Quote from: Fheredin on September 19, 2024, 06:21:08 PM

Quote from: RPGPundit on September 18, 2024, 12:56:40 PMBut the ridiculous costs of university textbooks are because you have a captive audience there. People who must buy the book for their class. It's especially vile when the book was written by the guy teaching the course, instant moneymaker for him.

That's half true. Past beyond $200 absolutely that's usually the cause. But it's also true that textbooks try to justify their fees with all sorts of illustrations, tables, and pictures (naturally, some are stock art, but usually not all.)

The thing to bear in mind is that the art which tends to accompany most RPGs is on par with some of the very most expensive illustrations of photographs used in textbooks.

I am not saying that RPGs should charge $500 per book. But I think the market would be notably more sensible if it were something between $100 and $150. However, these are prices that most GMs and players just won't accept, which means the industry itself has to change eventually.