umutov opened this issue on Jan 16, 2005 ยท 26 posts
XENOPHONZ posted Tue, 18 January 2005 at 11:03 AM
I am all for originality. Let's see lots more originality!
The more, the merrier. I have no objections whatsoever to the creation of new and different items. My hat's off to any merchant than can come up with something unique.
However, I would point out that simply being "unique" doesn't mean that the item will sell. An excellent new model of an aardvark would be a good thing: and I'm sure that the 5 or 6 people that would purchase a copy of the model would be very happy with it.
In the meantime, the un-original grist mill of those superior Victoria character creators will continue to churn out their un-original character packages. And they will continue to out-sell the aardvark's of the marketplace by wide margins.
Real life/everyday type items are a joy to see and so are animals.
Yes, I agree. Real life items are top of the list on my own purchasing priorities.
However, I am realistic enough to admit that 'toon characters and sci-fi/fantasy items often sell tons more copies than many of the "realistic" items ever do.
Likewise, an excellent V3 character will most likely sell far better than the best aardvark that anyone ever comes up with.
Have at it -- be original. Or be mundane and un-original.
Just be aware of the fact that certain types of items will consistently sell far more than others.
Shame only occurs when a merchant is persuaded to make things that won't sell -- just for the sake of fitting some sort of imposed template. PC or otherwise.