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<blockquote data-quote="hossrex" data-source="post: 4139357" data-attributes="member: 60784">I agree completely.&nbsp; Ask Sega if competition is inherently fantastic for the entertainment medium.Ask Sony if it wouldn't rather have EA games as exclusive titles for its PS3, instead of them being multi-platform.Competition is *FANTSTIC* for the consumer (increase product quality, and decreased product cost is the definition of &quot;value&quot;), and while I'll allow there are probably certain parts of the economy where its good for companies themselves, its just not necessarily so.&nbsp; Its especially not great if you feel your product is inferior to your competition.A serious question to the people here who say things like:How many RPG books do you buy per month?&nbsp; How many books are you assuming the average player (or to be more fair, the average play group) buys per month?&nbsp; For the above quote to stand as truth, I feel you're probably assuming the average player/group buys more per month then you're purporting.&nbsp; My group has gone an entire year without buying any new books.&nbsp; If that surprises you, or if you think its outlandishly rare...&nbsp; you probably don't understand the truth of the situation as much as you think you do.&nbsp; I'm afraid&nbsp; you're mistakenly assuming that everyone buys as many books as you do.If you work 45 hours a week at Walmart to make a house payment, and raise a child by yourself...&nbsp; not only don't you have a lot of disposable income for role playing games...&nbsp;&nbsp; you're probably not even eventually getting around to renting all the movies you want to watch.Not to mention the absurdity of comparing a $3 movie rental to a $35-$40 role playing game book.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hossrex, post: 4139357, member: 60784"] I agree completely. Ask Sega if competition is inherently fantastic for the entertainment medium. Ask Sony if it wouldn't rather have EA games as exclusive titles for its PS3, instead of them being multi-platform. Competition is *FANTSTIC* for the consumer (increase product quality, and decreased product cost is the definition of "value"), and while I'll allow there are probably certain parts of the economy where its good for companies themselves, its just not necessarily so. Its especially not great if you feel your product is inferior to your competition. A serious question to the people here who say things like: How many RPG books do you buy per month? How many books are you assuming the average player (or to be more fair, the average play group) buys per month? For the above quote to stand as truth, I feel you're probably assuming the average player/group buys more per month then you're purporting. My group has gone an entire year without buying any new books. If that surprises you, or if you think its outlandishly rare... you probably don't understand the truth of the situation as much as you think you do. I'm afraid you're mistakenly assuming that everyone buys as many books as you do. If you work 45 hours a week at Walmart to make a house payment, and raise a child by yourself... not only don't you have a lot of disposable income for role playing games... you're probably not even eventually getting around to renting all the movies you want to watch. Not to mention the absurdity of comparing a $3 movie rental to a $35-$40 role playing game book. [/QUOTE]

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