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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 6874123" data-attributes="member: 22779">((Gack, step away from En World for a couple of days, wade through 60 pages in the other harassment thread only to find it locked at the end.&nbsp; LOL))I find it absolutely baffling to be honest to think that anyone would think that not making your product more appealing to more people is a good idea.&nbsp; It's just good business.&nbsp; Is anyone going to stop buying D&amp;D books because they have less chainmail bikinis it them?&nbsp; Maybe.&nbsp; But, I'm pretty willing to bet that the primary motivation for buying a PHB isn't to look at pinup art.&nbsp; That might be a reason, but, hardly the main one.Yet, removing the pinup art, while maybe making the book less attractive to some potential customers, but still attractive since it is a D&amp;D rule book, and making the book more attractive to people who may be far less likely to buy a book with a chainmail bikini on the cover, is just good business.&nbsp; Why wouldn't you do it?&nbsp; This has little to do with pushing any sort of agenda and far more about bottom line.&nbsp; Companies want to make money.&nbsp; They will make more money removing pinup art than they will lose.&nbsp; That's the full argument in a nutshell.&nbsp; There aren't any other considerations really, not from a corporate point of view.it's no different than coffee shops going non-smoking.&nbsp; Yup, you might lose the smokers.&nbsp; But, as history has nicely shown, the increase in volume (non-smokers don't stay as long as smokers, thus freeing up tables) more than makes up for it.&nbsp; So, virtually every coffee shop has gone non-smoking.&nbsp; Sure, you can paint it as a social issue all you like, but, the biggest reason all the restaurants have gone along with it is because they make a bucket full more money going non-smoking.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 6874123, member: 22779"] ((Gack, step away from En World for a couple of days, wade through 60 pages in the other harassment thread only to find it locked at the end. LOL)) I find it absolutely baffling to be honest to think that anyone would think that not making your product more appealing to more people is a good idea. It's just good business. Is anyone going to [i]stop[/i] buying D&D books because they have less chainmail bikinis it them? Maybe. But, I'm pretty willing to bet that the primary motivation for buying a PHB isn't to look at pinup art. That might be a reason, but, hardly the main one. Yet, removing the pinup art, while maybe making the book less attractive to some potential customers, but still attractive since it is a D&D rule book, and making the book more attractive to people who may be far less likely to buy a book with a chainmail bikini on the cover, is just good business. Why wouldn't you do it? This has little to do with pushing any sort of agenda and far more about bottom line. Companies want to make money. They will make more money removing pinup art than they will lose. That's the full argument in a nutshell. There aren't any other considerations really, not from a corporate point of view. it's no different than coffee shops going non-smoking. Yup, you might lose the smokers. But, as history has nicely shown, the increase in volume (non-smokers don't stay as long as smokers, thus freeing up tables) more than makes up for it. So, virtually every coffee shop has gone non-smoking. Sure, you can paint it as a social issue all you like, but, the biggest reason all the restaurants have gone along with it is because they make a bucket full more money going non-smoking. [/QUOTE]

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