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<blockquote data-quote="Mister Doug" data-source="post: 4433026" data-attributes="member: 66623"><p>I really don't get this. WotC is bad for creating interest in a product to raise money for future product? That's kind of their reason for existence. </p><p></p><p>Any company that would release a product and say, "we think this product is great, but we have something else we are coming out with later, but are in early design, that we think is just going to be much much better, but we need to sell this product (which is great, just not as good as we hope this later thing is going to be) to keep us afloat until then. So, you know buy this thing now. But, you know, in six months we'll have something we hope will be cooler" is just shooting itself in the foot. They'll crash and burn and deserve to.</p><p></p><p>If you make a product, you hype and promote it. That's good business. If it's bad enough you won't do that, then spend your effort elsewhere. Use your business now to move on to your next ventures, and hope that your customers today like what you are producing today, and your customers tomorrow like what you produce tomorrow.</p><p></p><p>I don't know what's wrong with any of that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mister Doug, post: 4433026, member: 66623"] I really don't get this. WotC is bad for creating interest in a product to raise money for future product? That's kind of their reason for existence. Any company that would release a product and say, "we think this product is great, but we have something else we are coming out with later, but are in early design, that we think is just going to be much much better, but we need to sell this product (which is great, just not as good as we hope this later thing is going to be) to keep us afloat until then. So, you know buy this thing now. But, you know, in six months we'll have something we hope will be cooler" is just shooting itself in the foot. They'll crash and burn and deserve to. If you make a product, you hype and promote it. That's good business. If it's bad enough you won't do that, then spend your effort elsewhere. Use your business now to move on to your next ventures, and hope that your customers today like what you are producing today, and your customers tomorrow like what you produce tomorrow. I don't know what's wrong with any of that. [/QUOTE]
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