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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GMSkarka" data-source="post: 1145898" data-attributes="member: 763">Then, respectfully, you're not too familiar with how that sort of competition actually works.Commission inflation is a very real issue in this sort of venue, simply because the volume is so small.Think about it like this:  Every dollar of business done with SV Games (or any other online retailer) is a dollar LOST by RPG Now.  If the publishers have shown that they're willing to offer a higher comission, then it makes ZERO sense for RPG Now to offer the lower commission, because they're ALREADY *LOSING* SALES, even though they offer a lower commission.  Better to raise the commission rate, and make up at least a bit of the lost revenue, right?   After all, the publishers have alread communicated that they're willing to pay out 50%....Disclosure:  I work with James, so I'm definitely biased.Another disclosure:  I've also been working in this industry professionally since 1988, as a retailer, a distributor, a publisher, a designer and a consultant.   I've seen some pretty short-sighted decisions made by folks over the past 15 years, and this definitely seems to fall into the "didn't really think it through" camp.GMS</blockquote>