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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EricNoah" data-source="post: 1562953" data-attributes="member: 4">My theory is that there are many "little deaths" going on all the time and we don't get to see it.  I mean, really, what company is going to have a press release reading "Despite all efforts, we have failed to sell our products and so we are closing up shop"?  Even if a company closes its doors, human nature holds out hope against hope that something could come back around and allow one more try at success.  Plus, with so many little companies, each little company probably has the resources to try and fail once or twice before being "wiped out."  For every one that dies, another will rise to try to take its place.  It's a rough, tough business -- the survivors will be "the best" and the ones that fade into the mists of time will be "the rest."  Which makes great companies like Green Ronin, Malhavoc, Necromancer Games, etc. all the more remarkable.Edit: as far as prices go, you'll want to check out the recently-resurrected Price Sensitive Gamers thread -- <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=12471" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=12471</a> And as far as "too many books" -- that's an argument I will never understand.  Yeah, I personally don't need any more PrCs for a while, but so what?  When I've had enough, I stop buying.  What's too much for me might be not enough for others.  I don't think "too many books" is a good argument for companies to stop publishing.  Now, "not enough sales" -- that's a good reason.  <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    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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