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<blockquote data-quote="HeavenShallBurn" data-source="post: 4307613" data-attributes="member: 39593">Yes however this being a niche hobby large corporations and their expectations have no part in it.&nbsp; They're predicated on models for much larger markets that can sustain the sort of strain and overhead a niche hobby can't.&nbsp; Steve Jackson Games is about the biggest company that can sustain itself on the limited niche of RPGs.&nbsp; D&amp;D has only really survived in WoTC because it there were many other lines to bring in profit as well and cover the overheads of a corporation of that size.&nbsp; Even White Wolf ended up merging with that software company.&nbsp; I guess what I'm saying is the corporate environment is not a one-size fits-all solution.&nbsp; It works for certain types of markets, but in others it's a hindrance.&nbsp; And such small niche markets with limited profitability have no place in large corporations, the two models don't mix well.&nbsp; Large corporations will inevitably be forced to do things in order to maintain the levels of income needed to cover their overhead that will shove them out of the market and alienate the customer base they were counting on.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="HeavenShallBurn, post: 4307613, member: 39593"] Yes however this being a niche hobby large corporations and their expectations have no part in it. They're predicated on models for much larger markets that can sustain the sort of strain and overhead a niche hobby can't. Steve Jackson Games is about the biggest company that can sustain itself on the limited niche of RPGs. D&D has only really survived in WoTC because it there were many other lines to bring in profit as well and cover the overheads of a corporation of that size. Even White Wolf ended up merging with that software company. I guess what I'm saying is the corporate environment is not a one-size fits-all solution. It works for certain types of markets, but in others it's a hindrance. And such small niche markets with limited profitability have no place in large corporations, the two models don't mix well. Large corporations will inevitably be forced to do things in order to maintain the levels of income needed to cover their overhead that will shove them out of the market and alienate the customer base they were counting on. [/QUOTE]

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