Three Fs and 40k

[sebigboss79]

Not only that Vulpine.

GW could get their Business Model and Strategy easily set (for free) if they listened to players more instead of having lawyers send them letters to remove pictures from Blogs, websites ec.

Setting your Business models to rip off 300 quid from an ever declining group of people (12-14 year olds) in the first place is stupid to say the least.  Even more if said group prefers videogames and other hobbies that involve less time consumption.

In the long run they will need to re-establish that or go under (yes yes I am such a hater - yet my predictions tend to come true!).

Secondly the signs of time show me they are at their wits end.
Evidence : Sueing mindlessly anyone and anywhere, upwards spiral in "arms race" (newer, harder, more), downturn in quality, salary level, treatment of staff...

If someone invites me to join THE REVOLUTION in Gaming only to present new colours (ok, fair enough the Ceramite White is ace) then I must question the sanity of such person. Even more the sanity of his superiors that order them saying such crap.

A gaming company can be run with sales in mind, yet the mindless race for shareholder value will come to a point where "more" cannot be achieved. Face it, the world and its resources are not endless. So there is a natural maturity of every market. Call me a philosopher but the next years in Gaming will see GW loose more sales and after a period of a few years Gaming will see other players with significant market share. GW may still be the market leader but at a totally different level. Other palyers will establish themselves (Mantic, PP, Battlefront - to name the biggest) and smaller companies like Pendraken will cater a wide range of needs.

Pendraken does so even now. 10mm is as of now still a niche. But with the current financial situation and costs of production we will see new scales for mass-gaming. 10mm and 6mm will be the new "28mm heroic". Skirmishes will be played from 28, over 15 to 10mms. As much as we all like "one stop shopping" I would question the feasability of it. Just imagine how many Paint and Brush Ranges there are and to fill all those needs and preferences.....

I am known to criticize GW a lot, because I care about wargaming and I cared about GW. Like it or not but they affect the market and currently I would  say in a very negative way.

[nikharwood]

Indeed! As I said "models should sell rules, not rules sell models"

If models are selling rules, I'll buy mine from this one:

[sebigboss79]

I prefer HER over the models. Not sure if the Missus would agree on any of the two Nik 

[petercooman]

I prefer HER over the models. Not sure if the Missus would agree on any of the two Nik 

Well, if she would disagree on both, just pick wathever you want, she's gonna be mad anyway 

[sebigboss79]

 

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