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<blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 9636553" data-attributes="member: 18182">I feel like you keep making this a binary . . . either we have indie games created out of pure passion, or corporate games driven solely by the need for profit.I would argue that indie games, corporate games, and everything in between have both of these as factors. You're more likely to get a passion-driven project from an indie designer, but that does not mean they also don't have an eye towards making a little bit of money and meeting an existing fan need/want. Corporate projects, like each official D&amp;D book, lean more heavily on the side of, &quot;How does this support the D&amp;D franchise's profit and growth?&quot;, but that doesn't mean that passion, creativity, ingenuity, and innovation aren't poured into those projects. It's a balance, and the balance isn't always passion over profits for indie designers or the reverse for corporate designers.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dire Bare, post: 9636553, member: 18182"] I feel like you keep making this a binary . . . either we have indie games created out of pure passion, or corporate games driven solely by the need for profit. I would argue that indie games, corporate games, and everything in between have both of these as factors. You're more likely to get a passion-driven project from an indie designer, but that does not mean they also don't have an eye towards making a little bit of money and meeting an existing fan need/want. Corporate projects, like each official D&D book, lean more heavily on the side of, [I]"How does this support the D&D franchise's profit and growth?"[/I], but that doesn't mean that passion, creativity, ingenuity, and innovation aren't poured into those projects. It's a balance, and the balance isn't always passion over profits for indie designers or the reverse for corporate designers. [/QUOTE]

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