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<blockquote data-quote="malraux" data-source="post: 4126875" data-attributes="member: 24352"><p>Remember that there are two distinct issues with product glut.&nbsp; First is the issue of releasing too many rule books so that you run into issues with incompatibilities or overpowered combos.&nbsp; (arguably 3e had this, though I think that the case for this is overstated compared with previous editions).&nbsp; The second issue with product glut is over production and specialization such that more money is spent producing each book than is made back via sales.&nbsp; In other words, supply greatly exceeds demand and the company becomes unprofitable.&nbsp; When people speak of product glut and 2e, that's what they mean, not the former issue of rules problems.&nbsp; I don't see much evidence that WotC's RPG business is unprofitable as a whole.&nbsp; The fact that HAS is letting them release another edition instead of shutting it down is a reasonable indicator that the RPG books are profitable.&nbsp; Thus, there was not a product glut for 3e in the way there was for 2e.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="malraux, post: 4126875, member: 24352"] Remember that there are two distinct issues with product glut. First is the issue of releasing too many rule books so that you run into issues with incompatibilities or overpowered combos. (arguably 3e had this, though I think that the case for this is overstated compared with previous editions). The second issue with product glut is over production and specialization such that more money is spent producing each book than is made back via sales. In other words, supply greatly exceeds demand and the company becomes unprofitable. When people speak of product glut and 2e, that's what they mean, not the former issue of rules problems. I don't see much evidence that WotC's RPG business is unprofitable as a whole. The fact that HAS is letting them release another edition instead of shutting it down is a reasonable indicator that the RPG books are profitable. Thus, there was not a product glut for 3e in the way there was for 2e. [/QUOTE]

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