybe they see this as a better future for WD.
I think the biggest danger for WHFB is the current pricing strategy. If I was new to the hobby, there is no way I could start a WHFB army. No way. just go check how much a unit of 30 plastic with elves would cost. I'd probably be playing space marines and saving some money.
I can't get over how terrible their pricing strategy seems to be for trying to get new players into the hobby. But I still don't see that killing the game just yet.
Maybe I'm way off and this is just wishful thinking though...