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<blockquote data-quote="pming" data-source="post: 6348528" data-attributes="member: 45197">Hiya.&nbsp; I didn't read the *entire* thread, so if someone's mentioned this...I agree with him/her. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; IMHO, and IME, a company that makes RPG's for a &quot;living&quot; should NOT have the mantra:&quot;Give what the most people want so we can make the most money for our shareholders.&quot;&nbsp; An RPG company should have the mantra:&quot;We're not here to get rich. We're here to make a living doing stuff we love.&quot;&nbsp; In other words...the mentality behind the 'suits in charge' of the RPG's have to stop thinking RPG's are like video games, novels, movie or TV series, etc. If I buy an RPG core book from you, I *NEVER* have to buy -anything- from you again. Ever. Never ever EVER. Period. Realizing that simple fact about RPG's would go a LONG way to having reasonable expectations of R.O.I.'s. So you spent $1 million dollars over the last year in advertising, development, wages, printing costs, etc? And you made $1.001 million dollars? Good! Have a party! Celebrate the fact that everyone there is doing a job they LOVE and actually getting paid for it. That should count as a win for you. If the 'suits' complain that they aren't making enough money...tell them go get into a business that actually *makes* money...because, brother, you ain't in the right business if you think it's RPG's.^_^Paul L. Ming</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pming, post: 6348528, member: 45197"] Hiya. I didn't read the *entire* thread, so if someone's mentioned this...I agree with him/her. :) IMHO, and IME, a company that makes RPG's for a "living" should NOT have the mantra: "Give what the most people want so we can make the most money for our shareholders." An RPG company should have the mantra: "We're not here to get rich. We're here to make a living doing stuff we love." In other words...the mentality behind the 'suits in charge' of the RPG's have to stop thinking RPG's are like video games, novels, movie or TV series, etc. If I buy an RPG core book from you, I *NEVER* have to buy -anything- from you again. Ever. Never ever EVER. Period. Realizing that simple fact about RPG's would go a LONG way to having reasonable expectations of R.O.I.'s. So you spent $1 million dollars over the last year in advertising, development, wages, printing costs, etc? And you made $1.001 million dollars? Good! Have a party! Celebrate the fact that everyone there is doing a job they LOVE and actually getting paid for it. That should count as a win for you. If the 'suits' complain that they aren't making enough money...tell them go get into a business that actually *makes* money...because, brother, you ain't in the right business if you think it's RPG's. ^_^ Paul L. Ming [/QUOTE]

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