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<blockquote data-quote="Jim Hague" data-source="post: 3036068" data-attributes="member: 17550"><p>Ok, this old argument...again.</p><p></p><p>Folks - RPG books have <em>not</em> kept up with inflation. Books on sale now are on par or cheaper, relatively speaking, than their counterparts from the 1980s and 1990s. Whatever the other reasons for declining RPG sales, the reason you're seeing price points rise is that publishers are <em>finally</em> realizing that if they don't stay competitive in the market with other books, they'll become insolvent. </p><p></p><p>The market <em>is</em> in a slump right now, according to the best statistics we have available - granted, those statistics are self-reported from places like the FLGS, but they're the best we have. Ken Hite, GMS, Phil Reed, Robin Laws - these guys are recognized industry authorities from a broad spectrum of company environments, and every single one of them agrees on the point that the industry is in a slump, for whatever reason. The consensus (insofar as there is one) seems to be that the market is shaking out and consolidating after a flood of sub-par d20 products and distributors like Osseum running for the hills and laving companies like Green Ronin holding the bag.</p><p></p><p>MMOs? In my opinion, apples and oranges - out of the 20+ people I regularly game with, WoW drew exactly one of them away. 1/20th, 5%. The industry, I think, is far more hurt by a crippled distribution system, distributors like Osseum screwing companies, and a general slump in the market caused by too many bad products. YMMV.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jim Hague, post: 3036068, member: 17550"] Ok, this old argument...again. Folks - RPG books have [i]not[/i] kept up with inflation. Books on sale now are on par or cheaper, relatively speaking, than their counterparts from the 1980s and 1990s. Whatever the other reasons for declining RPG sales, the reason you're seeing price points rise is that publishers are [i]finally[/i] realizing that if they don't stay competitive in the market with other books, they'll become insolvent. The market [i]is[/i] in a slump right now, according to the best statistics we have available - granted, those statistics are self-reported from places like the FLGS, but they're the best we have. Ken Hite, GMS, Phil Reed, Robin Laws - these guys are recognized industry authorities from a broad spectrum of company environments, and every single one of them agrees on the point that the industry is in a slump, for whatever reason. The consensus (insofar as there is one) seems to be that the market is shaking out and consolidating after a flood of sub-par d20 products and distributors like Osseum running for the hills and laving companies like Green Ronin holding the bag. MMOs? In my opinion, apples and oranges - out of the 20+ people I regularly game with, WoW drew exactly one of them away. 1/20th, 5%. The industry, I think, is far more hurt by a crippled distribution system, distributors like Osseum screwing companies, and a general slump in the market caused by too many bad products. YMMV. [/QUOTE]
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