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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 8011611" data-attributes="member: 18182">GW is dealing with piracy too. Their rulebooks and novels are as easily pirated as anybody's, their miniatures get pirated by recasters (taking the model, making a new mold of it, and then casting more), and digital piracy of miniatures and IP is increasing as 3D printing gets better and cheaper every year.I can't say with experience, as I don't work for GW or in the industry at all, but I bet that the creators behind their games and miniatures are STILL underpaid, despite GW successfully raising prices on their model kits and rulebooks. And if you hang out in GW fan forums, the #1 complaint is pricing . . . how GW is only concerned about money and is ripping off fans . . . .GW has seen amazing success with their Warhammer games compared historically, just like WotC is enjoying with D&D. But that doesn't insulate them from the industry forces Stephens is talking about here. I have no doubt their decision to raise prices is to counter the problems we're talking about here, at least in part, but I really doubt they have "solved" the issues.EDIT: To add, this is why, in part, both companies are so eager to expand their franchises beyond the tabletop into movies, TV, and video games. The amount of money they can make by simply licensing their IP out to others likely dwarfs the profit made by the games themselves.</blockquote>