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<blockquote data-quote="Deimodius" data-source="post: 3484375" data-attributes="member: 14322">Enforcer, the two formats are only competing for players who are _already_ consumers of the magazine. I have already granted that if enough mag consumers want DI instead, then the decision is founded (and economic theory would have ensured the natural demise of the mags).The problem with the argument is that it was based on the idea that it appears only to be a minority of people who are angry, and thus no big deal. As I pointed out, the real question is whether or not the people who are angry constitute a majority of the mag consumers.I understand the business argument. WotC wanted to control the content to control the profit. The simple fact that only magazine consumers were consumers of the magazines proves that the only reason to kill the mags was to push those consumers to the DI. People who were not already mag consumers are not part of the &quot;competition&quot; equation because WotC is not competing for their dollars.Simply put: if the majority of magazine consumers prefer the DI over print, then I am wrong. if the _majority_ of magazine consumers prefer print over DI, then I am right. if WotC polled ALL users, not just those who are magazine consumers, their numbers are wrong because non-magazine consumers who responded that they prefer DI over print have skewed the findings.Killing the mags ONLY affects magazine consumers, NOT those who were not Magazine consumers. Am I wrong about that?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Deimodius, post: 3484375, member: 14322"] Enforcer, the two formats are only competing for players who are _already_ consumers of the magazine. I have already granted that if enough mag consumers want DI instead, then the decision is founded (and economic theory would have ensured the natural demise of the mags). The problem with the argument is that it was based on the idea that it appears only to be a minority of people who are angry, and thus no big deal. As I pointed out, the real question is whether or not the people who are angry constitute a majority of the mag consumers. I understand the business argument. WotC wanted to control the content to control the profit. The simple fact that only magazine consumers were consumers of the magazines proves that the only reason to kill the mags was to push those consumers to the DI. People who were not already mag consumers are not part of the "competition" equation because WotC is not competing for their dollars. Simply put: if the majority of magazine consumers prefer the DI over print, then I am wrong. if the _majority_ of magazine consumers prefer print over DI, then I am right. if WotC polled ALL users, not just those who are magazine consumers, their numbers are wrong because non-magazine consumers who responded that they prefer DI over print have skewed the findings. Killing the mags ONLY affects magazine consumers, NOT those who were not Magazine consumers. Am I wrong about that? [/QUOTE]

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