Game book pricing

[JoeGKushner]

As an informed consumer, you notice that these claims are specious, and the reality of the market is that the cost of printing a book has gone up, so the price of books has as well.

And the reality is, as I've noted before, that in the end, it still doesn't matter. Arcana Revolved may be trimmed in gold and brass and worth $200 but the market will sort itself out.

Right now it seems that publishers are feeling the market with larger books and hopefully that does it for them but as you and others have noted, the vocal part of the market isn't going away.

And for the record, I think that a book can be expensive, (note, not too expensive), and still be worth it. Warhammer 40 K (tabletop) is a great book and the new Warhammer RPG is a great game. If you've never owned the Diamond Throne or Arcana Unearthed, then Arcana Evolved is certainly a worth while investment.

 

[Mouseferatu]

It just struck me that the 'timing' of the words with X being followed by Y seemed to indicate one thing and then point at the results of not doing that.

Well, to an extent that's true. Y does follow X. If enough gamers decide that books are too expensive, then the industry will suffer.

The problem was, I think, that I intended that simply as a statement of causality, whereas to you, it came across that I meant it to imply a "Therefore, you must do something about that," conclusion.

Heck, there's a reason I write gaming material and not political or legal arguments.

 

[Storm Raven]

And the reality is, as I've noted before, that in the end, it still doesn't matter. Arcana Revolved may be trimmed in gold and brass and worth $200 but the market will sort itself out.

Actually, it does matter. If you think that game publishers are inflating the price of books, you may surmise that by not buying their books, the price will come down (or at least not go up until inflation catches up with the "overpriced" book). Or you might decide to avoid purchasing books in order to "defy the evil game publishers who are overcharging". Thus, if you don't have the actual information you may make fallacious purchasing decisions based upon an incorrect assessment of the market.

On the other hand, if you are armed with the actual information concerning the nature of the market, you can make informed decisions (i.e. knowing that the price of books isn't going to come down any time soon, you might be less tempted to try to hold out until the publishers drop the price in the future).

 

[diaglo]

Actually, it does matter. If you think that game publishers are inflating the price of books, you may surmise that by not buying their books, the price will come down (or at least not go up until inflation catches up with the "overpriced" book). Or you might decide to avoid purchasing books in order to "defy the evil game publishers who are overcharging". Thus, if you don't have the actual information you may make fallacious purchasing decisions based upon an incorrect assessment of the market.

On the other hand, if you are armed with the actual information concerning the nature of the market, you can make informed decisions (i.e. knowing that the price of books isn't going to come down any time soon, you might be less tempted to try to hold out until the publishers drop the price in the future).

or you could just create a strawman. and debate about what ifs.

 

[Storm Raven]

or you could just create a strawman. and debate about what ifs.

You have correctly surmised the entire study of economics. Perhaps you would like to go to your local university and tell the professors in that department that they are wasting their time thinking about reactions to information.