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<blockquote data-quote="eyeheartawk" data-source="post: 7978842" data-attributes="member: 6727715"><p>So, <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/309847/The-Yellow-King-Roleplaying-Game?src=hottest_filtered" target="_blank">this exists</a>. By comparison I would say it's overpriced. The price exists to be exclusionary. This is by design. Invisble Sun is a $250 luxury product. Luxury products by design engender exclusivity by exclusion, this is done by price. This is why the perceived value of something like a Mercedes, say, is higher than that of Ford. Since this is true of the physical version if the PDF were priced at a more reasonable level it would lessen that exclusive, luxury image of the physical product. Not to mention that then nobody would likely buy the needlessly excessive bits and bobbles of the physical copy, which I'm sure ties up quite a bit of capital if it remains unsold.</p><p></p><p>While the above is broadly true of any "market" is that what we want our little corner of a <em>hobby</em> to be? To me, and I would wager many others, the beauty of RPGs is that you could with nothing more than a ratty hand me down rulebook and some $4 dice, play <em>forever</em> without any more investment than some paper and pencils. This is an egalitarian virtue, in my eyes, and seeing such blatant, soulless pumping of margins for the above outlined reasons, which excludes the less economically advantaged just <em>because </em>and <em>purposefully </em>bothers me.</p><p></p><p>Is it a minor deal all things considered? Sure. Are there many alternatives on the market that are sensibly priced and even free? Yeah, sure. Can we comment on the similarities seen between this and how our society broadly conducts itself vis-a-vis the economy and the social effects this has? Yeah, bruh. Does that mean we can't whinge and comment broadly about the negatives aspect of this development? Naw.</p><p></p><p>Also dude, your eye condition sounds serious. Get that checked out quick. My eyes rolled out of my head once from rolling too hard and I couldn't find them for awhile. It was a whole Keystone Cops thing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="eyeheartawk, post: 7978842, member: 6727715"] So, [URL='https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/309847/The-Yellow-King-Roleplaying-Game?src=hottest_filtered']this exists[/URL]. By comparison I would say it's overpriced. The price exists to be exclusionary. This is by design. Invisble Sun is a $250 luxury product. Luxury products by design engender exclusivity by exclusion, this is done by price. This is why the perceived value of something like a Mercedes, say, is higher than that of Ford. Since this is true of the physical version if the PDF were priced at a more reasonable level it would lessen that exclusive, luxury image of the physical product. Not to mention that then nobody would likely buy the needlessly excessive bits and bobbles of the physical copy, which I'm sure ties up quite a bit of capital if it remains unsold. While the above is broadly true of any "market" is that what we want our little corner of a [I]hobby[/I] to be? To me, and I would wager many others, the beauty of RPGs is that you could with nothing more than a ratty hand me down rulebook and some $4 dice, play [I]forever[/I] without any more investment than some paper and pencils. This is an egalitarian virtue, in my eyes, and seeing such blatant, soulless pumping of margins for the above outlined reasons, which excludes the less economically advantaged just [I]because [/I]and [I]purposefully [/I]bothers me. Is it a minor deal all things considered? Sure. Are there many alternatives on the market that are sensibly priced and even free? Yeah, sure. Can we comment on the similarities seen between this and how our society broadly conducts itself vis-a-vis the economy and the social effects this has? Yeah, bruh. Does that mean we can't whinge and comment broadly about the negatives aspect of this development? Naw. Also dude, your eye condition sounds serious. Get that checked out quick. My eyes rolled out of my head once from rolling too hard and I couldn't find them for awhile. It was a whole Keystone Cops thing. [/QUOTE]
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