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<blockquote data-quote="Corone" data-source="post: 9261702" data-attributes="member: 6806393"><p>While I don't speak for Modiphius I would add there are many reasons for price differentials between companies for apparently similar products.</p><p>The main one is that Fantasy Flight is pretty huge and can charge less due to economy of scale on things like dice sets. They will get a better unit cost and can afford to make less profit per item if they make five times as many as other companies. If the dice are generic for their own system, they are also not having to hand over royalties to a licensor. There may also be different overheads requiring different needs in a profit margin, where again, economy of scale may be a factor too. These overheads will mostly be staff wages by the way, gaming producers are not lighting cigars with $100 dollar bills.</p><p>Finally, two apparently identical products might also function in different ways in the marketplace. The Genesys system requires the dice, so FF needs to offer them as an essential for play and needs to undercut itself to make sure consumers can afford to add that to their first purchase. For 2D20 the dice are helpful and fun but not essential so Modiphius doesn't need to drop the price as you don't need to buy them.</p><p></p><p>I'd add that if you want a particular set of dice (and I can see a use for just challenge dice) drop the company a line. If enough people ask for something most companies will at least consider it as there is clearly a market.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Corone, post: 9261702, member: 6806393"] While I don't speak for Modiphius I would add there are many reasons for price differentials between companies for apparently similar products. The main one is that Fantasy Flight is pretty huge and can charge less due to economy of scale on things like dice sets. They will get a better unit cost and can afford to make less profit per item if they make five times as many as other companies. If the dice are generic for their own system, they are also not having to hand over royalties to a licensor. There may also be different overheads requiring different needs in a profit margin, where again, economy of scale may be a factor too. These overheads will mostly be staff wages by the way, gaming producers are not lighting cigars with $100 dollar bills. Finally, two apparently identical products might also function in different ways in the marketplace. The Genesys system requires the dice, so FF needs to offer them as an essential for play and needs to undercut itself to make sure consumers can afford to add that to their first purchase. For 2D20 the dice are helpful and fun but not essential so Modiphius doesn't need to drop the price as you don't need to buy them. I'd add that if you want a particular set of dice (and I can see a use for just challenge dice) drop the company a line. If enough people ask for something most companies will at least consider it as there is clearly a market. [/QUOTE]
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