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<blockquote data-quote="jdrakeh" data-source="post: 4518693" data-attributes="member: 13892">Frankly, I hear a lot of &quot;WotC ignored my advice, so screw them!&quot; whining from older gamers who don't want to change. What these people fail to appreciate is that D&amp;D isn't a hobby for WotC — it's a business. Like any business, WotC must change its marketing strategy and products as the market changes, pursuing the majority of consumers. If they don't do this, they don't earn any revenue. If they don't earn any revenue, they go out of business. You don't want to change? Then don't — but don't expect a company to waste time and resources catering to you and your tiny band of holdouts, ignoring the will of the consumer majority in an effort to win you back as customers. <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/ponder.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":hmm:" title="Hmmm&nbsp; &nbsp; :hmm:" data-shortname=":hmm:" />No sane or responsible business owner would ever put the screws to legions of willing customers currently giving them money in order to satisfy the whims of a few former customers who currently refuse to buy anything. That's just not how basic commerce works.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jdrakeh, post: 4518693, member: 13892"] Frankly, I hear a lot of "WotC ignored my advice, so screw them!" whining from older gamers who don't want to change. What these people fail to appreciate is that D&D isn't a hobby for WotC — it's a [I]business[/I]. Like any business, WotC [I]must[/I] change its marketing strategy and products as the market changes, pursuing the majority of consumers. If they don't do this, they don't earn any revenue. If they don't earn any revenue, they go out of business. You don't want to change? Then don't — but don't expect a company to waste time and resources catering to you and your tiny band of holdouts, ignoring the will of the consumer majority in an effort to win you back as customers. :hmm: No sane or responsible business owner would ever put the screws to legions of willing customers currently giving them money in order to satisfy the whims of a few former customers who currently refuse to buy anything. That's just not how basic commerce works. [/QUOTE]

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