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They want a good image so that their product sells good, so they can get more money

It's kind of the same thing as the Citadel Finecast, same price for the same miniatures, only.... theyre different material??? Money, money, money, money... MONEY

Nah. I don't buy this theory. It requires too much thinking and malevolence on GW's part. GW is corrupt, but corruption doesn't always breed evil or underhanded acts, it usually just breeds complacency and incompetence (something GW has in spades).

I have an idea. Don't sell your huge, painted army on a knee jerk reaction to something in White Dwarf. Just shelve it and wait for the real codex.

That way, GW doesn't get any extra money, except for the new codex, which will probably cost $40 or so.

Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by incompetence.

:: stares at my bottle of antipsychotics :: I obviously need more of you, because the original post made an inordinate amount of sense to me.

Having seen the first half of the new Codex, I'm satisfied. Saying that, I'm one of the few people who chooses an army because they like it, rather than go by the whining and complaining of people on an internet forum.

And whoever said Mawlocs are worthless is a fool!

I hope the sisters codex isn't terrible. I really want to see them be competitive again. Its just GW doesn't care about its fan base ever it seems like.

Mabye a reason why the units are so weak, is because the are fearing (strong i know) the repocussions from the matt ward - gate



edit: though this argument would require GW to care for its costomers.

Deadshane1 wrote:It's all part of their business plan...not a conspiracy.

Adam Smith disagrees with you.

The two are basically the same thing.

H.B.M.C. wrote:Nah. I don't buy this theory. It requires too much thinking and malevolence on GW's part. GW is corrupt, but corruption doesn't always breed evil or underhanded acts, it usually just breeds complacency and incompetence (something GW has in spades).

Er, GW is a company that isn't so good at making a profit. They are most certainly not corrupt. A corrupt company would be breaking laws. You are doing exactly what you accuse the OP of, attributing active malevolence to poor business model.

Anyway, OP, here's a rather vast hole in your argument: every sister model sold on ebay is a sister that will not be purchased when the codex comes out. GW will never, ever encourage people to sell their models, because every model sold secondhand is a model not bought from GW. As far as profit is concerned, a model sold secondhand is essentially a duplicate given away free with the original purchase.

nomotog wrote:Your theory relies on the idea that GW is not just evil money hungery, but is also very stupid about it.

Pretty solid foundation for any theory regarding GW business practices.