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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sunseeker" data-source="post: 5371081">People don't "need" anything if you view everything in life as "wants".  People don't need to eat and drink if they don't want to live.  You don't need a boat if you don't want to go out into the ocean(nor swim, truly).  I disagree.  If this was true, supermarkets would be nonexistance.  Needs are much easier to build upon than wants.  This is why Windows is so "popular" because most software needs it and most people need that software for their livelyhood. Right, but for example, WotC isn't making money off Pathfinder.  For the most part, Pathfinder replaces WotC, even though it uses the D20 system that WotC basically invented.  Farmville requires Facebook to play, Pathfinder does not require WotC to play.  Much like any open-source software, WotC is making itsself obsolete by allowing others to profit at their expense.   I mean, we've all seen how many people here constantly say "I'm going to play Pathfinder over 4e because of XXXX, since the system is exactly the same."  If WotC wants to keep it audience, then it needs to ensure that everyone who wants to play a D20 system is utilizing their system first.  Microsoft doesn't care if you want to use a different typing program, but it makes it harder for you to NOT use theirs. There are an awful lot of value-judegements in this statement.  Look at WoW, millions of players, yet they continue to gain more.  Why?  They certainly don't give everyone every little cookie they ask for, and they certainly don't remove every little feature people don't like.  But in general, they make a good, core system, that REQUIRES people to both buy their product and subscribe to their service, and so 75% of the population is happy, which is good enough.  WotC will never satisfy everyone, looking for a way to do so is impossible.  heck, look at Windows, most people HATE windows, yet they keep selling product.  Why?  Because they have ensured that the market is skewed in their favor, any company that wants to succeed inevitably does this. That's bad for business.  If a customer doesn't NEED a company, why should they buy their porduct?  WotC has to do the heavy lifting because otherwise the customer wouldn't need them, and if they customer doesn't need them, WotC doesn't make money.  I'm not familiar with it.  That said, a cycling "look at me!" article on the front page is always a great way to catch people's eye and it's not very hard to do.  At the same time, they need to balance "look here's something interesting" and "while you're at it, you can find out more by buying XXX or our subscription."</blockquote>

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