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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 9035601" data-attributes="member: 7023840">Thank you for the response- I will point out a few things, again.First, as I pointed out, it is easy to say that you intellectually understand something, but it is much harder to say that you emotionally understand something. You are, quite literally, arguing against basic facts by trying to claim that there are different measures! Feel free to use whatever measure you want for inflation or CPI, but you'll find the same thing- the 2024 core books will be cheaper than the 2014 core books! Cheaper. And this is right now ... this isn't next year, when they will be cheaper still. And this isn't five or ten years years from now, when (because they tend to hold prices on books for a long time) they will be cheaper still. They are raising the prices now, but the price will continue to go down (as did the 2014 books) relative to inflation until they are forced to increase them again. I feel like I just had a long post about this! With like, figures and everything?????Next, as has been repeatedly pointed out, not only are the books cheaper than they were when they were introduced in 2014, but the actual costs are much higher because of the changes in the publishing industry. Sure- it's not like WoTC is losing money, but they aren't even making the same profit.Third, the complaints about wages is somewhat bizarre given WoTC pays fair wages within the industry for their work. Moreover, as has been pointed out, creatives at WoTC and Paizo and elsewhere (other than you) want these prices to increase so that they can charge more and so that their wages can increase.Fourth, and more importantly, TTRPG books are a bargain compared to other entertainment. You can get years or even decades of enjoyment from the purchase. But yes, if the price is too high (EVEN THOUGH IT IS LESS THAN 2014!!!!) don't buy it! That's economics.Fifth, there are numerous options, from used books to the free basic set. It is somewhat unbecoming for people to complain that they are raising prices that do not even keep pace with inflation given the numerous available options that are cheap and/or free.</blockquote>

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