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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SteveC" data-source="post: 4751956" data-attributes="member: 9053">I just wanted to comment on this whole issue of "the illegal downloads were 10:1, no one was buying the PDFs!" line of thought.Not many people purchased the WotC 4E PDFs, but whose fault was that? WotC. Why? Because they didn't want to sell many of them. When 4E launched, I was THRILLED that we were going to see PDFs of our books either for free or for a nominal fee. Of course that didn't work out due to logistical issues, but also because WotC saw electronic distribution as hurting their position in the trade, both with mom and pop stores, as well as the big distributors. The Rouse even said as much!I buy PDFs. I've literally bought hundreds of dollars worth of them over at RPGNow. What I won't do is spend an outrageous amount on them. $20 for a $35 dollar book? No thank you. The intention of sales of PDF 4E products was largely to give access to the books to people who couldn't get them in other ways. If WotC had put the price at a lower point (say $10) I would have purchased each and every book they put out.If there was a real guarantee of support and update for the books (like, say, Green Ronin does) I would have increased that total to $15. For me, the purchase of True 20's PDF and Mutants and Masterminds have been fantastic, because Green Ronin stands behind and supports the products on a phenominal level.So the question: "OMG! Why weren't people buying our books in PDF?" has a simple answer: because they were deliberately priced so that most people wouldn't buy them.--Steve</blockquote>

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