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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Staffan" data-source="post: 8428413" data-attributes="member: 907">As I said over on Paizo's boards: if your business can't pay a decent wage, it has no business being in business.I think that in general, the RPG market would be well served by a move to fewer, higher-priced products. I mean, not everything needs to be Invisible Sun, but it does seem that Monte Cook Games is doing pretty well, business-wise, and pays their employees well (I'm pretty sure that I saw a Twitter post by Sean K Reynolds a few months ago mentioning that he's paid way more there than he was at Wizards or Paizo).Unfortunately, Paizo seems unlikely to be leading a charge like that, given that the core of their business model is the monthly adventure path, and that they produce a whole lot of material in addition to that. Pathfinder 2 has been out for little over two years, and over that time they've released a total of three bestiaries, a Gamemaster's Guide telling you how to fiddle with their game, and three major rule expansions (Advanced Player's Guide, Secrets of Magic, and Guns & Gear) featuring a total of 8 additional classes. And that's in addition to the lore stuff they've done for Golarion (8 more books of varying sizes), and a bazillion different accessories. Paizo's always been about hitting that supplement treadmill, and hitting it hard. I don't think their current audience would like it if they, say, halved their publication speed and increased prices by 25-50%.</blockquote>

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