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Originally Posted by Nightshade
Given they were apparently still considering covers, I'm afraid you're probably right, though companies try for pre-Christmas releases whenever possible.
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Most analysis about the industry I've seen actually says that Christmas is a slow time for RPG sales, with the post-Christmas bump being more significant to the hobby.
The near-total failure of the pen-and-paper retail industry in presenting characteristics normally associated with Christmas shopping (extended hours, sale prices, parent-friendly service, more advertising, high availability of product, gift wrapping, etc.) means that most people
don't get RPG products for Christmas (or Kwanza, or whatever holiday), and many people end up buying them later with holiday gift money.
I know that in my entire life, the only RPG product I ever got at X-Mas from someone else was the old blue box D&D, and that was ordered through the Montgomery Ward's Christmas catalog.
Not that there aren't good stores (I shop at a good one), but even they don't really change their business plan around holidays other than a display for the front of the store and some recommendations for gifts.