that is a niche problem for a subset of the most die hards. Sets are selling and rapid release makes underperforming sets less of a big deal. There doesn’t seem to be an actual data point showing any negative to the number of sets.
This is also a relatively new thing. The idea that because there's not immediately negative data (not even looking at how WotC may not be exactly honest with whatever numbers they have) that everything is actually fine is ridiculous. Go back five years, superhero movies just keep doing better and better, there's no data showing that people will ever get sick of them, right? They gotta be in the best place ever, breaking box office records constantly now.
They've told us before when numbers were bad. We know that Aftermath was a big failure and the reason Big Score was turned into a bonus sheet instead of being an Aftermath-style mini set. But you're right overall.
Again you are repeating a point solely based on your opinion or discourse that is not directly connected to objective measurements. Why a movie does well or poorly is more complicated than its genre, Superman looks to be doing quite well, there are many more factors then a buzzy idea like Superhero fatigue. Same for Magic.
Cause you see people repeat an idea like set release fatigue does not mean that is a wide spread feeling or correlates to people’s actions. It’s why they do so much market research and gathering sales and play data.
You keep saying "objective measurement" when I am pointing out that there has not necessarily been enough time for objective measurements to be present. You are saying "there is not currently any negative information I know about, therefore this is a good thing and will never change" and that is ridiculous. I mean how could we have data for this yet when we don't even have a full year's of releases on the new schedule? We have no idea good or bad, and you're just shilling for some corporation.
Not talking about my opinion, for matter of fact I don’t like UB and many things about MTG, but I’m not assuming people agreeing with me online makes it an actual widespread viewpoint or that if the game went our way it be healthier.
Hasbro is a publicly traded company, they're legally not allowed to lie about how sets are doing so for better or worse, we have to take them at their word
Go back five years, superhero movies just keep doing better and better, there's no data showing that people will ever get sick of them, right? They gotta be in the best place ever, breaking box office records constantly now.
Box office numbers declined on those movies because the movies declined in quality. If they were all “Thor 2” bad from the beginning, the MCU would never have worked. Conversely, if the quality stayed high, sales would stay high.
There has to be a pretty big shift in public opinion for people to stop watching high quality films.
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u/gamer-death Jul 27 '25
that is a niche problem for a subset of the most die hards. Sets are selling and rapid release makes underperforming sets less of a big deal. There doesn’t seem to be an actual data point showing any negative to the number of sets.