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<blockquote data-quote="Wofano Wotanto" data-source="post: 9302154" data-attributes="member: 7044704"><p>The Pod is quite good at establishing interesting worlds, yes. Even the lesser-supported flops like Core Command and Gear Krieg had a certain appeal and some unique elements, with CC being particularly high concept. And HG at least is still expanding within the minis community, although at this point it's really fallen far behind its old rival Battletech.</p><p></p><p>Going by what customers were saying in my days behind the FLGS counter a quarter century ago, part of the Pod's failure to grab more market share may be their pricing. They've always be adamant (I would even say arrogant) about charging what they thought products were worth regardless of the rest of the market, and people tended to look at their (mostly) B&W, rather slim books and compare them to other companies' work that offered a higher page counts and more color and opt right out. There was also a perception that they put out too many small books that made them expensive for completists, although I'm honestly not sure they were particularly bad about that - especially in the 90s when countless splatbooks were king.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wofano Wotanto, post: 9302154, member: 7044704"] The Pod is quite good at establishing interesting worlds, yes. Even the lesser-supported flops like Core Command and Gear Krieg had a certain appeal and some unique elements, with CC being particularly high concept. And HG at least is still expanding within the minis community, although at this point it's really fallen far behind its old rival Battletech. Going by what customers were saying in my days behind the FLGS counter a quarter century ago, part of the Pod's failure to grab more market share may be their pricing. They've always be adamant (I would even say arrogant) about charging what they thought products were worth regardless of the rest of the market, and people tended to look at their (mostly) B&W, rather slim books and compare them to other companies' work that offered a higher page counts and more color and opt right out. There was also a perception that they put out too many small books that made them expensive for completists, although I'm honestly not sure they were particularly bad about that - especially in the 90s when countless splatbooks were king. [/QUOTE]
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