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<blockquote data-quote="Thorin Stoutfoot" data-source="post: 175706" data-attributes="member: 1887">Expanding the market vs. raising prices&nbsp;I agree that expanding the market would be great, but I don't really see RPGs ever being that big. They're not like cars or phones, where nearly everyone in the country would need/want one. The other thing is that WoTC is the only company that can really expand the market, whereas any 3rd party game publisher could do a high quality, ultra-deluxe luxury campaign, if they really put their minds to it. WoTC might be able to do it better, with their resources and access to big name artists, but my guess is that Sword &amp; Sorcery Studios, Atlas Games, and Malhavoc press are all very capable of producing a pre-made campaign. It would be a very big risk, though, since nobody really knows how large a market that would be, but I bet the first folks to do it would reap a lot of profits, followed by a big rush to copy and follow through on the market.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Thorin Stoutfoot, post: 175706, member: 1887"] [b]Expanding the market vs. raising prices[/b] I agree that expanding the market would be great, but I don't really see RPGs ever being that big. They're not like cars or phones, where nearly everyone in the country would need/want one. The other thing is that WoTC is the only company that can really expand the market, whereas any 3rd party game publisher could do a high quality, ultra-deluxe luxury campaign, if they really put their minds to it. WoTC might be able to do it better, with their resources and access to big name artists, but my guess is that Sword & Sorcery Studios, Atlas Games, and Malhavoc press are all very capable of producing a pre-made campaign. It would be a very big risk, though, since nobody really knows how large a market that would be, but I bet the first folks to do it would reap a lot of profits, followed by a big rush to copy and follow through on the market. [/QUOTE]

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