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<blockquote data-quote="Belen" data-source="post: 2736109" data-attributes="member: 1405">Actually, he has never stated that his opinion was fact.&nbsp; He has maintained that his statements are generated through his own personal tastes.&nbsp; So you are attacking him because you do not like his opinion.&nbsp; Let's not fall for any other illusion on that score.Here is the core of Shaman's argument:&nbsp; In many industries, the giant can be puttering along making the same type of material, then get hosed one day because someone made it better.&nbsp; Someone can make a better screwdriver one day and people will begin buying it because this particular screwdriver has the extra long snout that makes it easier to use than any other screwdriver made.&nbsp; Suddenly, dewalt or black and decker have real comptetion because they did not try to innovate to make that screwdriver better.&nbsp; In many cases, they have learned their lesson by now because they have a lot of equal competitors.&nbsp; They have to innovate.WOTC is different.&nbsp; They have no competitor.&nbsp; The small size of the hobby and there level of market dominance keeps them from having to effectively compete.&nbsp; No one can invent a better wheel in the hobby because no one can ever get access to all the channels needed to sell the product and no one can get the amount of free advertizing that TSR managed to develop back in the 80s.Now, if Mattel decided to buy Green Ronin, then WOTC would have a serious problem.&nbsp; However, I doubt that will happen.However, it is a possibility that a company can churn out consistantly good products that are a little bland, yet sell well.&nbsp; It is equally possible that a continuous lack of innovation combined with a stagnate or negative growth in the consumer base could create an even larger exodus of the base and push them towards other mediums for enjoyment.I am not saying that this is happening, but it could happen, and could be one way to describe the current marketplace situation.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Belen, post: 2736109, member: 1405"] Actually, he has never stated that his opinion was fact. He has maintained that his statements are generated through his own personal tastes. So you are attacking him because you do not like his opinion. Let's not fall for any other illusion on that score. Here is the core of Shaman's argument: In many industries, the giant can be puttering along making the same type of material, then get hosed one day because someone made it better. Someone can make a better screwdriver one day and people will begin buying it because this particular screwdriver has the extra long snout that makes it easier to use than any other screwdriver made. Suddenly, dewalt or black and decker have real comptetion because they did not try to innovate to make that screwdriver better. In many cases, they have learned their lesson by now because they have a lot of equal competitors. They have to innovate. WOTC is different. They have no competitor. The small size of the hobby and there level of market dominance keeps them from having to effectively compete. No one can invent a better wheel in the hobby because no one can ever get access to all the channels needed to sell the product and no one can get the amount of free advertizing that TSR managed to develop back in the 80s. Now, if Mattel decided to buy Green Ronin, then WOTC would have a serious problem. However, I doubt that will happen. However, it is a possibility that a company can churn out consistantly good products that are a little bland, yet sell well. It is equally possible that a continuous lack of innovation combined with a stagnate or negative growth in the consumer base could create an even larger exodus of the base and push them towards other mediums for enjoyment. I am not saying that this is happening, but it could happen, and could be one way to describe the current marketplace situation. [/QUOTE]

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