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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jdrakeh" data-source="post: 2675540" data-attributes="member: 13892">Note I didn't say that the history applied specifically to slipcases, but to cosmetic enchancments in general. That said, I don't see why companies that have been hiking prices for decades over things of arguable value such as 'limited edition cover art' for decades would suddenly make an exception for slipcase collections. While no companies have used the slipcase alone as a justification to hike prices yet, in an industry that has hiked prices over everything ranging from a few color prints inserted in the middle of a book to alternate cover art, there is no reason to suspect that it isn't coming. Again, history suggets a pattern here: 1. Introduce a new marketing concept at a reasonable price. 2. If people drool over it, hike the price an absurd amount. If not, abandon the concept. 3. If people continue to drool over it it, mass produce the hell out of it until it is no longer commercially viable, at which time... 4. Introduce a new marketing concept at a reasonable price. Adventure modules, leather hardcovers, limited edition cover art, boxed campaigns, and so on all followed the above trend. It's a sound business model, really. Don't get me wrong - I'm not begruding it (it does drive competiion and growth within the industry, after all). I'm just sayin' - if slip case collections catch on, expect them to be the next 'big ticket' collector's item in gaming <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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