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<blockquote data-quote="jdrakeh" data-source="post: 3373782" data-attributes="member: 13892"><p>I'll echo this sentiment. </p><p></p><p>A lot of people bag on White Wolf for going where the money is, but as a business, they <em>must</em> do this if they want to keep their doors open. They could have stuck to their current, non-profit, generating business model and wound up like Eden Studios (whose release schedule largely stalled more than a year ago and who has since lost the license for their best selling game line) or AEG (who is dangerously close to pinting no RPGs at all). White Wolf did what it had to do to stay afloat. </p><p></p><p>Rather than damning WW for making the decisions that they did, people should start looking at <em>why</em> they made those decisions -- the bottom has virtually fallen out of the market for physical third-party d20 supplements, which is why WW isn't alone in abandoning them. Atlas Games stopped publishing them <em>entirely</em>, as did AEG. Companies like Mongoose have started supporting other game lines, while cutting back on d20 releases. These choices weren't made without good reason. </p><p></p><p>Me? I'd rather see good publishers drop what doesn't earn them money and stick around to do other stuff in the future than cut their own throat to placate a bunch of selfish fans. Silly White Wolf for choosing to focus its efforts on the games that earn it the most money (e.g., NWoD, Exalted) and seeking to broaden their horizons via the EVE merger. I mean, <em>what's up with them trying to stay in business</em>! <em>LAAAAAAAAAME</em>! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jdrakeh, post: 3373782, member: 13892"] I'll echo this sentiment. A lot of people bag on White Wolf for going where the money is, but as a business, they [i]must[/i] do this if they want to keep their doors open. They could have stuck to their current, non-profit, generating business model and wound up like Eden Studios (whose release schedule largely stalled more than a year ago and who has since lost the license for their best selling game line) or AEG (who is dangerously close to pinting no RPGs at all). White Wolf did what it had to do to stay afloat. Rather than damning WW for making the decisions that they did, people should start looking at [i]why[/i] they made those decisions -- the bottom has virtually fallen out of the market for physical third-party d20 supplements, which is why WW isn't alone in abandoning them. Atlas Games stopped publishing them [i]entirely[/i], as did AEG. Companies like Mongoose have started supporting other game lines, while cutting back on d20 releases. These choices weren't made without good reason. Me? I'd rather see good publishers drop what doesn't earn them money and stick around to do other stuff in the future than cut their own throat to placate a bunch of selfish fans. Silly White Wolf for choosing to focus its efforts on the games that earn it the most money (e.g., NWoD, Exalted) and seeking to broaden their horizons via the EVE merger. I mean, [i]what's up with them trying to stay in business[/i]! [i]LAAAAAAAAAME[/i]! ;) [/QUOTE]
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