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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alphastream" data-source="post: 6150762" data-attributes="member: 11365">Wizards is not alone in this problem. The RPG industry is plagued by a simple problem: you really only need one person at the table to own a set of RPG books. At the same time, fans demand a high quantity of material to support the rules. And yet, each supplement you publish will only appeal to a subset of your customer base. It's the catch-22 of the industry: publish too little and you lose fans, publish too much and you are deep in debt. No company has figured out a way to change that paradigm over the long term. It's the reason why editions exist - core books are for many RPG companies the only product that make a profit. We can debate individual policies or strategies Wizards has deployed, but we really can't fault them for trying new approaches. They are the largest RPG company in an industry where basically no one has figured out a strategy for long term profit. They have families and needs like any of us. They have to try new ways of selling product.</blockquote>