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Message: <blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 3200060" data-attributes="member: 2067">They might have been, if anyone actually *used* the extra stuff. I don't have the studies to quote, but I'm sure they will support me: most people don't care about the extra stuff on DVD's. So when the "deluxe editions" came out, the only people who would pay more are those who wanted the extra stuff -- those who wouldn't mind paying more anyway.It's not entirely a similar scenario, obviously. "We realized that it wasn't going to last forever" is a false leap of logic. Most people probably didn't even realize *it happened,* given how rarely these extra features are actually used.And those who did notice certainly do have issues with it. For instance, take the recent accounts of major studios who are trying to prosecute internet pirating who claim that their sales are down because of internet pirating. One counterargument to that is that their sales are down because the DVD format offers little in the way of added value to a movie to justify it's higher price relative to other formats. Similarly, you're going to see BluRay and HDDVD claim that you can pay more for better quality, but neither format will last long because those formats don't add value to the movie, normally. HDTV is already experiencing this crunch, I believe.No, when I buy a book, I am choosing to support a company who produces material that I enjoy. It's much more involved than simply taking home some paper and ink -- it's a whole social network I buy into. I buy their creativity, I buy their time, I buy their artistry, I buy their product identity, I buy their distribution, I buy their production standards...I'm not just buying a book, I'm supporting an infrastructure. When I buy a book to support their creativity, I am also paying for them to have a website where they can show me more of their creativity. I pay for their website already. This isn't a valid example until they choose to do so. Until then, it's a coutner-example. Paizo still offers free enhancements to their products (which, again, we've really already paid for).</blockquote>

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