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why do companies insist on fucking up perfectly good systems?

Started by Battlemaster, June 23, 2022, 12:24:47 PM

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Ruprecht

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October 18, 2022, 01:55:55 PM
Quote from: Ghostmaker on June 23, 2022, 01:38:35 PM
Why did the Coke company mess with its formula, producing 'New Coke'?
I know this was an aside but the answer is they switched from sugar to corn syrup because of costs and they knew people would freak so they masked the change behind the new coke switch (and switch-back) which ended with everyone fawning over the 'original formula'. Brilliant really, although it doesn't apply to RPGs.
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Xanadu

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October 18, 2022, 02:23:33 PM
Quote from: Ruprecht on October 18, 2022, 01:55:55 PM
Quote from: Ghostmaker on June 23, 2022, 01:38:35 PM
Why did the Coke company mess with its formula, producing 'New Coke'?
I know this was an aside but the answer is they switched from sugar to corn syrup because of costs and they knew people would freak so they masked the change behind the new coke switch (and switch-back) which ended with everyone fawning over the 'original formula'. Brilliant really, although it doesn't apply to RPGs.

It actually does, many will use an obvious smoke screen to mask a huge red flag. Using 5e as an example Curse of Strahd used a premium boxed set to resell existing content with needless tweaks. Tasha's Cauldron to distract from changes to the PHB (along with using new subclasses to distract from everything else).
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