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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nothing to see here" data-source="post: 4308925" data-attributes="member: 16432">We'll leave the obvious and (and still unanswered) question of "why would WOTC ever bother/consider doing such a thing?" as it's certainly your right to assume the absolute worst about their motives.Even if you assume the worse (and I do not) -- my understanding of the game industry (which I stand to be corrected on) is that it has a front-loaded sales model.  Publishers rely on initial orders from distributors because the vast majority of book sales come in the first couple of months.  There is a longer tale to PDFs I'll grant you that, but there is also a much lower start-up cost and barrier to entry.  If you want to consider WOTC a maleveolent behemoth, fine -- just remember that most publishers would have made their money on a product by the time that behemoth gets around to swatting them.</blockquote>