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<blockquote data-quote="hossrex" data-source="post: 4146004" data-attributes="member: 60784">*I*...&nbsp; *I*...&nbsp; think I'm going to cry.Someone ready what I said...&nbsp; understood it...&nbsp; replied as such...&nbsp; and defended my statements.Shocking that such a simple statement (i.e. &quot;which is more likely, that a multi-million dollar company does, or doesn't know what its doing&quot;) would be met with such resistance.&nbsp; Shocking that so few would defend such a simple proposition.Shocking that some people would try to find allegory in a notably failed sector of our economy, as if that one sector were the exception that proved the rule, instead of simply the exception.We officially have people comparing $40 DnD books to $3 DVD rentals on one hand, and untenable $3,000 mortgage payments on the other.Believe it or not, both these people are on the same side of the discussion (&quot;DnD books are like movie rentals, you buy what you want&quot;...&nbsp; &quot;WotC is like the sub-prime mortgage market, it didn't know what it was doing, so it failed!&quot;).At best...&nbsp; I'll say DnD books are somewhere between these casual DVD rentals, and poorly thought out housing purchases.Somewhere comically between...&nbsp; comically to the point of &quot;wow...&nbsp; look at that guy, who compared buying $40 DnD books to a $3 movie rental...&nbsp; and that other guy who thinks every corporation has its opposable digit lodged (and rotating) inside its derrière simply because one sector was pretty badly mismanaged&quot;.Comically.WotC will do what it considers best for itself.&nbsp; Thousands of people will complain...&nbsp; but they're not WotC stock holders, so they're not the people WotC really cares about.At least not as a top priority.(if that last remark seems callous, it simply proves you don't understand this, or any other market)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hossrex, post: 4146004, member: 60784"] *I*... *I*... think I'm going to cry. Someone ready what I said... understood it... replied as such... and defended my statements. Shocking that such a simple statement (i.e. "which is more likely, that a multi-million dollar company does, or doesn't know what its doing") would be met with such resistance. Shocking that so few would defend such a simple proposition. Shocking that some people would try to find allegory in a notably failed sector of our economy, as if that one sector were the exception that proved the rule, instead of simply the exception. We officially have people comparing $40 DnD books to $3 DVD rentals on one hand, and untenable $3,000 mortgage payments on the other. Believe it or not, both these people are on the same side of the discussion ("DnD books are like movie rentals, you buy what you want"... "WotC is like the sub-prime mortgage market, it didn't know what it was doing, so it failed!"). At best... I'll say DnD books are somewhere between these casual DVD rentals, and poorly thought out housing purchases. Somewhere comically between... comically to the point of "wow... look at that guy, who compared buying $40 DnD books to a $3 movie rental... and that other guy who thinks every corporation has its opposable digit lodged (and rotating) inside its derrière simply because one sector was pretty badly mismanaged". Comically. WotC will do what it considers best for itself. Thousands of people will complain... but they're not WotC stock holders, so they're not the people WotC really cares about. At least not as a top priority. (if that last remark seems callous, it simply proves you don't understand this, or any other market) [/QUOTE]

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