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Message: <blockquote data-quote="barsoomcore" data-source="post: 2605469" data-attributes="member: 812">Sorry, what's the question? I mean, what's the question that didn't just get answered?Obviously, a smaller company couldn't. You'll note that nowhere did I say a smaller company would.This is why I think we're having different conversations.You seem to be talking about how WotC is the largest company publishing PnP RPG products. With this I have no argument.But you seem to deduce from that the notion that if WotC does a bad job selling their product, the industry is doomed.Let me try again.There is a certain level of demand for RPG books. Currently, WotC meets the majority of that demand. Should they do a bad job of meeting that demand, other publishers will step in to fill the void. This is how every other industry in the world operates. I fail to see what "magic" WotC possesses that makes it irreplaceable.WotC publishes large numbers of books in large print runs because they make money doing so. If they were not doing so, would people just, you know, buy less RPG books? I hardly think so. They'd buy OTHER RPG books. Now, WotC does possess (currently) the most valuable brand in RPGs. My whole argument is predicated on the notion that they screw things up badly enough that the brand becomes less valuable and so gets acquired by someone else. Eventually it will be acquired by somebody smart enough to build it up. Or else a new brand will come along that we can't now foresee.These things happen in all industries, in all markets. I don't believe RPGs are special. The level of demand can fluctuate, but the demand exists, and if one company won't take advantage of it, another will. I don't think there's anything very complicated or controversial about this idea.</blockquote>

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