User blog comment:Falseface/Questions about New 52/@comment-4434575-20110914132425

They haven't ruined the continuity. It still flows continuous from the Flashpoint mini-series in terms of story line continuity.

In terms of numbering - it has to do with the fact that the Comic industry had ten years of diminished sales which have started to pickup. As a result most comic fans are new to the scene and jumping into a series with a thousand back issues building up the story line is intimidating to say the least.

Almost all complaints against the relaunch have been people resisting simply because it's different from how things have been. Even if every person who complains about this re-launch stops buying DC all together, they'll still be better off with the number of new people who join the scene.