Reply To: If you were in charge of GW now

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I wouldn’t call modern GW soulless … it might not have the same soul it had at the very beginning, but it definitely isn’t as cold as it used to be.

I’ve seen worse companies (in the videogame industry).
Heck … I’ve seen “indie” companies act like total *beeps*

@greyhunter88 : I think all of the companies you mention are chasing market share. It isn’t as obvious and as greedy as the likes of EA do, but it’s there. It may be hidden by the sometimes flashy personalities of their representatives.

I wouldn’t mind it if more people joined our community, provided they bring love for the hobby with them.
It doesn’t reduce the amount of fun I’m having and they may bring in new insights and shake things up.
Kind of how the Nintendo Wii brought in a new type of gamer.

Ain’t nothing wrong with ‘mass market’ product either, because it can makes the rest shine brighter.
The only thing that will do is emphasize that certain aspects of our hobby will remain a niche no matter what.

One could hate McDonalds equivalent in this industry for all eternity, but it won’t remove the fact that there are still places out there that create good products. Communities like OTT can be instrumental in making sure those diamonds shine when we can refrain from acting all elitist because someone dares to like a mass product by an ‘evil’ corporation.

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I think there’s always the possibility that someone out there can find the trick that makes ‘mass combat fantasy’ more profitable. The Game of Thrones game “A song of fire and ice” could be such a product.

I doubt GW will manage it, because they’ve got successful main lines already.
I think they have too many things that are within their capability, but then we don’t know if their gnomes are working on anything in that area.
I suspect part of the problem is that their current products are 28mm Heroic.
A new scale would be too high risk. I suspect that this is what ‘Adeptus Titanicus’ has the scale of titans it has, because they can use their current design & production tech.