Tuesday 13 May 2014

Oh Come On, Guys!



Had a quick look around the GW site to see if there was anything new I fancied; there wasn't. But I did come across some book preorders.

Look I don't want to be one of those people who whinge endlessly about prices. I will pay premium for quality but to offer novellas for £20 a pop is just cynical profiteering.

A novella may have as little as 15000 words although 20 to 25 would be more common. The average modern SF novel has around 140,000 - to put it into perspective.

And no, I'm not going to spend £50 on a new rulebook two years after you flogged me the last one. Especially as only 5% or so will be new ( no I don't count yet another photo of an ork as new).

7 comments:

  1. Hey, there! What are you some sort of commie? They're maximizing their return on investment and increasing their shareholder value. That's the only thing that counts!

    (Unsustainable business model? Wot?)

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  2. Ouch! That just seems a little short sighted of GW to me.

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  3. …and the final nail hits the coffin. I'm going back to 5th edition – no more GW purchases from me I think.

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  4. GW..who are they? They have become totally irrelevant to me (and have been so for years) and for many gamers now. Too much other cool stuff to game with.

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    1. They're still very relevant to me. Every time I see an overpriced or overdone model from the new ranges I go paint more of my lead pile and happily play older versions of their rules :-)

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