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<blockquote data-quote="malkav666" data-source="post: 4843418" data-attributes="member: 70565"><p>This seems like a really great decision to me. I do not buy into the assertion that this will hurt FLGS in any way. The way I see it, is that Paizo has a pretty good fanbase that already had every intention of buying the printed book before this PDF price was announced. </p><p></p><p>I think such a cheap price on the PDF will actually put the rules into the hands of folks who would not of otherwise given the rules a day in court. If the rules are decent, then I cannot help but think that some of these folks attracted by the $9.99 price point may in fact buy the hardcover book, or perhaps purchase additional supplemental material.</p><p></p><p>Sure on the other hand you may end up with some fans who looking at the 10 dollar price point decide to go exclusively PDF with their purchases who may have otherwise purchased a hard cover. But the real bet that I feel is being hedged by Paizo in my eyes is that:</p><p></p><p>The number of folks that decide not to buy into the rule sets physical products will because of cheap PDF pricing will pale in comparison to the amount of customers that could be attracted to the system by the cheap PDF pricing that would not have otherwise paid money to do so.</p><p></p><p>It is a fairly simple concept. It is my opinion that most folks already had a pretty good idea of whether or not they intended to buy the PFRPG before this announcement. I do not see any folks in this thread saying that they refuse to buy it because of the cheap PDF. But what I do see are people saying that they will be giving the PDF a day in court because of the pricing.</p><p></p><p>So Paizo wins in two ways:</p><p></p><p>1. They sell cheap PDFs to customers who typically only buy printed books because of the cheap price point (this sell in most cases will be in addition to a hard copy, but in some cases, admittedly they may lose the hard copy sale. But I feel this will be the exception rather than the rule).</p><p></p><p>2. They sell PDFs to customers who would have otherwise avoided the system entirely. This is a big win. If the system ends up being good, then some of these customers may come back and buy other products. I would be willing to bet that some of them may even buy them from FLGs.</p><p></p><p>The only way that this move can be bad for FLGs is if: The number of folks who would be buying hard copies but instead choose to buy only PDF as a result of the change is LESS THAN the number of folks attracted to the cheap PDF pricing to audit the system, that actually decide they like it and choose to support it with hard copy purchases.</p><p></p><p>(This assertion does not imply purchasing habit. It assumes that among PF fans and those who are unsold on the system, that the ratio of folks who support their FLGS is the same. The assertion means little to a local FLGS when it is applied to a customer that buys their hard copy from an online distributor, as then the issue is moot because that is not a sale lost or gained by the FLGS)</p><p></p><p>But of course this post is entirely my own opinion and speculation, and it certainly should not be considered fact, but rather m own educated guess.</p><p></p><p>love,</p><p></p><p>malkav</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="malkav666, post: 4843418, member: 70565"] This seems like a really great decision to me. I do not buy into the assertion that this will hurt FLGS in any way. The way I see it, is that Paizo has a pretty good fanbase that already had every intention of buying the printed book before this PDF price was announced. I think such a cheap price on the PDF will actually put the rules into the hands of folks who would not of otherwise given the rules a day in court. If the rules are decent, then I cannot help but think that some of these folks attracted by the $9.99 price point may in fact buy the hardcover book, or perhaps purchase additional supplemental material. Sure on the other hand you may end up with some fans who looking at the 10 dollar price point decide to go exclusively PDF with their purchases who may have otherwise purchased a hard cover. But the real bet that I feel is being hedged by Paizo in my eyes is that: The number of folks that decide not to buy into the rule sets physical products will because of cheap PDF pricing will pale in comparison to the amount of customers that could be attracted to the system by the cheap PDF pricing that would not have otherwise paid money to do so. It is a fairly simple concept. It is my opinion that most folks already had a pretty good idea of whether or not they intended to buy the PFRPG before this announcement. I do not see any folks in this thread saying that they refuse to buy it because of the cheap PDF. But what I do see are people saying that they will be giving the PDF a day in court because of the pricing. So Paizo wins in two ways: 1. They sell cheap PDFs to customers who typically only buy printed books because of the cheap price point (this sell in most cases will be in addition to a hard copy, but in some cases, admittedly they may lose the hard copy sale. But I feel this will be the exception rather than the rule). 2. They sell PDFs to customers who would have otherwise avoided the system entirely. This is a big win. If the system ends up being good, then some of these customers may come back and buy other products. I would be willing to bet that some of them may even buy them from FLGs. The only way that this move can be bad for FLGs is if: The number of folks who would be buying hard copies but instead choose to buy only PDF as a result of the change is LESS THAN the number of folks attracted to the cheap PDF pricing to audit the system, that actually decide they like it and choose to support it with hard copy purchases. (This assertion does not imply purchasing habit. It assumes that among PF fans and those who are unsold on the system, that the ratio of folks who support their FLGS is the same. The assertion means little to a local FLGS when it is applied to a customer that buys their hard copy from an online distributor, as then the issue is moot because that is not a sale lost or gained by the FLGS) But of course this post is entirely my own opinion and speculation, and it certainly should not be considered fact, but rather m own educated guess. love, malkav [/QUOTE]
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