kitsune9
Adventurer
I disagree with the cynicism. I don't consider WotC or Paizo money-grabbing, [insert bad stuff here], companies. They're doing what businesses do--putting out products for consumers to buy at a profit.
Their approaches toward that end are different. Companies work from their market research, sales, and other reports and see the "big picture" in myriad of ways. Their company culture also comes into play here. WotC is doing what they are doing because of the what their reports and research is telling them and by the direction and profit targets Hasbro has laid down for them. Paizo doesn't have a parent company nor are they a public corporation so a lot of the decisions fall inhouse.
My point is that I honestly don't see WotC as the evil corporate empire. They are doing what they are doing, because it's the direction they have to take. Paizo is no different.
Their approaches toward that end are different. Companies work from their market research, sales, and other reports and see the "big picture" in myriad of ways. Their company culture also comes into play here. WotC is doing what they are doing because of the what their reports and research is telling them and by the direction and profit targets Hasbro has laid down for them. Paizo doesn't have a parent company nor are they a public corporation so a lot of the decisions fall inhouse.
My point is that I honestly don't see WotC as the evil corporate empire. They are doing what they are doing, because it's the direction they have to take. Paizo is no different.