Games Workshop’s Earnings Drop 31% and Markets Notice

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1. Randy on 17.01.2014 at 22:20

   Can’t say that I am surprised. Aren’t these the same people sending cease and desists to fans, and opening store fronts whenever your FLGS sells too much of their product?

   Our brave new world can be a harsh mistress.

2. Nana on 18.01.2014 at 03:43

   No surprise. They’ll be decimated when 3D printing gets even more mainstream. Their stuff is just overpriced.

3. Thomas D on 20.01.2014 at 10:32

   This comes just after I heard some retailers talking about GW’s new policies, like splitting White Dwarf up to a weekly ‘zine (hopefully to draw people to stores on a weekly basis), despite bigger game stores ordering three copies of WD and “having some left over at the end of the month.”

4. James hudson on 21.01.2014 at 07:09

   Frankly given the times itself I am not surprised that GW made a loss of profit this time around especially when you think of all the new product that got released in that period including the launch of desolation of Smaug around Christmas an IP that costs them allot of money and is extremely Anal about its usage. As for the sales prices yeah its annoying they seem to be selling above inflation rates but It is a luxury good not a necessity. They could charge £100 for a box of space marines if they wanted to, and if you really wanted them you would still probably buy them Consumerism at its finest.
   @Randy
   Cease and desist orders are being sent to players and companies who are creating clones of GW models with the Intent to sell them, this created a huge internet flame war between online parties rising in defense of the small 3rd party companies who for some weird reason seemed un aware of copyright laws. (Most likely in defense of some of the kit they made as it some of it was pretty cool and they didn’t want to see it go.)
   @ Nana
   As for 3D printing its going to take a while before coming any where near the build quality of GW miniatures, sure you could build some tanks with it, but due to the sensitivity of the machine you would get hundreds of fault models making Injection molding still the more practical method of model production.
   @ Thomas D
   I cant really say either way on the weekly magazine, however I would assume its baseless rumor started as an Evil Empire what if! as for the sale of white dwarfs Alot of people have Tablets or direct subscription orders set up making buying a white dwarf on a monthly basis in store impractical to everyone but people like myself who pick it up when something looks interesting.

5. randusnuder on 21.01.2014 at 11:59

   There are several good threads on the Cease and Desist that was sent to BGG. I find it off-putting and it changes my opinion of the company and will color the decisions I make in buying their product.

   There are plenty of ways to protect IP, and many companies have seemed to survive just fine without clamping down the way they did in ’09.

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