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Message: <blockquote data-quote="woodelf" data-source="post: 1241991" data-attributes="member: 10201">OK, speaking as someone who knew James Wallis offline as well as on- (albeit not terribly well), as near as i can tell Hogshead was profitable, and able to pay two full-time staff (Wallis and one other), right up to the end.  That's better than the vast majority of RPG companies that are still in business.  That said, Wallis (or any competent writer) could get 2x-5x the pay for half the work in just about any other field.  But it was burnout that got Wallis out of RPGs.  I'm not sure how much he brought it upon himself--my perception was that others started it, and he finally couldn't hold his tongue any longer and started lashing back.  It could well be that he started it, and i just didn't see it. But in either case, i haven't seen any evidence that his tirades online, justified or not, had a significant impact on Hogshead's sales--and i only recall them from the last ~6mo of the company's life, in any case.Nonetheless, i don't think Hogshead is a good example of market darwinism, 'cause it was folded for reasons other than [lack of] profitability, so it's hard to say with any certitude that the problem was producing products people didn't want.</blockquote>