Mike Shea
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Podcast Appearances
And that's where you get to kind of define it.
So success is not a static thing.
Things can be successful initially and then not be as successful later and may even fall below your threshold on what a successful game looks like.
So for me, I take the point of view of success as a member of the hobby.
I'm not looking at this as a business standpoint.
Was it successful?
Was it commercially successful for their business?
I don't care.
Right.
I have my business to worry about.
Other people can worry about their business.
I'm not being hired as an MBA to go help Wizards of the Coast figure out their economics.
I only care about success from the point of view of a game master.
Right.
That's where I think about the success of it.
So for me.
I don't worry about the business side of it.
Like, I'm not going to pay attention.
I'll pay a little bit of attention, but I don't think it's that important about like, how much money did a Kickstarter make for something?
Right?