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Message: <blockquote data-quote="johnsemlak" data-source="post: 1163726" data-attributes="member: 7233">To try to steer back to the topic of consolidation, I'm wondering if a perceived higher or lower level of quality of certain companies by the internet community will have much affect on which, if any, companies get affected.In the end it's which companies have good sales, and there seem to be a lot of factors in that.Several people have mentioned that numerous companies have 'hit and miss' quality.  I think that's in part because d20 authors are mostly freelance, and they work for a lot of different companies, and many companies rarely have a consistant line up of authors.  Having different authors not only leads to inconsisitent quality (perceived or otherwise) but also inconsistant format and style (probably a more significant factor).To me, one of the only d20 companies that seems to be perceived as better than the others is Malhavoc Press, and that's because it's authors are big names, and are mostly by one person.Of course, consolidation have end up happening just as a cost cutting measure, and not be indicative of poor sales by the companies involve.</blockquote>