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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 5484218" data-attributes="member: 7006">Except you're forgetting two things Abe... one, Wizards is part of a much larger company, and thus their profit margins probably need to be much, much higher than Paizo's.&nbsp; So what would be considered a financial success for Paizo, would be a loss for Wizards.&nbsp; The money WotC would or wouldn't make on that book is not worth the time and effort to put it together, especially when they could spend the manhours on some other project that would be more financially vialbe for them. And two, Paizo prints a huge book because they have no other option.&nbsp; If they had a online database and character builder of all their material and monthly subscription fees to access it... then there's a good chance they wouldn't have these print runs of books either.But you're right.&nbsp; Some people do indeed want a megabook.There's just not enough of you to make it worth WotC's while to print it.&nbsp; If it was... we would have heard about it already.&nbsp; And besides... the whole point of their online initiative is so that they wouldn't have to keep producing these books anymore.&nbsp; Just because some people don't want to sign up for DDI doesn't mean that it's still not a viable method of generating funds.&nbsp; Obviously it's worked out well enough, since they've moved more and more things online and reduced the number of shelf-bound products in the process.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 5484218, member: 7006"] Except you're forgetting two things Abe... one, Wizards is part of a much larger company, and thus their profit margins probably need to be much, much higher than Paizo's. So what would be considered a financial success for Paizo, would be a loss for Wizards. The money WotC would or wouldn't make on that book is not worth the time and effort to put it together, especially when they could spend the manhours on some other project that would be more financially vialbe for them. And two, Paizo prints a huge book because they have no other option. If they had a online database and character builder of all their material and monthly subscription fees to access it... then there's a good chance [I]they[/I] wouldn't have these print runs of books either. But you're right. Some people do indeed want a megabook. There's just not [I]enough of you[/I] to make it worth WotC's while to print it. If it was... we would have heard about it already. And besides... the whole point of their online initiative is so that they wouldn't have to keep producing these books anymore. Just because some people don't want to sign up for DDI doesn't mean that it's still not a viable method of generating funds. Obviously it's worked out well enough, since they've moved more and more things online and reduced the number of shelf-bound products in the process. [/QUOTE]

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