That's right folks, GURPS is on DTRPG/OBS!

This has come as a shock to those in the know...

In related news, temperatures in Hell dropped below 15 degrees Fahrenheit today with widespread snowfall and severe icing, we go now to Brock who is reporting live from Hell.

"Brock, how are the people of Hell handling this odd change in the weather?"

"Thank's Les - it seems that most residents of Hell today have hunkered down in their basements and are playing a type of Dungeons & Dragons called GURPS."

"That seems Strange Brock, tell us more."

"Right... when the freezing started it was reported that GURPS books were available electronically in a marketplace that, and I quote, would never be sold there unless 'Hell Froze Over'."

"So... Brock, it looks like the folks in Hell are winning double today!"

"You bet they are Les! Back to you!"

It's strange of them not to have done so before.

They have their own storefront. Expanding their potential purchasing audience should offset any people who otherwise would go to their store (instead going to DTRPG, losing whatever the fee-cost is). However, I imagine it is a bitter pill to swallow.

Quote from: RPGPundit;1008058It's strange of them not to have done so before.

They were an early internet, Illuminati Online, and ecommerce pioneer, e23.

So it not strange that were and are doing their own thing. But their rate of innovation stalled out, like every else at the company, when Munchkin became a megahit. Now OBS is king. Likely it was manpower issues as to why they waited so long to work with OBS.

Good, I've long wanted to check out their settings books but held back from purchasing from their site because the last thing I need is another online account.

Quote from: Voros;1008230Good, I've long wanted to check out their settings books but held back from purchasing from their site because the last thing I need is another online account.

I understand but I will say that their IT work is pretty top notch. Not the pain in the ass or afterthought that I see at other company stores.

Quote from: trechriron;1007844That's right folks, GURPS is on DTRPG/OBS!

This has come as a shock to those in the know...

Steve Jackson's fear of computers must be subsiding. And he has less handlers now that were enabling him.

I have always found it odd how companies so often try to limit the ways in which you can give them money. Particularly when so many of them complain that they're so broke because people are acquiring their content in other ways, or competitors have unfair practices, etc.

"We're broke! Life is tough! Give us money! No, not that way..."

No GURPS Space or Interstellar Wars, as of yet, no Toon, In Nomine and no GURPS Discworld either. I wonder whether all the other companies on SJGames' online W23 will be transferring over to Drivethrurpg too (although many of them are on both already).

The prices are what the softcovers should be. Way too expensive.

Quote from: brettmb;1008409The prices are what the softcovers should be. Way too expensive.

Yes... I have no real interest in using PDFs but for me to even consider buying one it would have to be much cheaper than an actual book.

Well, with Dark Albion, I know Dominique Crouzet put it on OBS, on Lulu, and on Amazon, and that wide effect certainly seems to have made it a good amount of money.

I haven't played GURPS in a long while, but I hope this will keep it afloat. I love the scientific and well researched approach that their companion books tend to have. I use GURPS space on all of my SciFi games even when not playing GURPS.

Quote from: brettmb;1008409The prices are what the softcovers should be. Way too expensive.

Holy shit, yes. Chaosium has the same problem.

Quote from: brettmb;1008409The prices are what the softcovers should be. Way too expensive.

They are looking at it from the standpoint of cost. The way they publish, the physical cost of the book is fraction of the total unit cost of a book for them. They considering writing, editing, layout, art, and a profit margin for the PDF.

The problem is that the market fairly or unfairly doesn't value PDFs as much as physical books. For example if a $10 book cost me $4 in art, editing,layout, writing, and $1 per unit to print. Hobbyists are going to look at me funny if I charge $9 for the PDF and $10 for the book.

My personal view is that you need to focus on maximizing profit. For example if I sold only 10 PDFs at $9 I make $50 profit. If I instead price it at $6 and get four times the sales (40) then I made $80 despite not making as much profit. A publisher need to figure out what the point of maximum profitability for PDF sales.