Lanceradvanced wrote:asmith wrote:
Just the opinion of lowly engineer.
Perhaps if the engineers produced a decent product that sold itself on the merits better, the execs wouln't try to boost sales by improving the packaging...
BTW, I'm also assuming you play your games, using folded peices of cardboard with "space marine with bolter" written on it, and don't mind your rulebook being printed in off a dot matrix printer in 8 point times new roman, with ascii diagrams, and no fluff...
That was my whole point. For the most part designs do sell themselves on the merits and any large chunks of money that get spent on pretty packaging are not worth it. Hence my example. I'm sure your realize what you just said is nonsensical on the face of it, because all
GW makes is pretty packaging. It is an example of an area where designers are required and where there niche is. Just because designers are good at specific tasks like laying out a fancy rulebook doesn't mean that when they do a task that anyone can do, like make a logo for an online contest that they are getting ripped off and should be paid a huge fee for it.
