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<blockquote data-quote="garyh" data-source="post: 4598345" data-attributes="member: 6078">Well, they would still have to pay the people providing work, freelance or not.&nbsp; Then they'd have to pay for editing and typesetting/layout.&nbsp; And would it get playtested?&nbsp; If not, then who can vouch for the quality?&nbsp; Oh, and any professional product should have illustrations.&nbsp; Then, once it's tested, edited, illustrated, and laid out, you have to do some sort of advertising to let people know it exists, and you have to pay something to distribute it (even RPGNow takes their slice).&nbsp; All of those things cost money.&nbsp; Do you really think enough people are going to buy stuff for older editions that WotC should spend that money to bring this hypothetical product to market?&nbsp; And meanwhile, this hypothetical product is competing for gamer dollars with the current edition releases.This, again, seems to get back to the, well, naive idea of what industry, employment, and commerce should be.&nbsp; And another healthy dose of &quot;back in the old days, (generic topic) was better!&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="garyh, post: 4598345, member: 6078"] Well, they would still have to pay the people providing work, freelance or not. Then they'd have to pay for editing and typesetting/layout. And would it get playtested? If not, then who can vouch for the quality? Oh, and any professional product should have illustrations. Then, once it's tested, edited, illustrated, and laid out, you have to do some sort of advertising to let people know it exists, and you have to pay something to distribute it (even RPGNow takes their slice). All of those things cost money. Do you really think enough people are going to buy stuff for older editions that WotC should spend that money to bring this hypothetical product to market? And meanwhile, this hypothetical product is competing for gamer dollars with the current edition releases. This, again, seems to get back to the, well, naive idea of what industry, employment, and commerce should be. And another healthy dose of "back in the old days, (generic topic) was better!" [/QUOTE]

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