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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DMZ2112" data-source="post: 6220504" data-attributes="member: 78752">The phenomenon you're describing is just the human fondness for the underdog.  Paizo can mock Hasbro because they're David and Hasbro is Goliath.  Hasbro is a billion-dollar juggernaut and cannot get away with firing back because it looks like bullying.  You're right; it's all nonsense; they're both corporations, not kids in a schoolyard.  Loyalty to a corporation is crazy.  People should be loyal to a product they like, and when they stop liking it, they should find another product.The only reason why I think Paizo would make a better steward at this precise instant in time is that they are still small and focused enough that their management actively cares about the quality of their product, while Hasbro's management only cares whether the line on the Net Profit graph labeled "Dungeons & Dragons" is trending upward.  Because at the end of the day it doesn't matter how much Mearls and his team care about D&D if the people paying their salaries don't.  In fact, the more the D&D team cares about their product the less likely it is to survive, in some ways, because they will be unwilling to cut the corners that could save them money and improve their bottom line.  D&D could go away /tomorrow/ because someone doesn't like the look of a chart at a board meeting, and only come back when Hasbro thinks there's nostalgia profit to be made.I want to be clear that I am not making a moral judgment -- I have strong opinions about this stuff, but what I'm saying here is just the facts.  If you want someone to steward the hobby, you don't want them comparing its margins to GI Joe or My Little Pony.  That is not a fight D&D can win. Whoa there, Zorro, just to put a gentle yoke on that righteous fury, the book cost money because books cost money.  The PDF was free.  WotC did the exact same thing at GenCon 2013.</blockquote>

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