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<blockquote data-quote="Vigilance" data-source="post: 3897492" data-attributes="member: 4275">And this is exactly the argument I'm making. If 4e is worth 120 bucks to me, I'll buy it.As for economic theory, I don't think it does apply (much) to things like RPG books. As you pointed out, marketing can make you lose sight of the cost.Look at prices early adopters are willing to pay for things like video game consoles. Not only are the prices higher from the company (the PS2 started out at 299, it's now down to 129) but then speculators successfully raise them HIGHER.People were paying well above retail MSRP for the 360 early on and they still are for the Wii. Why would they do something so irrational? Because they WANT it. The market has not yet exhausted its supply of people willing to pay $481 for a Wii (the lowest price I could find just now at Amazon). I think desire is THE most important economic factor for something as unnecessary to our daily lives as RPG books and video game consoles.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Vigilance, post: 3897492, member: 4275"] And this is exactly the argument I'm making. If 4e is worth 120 bucks to me, I'll buy it. As for economic theory, I don't think it does apply (much) to things like RPG books. As you pointed out, marketing can make you lose sight of the cost. Look at prices early adopters are willing to pay for things like video game consoles. Not only are the prices higher from the company (the PS2 started out at 299, it's now down to 129) but then speculators successfully raise them HIGHER. People were paying well above retail MSRP for the 360 early on and they still are for the Wii. Why would they do something so irrational? Because they WANT it. The market has not yet exhausted its supply of people willing to pay $481 for a Wii (the lowest price I could find just now at Amazon). I think desire is THE most important economic factor for something as unnecessary to our daily lives as RPG books and video game consoles. [/QUOTE]

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