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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 6613584" data-attributes="member: 37579">A smaller RPG company is less likely to produce more supplements. There's maybe two or three RPG companies that can produce more books than we're currently expecting, and most of those are already doing so and are unlikely to want to double their production (or cancel their own product lines). You can count the number of RPG publishers with multiple full-time employees that aren't run as a hobby on both hands. Many publishers (even dedicated ones with full time stafff) rely on Kickstarter to fund books. But companies that create more than three Kickstarters in a single year are super rare. Most of the time they don't start the successive Kickstarter until the rewards from the previous Kickstarter have shipped. Another company getting D&D would very likely mean *fewer* books. Or more PDFs and Print-on-Demand products.And the ONLY companies - RPG or otherwise - that do not care about "revenue" and "profit margin" are ones being run as a hobby. Nobody runs a publishing house as a charity. Nobody published books for the fans that are going to cost them money. Green Ronin, Cubical 7, Kobold Press, Pelgrane Press, and Monte Cook Games are all in it for the money. If some product isn't going to make them money, they're not going to do it. Yes, they could be making *more* money doing anything else and gaming is a labour of love, but they're not going to lose money in the process. And unlike WotC, these smaller companies are focused on short term profits. They can't invest lots in a product that will take time to make a return of investment. Because they need rent money now. So the products will likely be safer, less experimental, and with reduced costs (art, production, printing, binding) to shorten the time before a profit is made.</blockquote>

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