The Battlefront Public Relations Fiasco

[robkelk]

Hmmmmm... Somebody at Battlefront needs to take a look at how companies in other industries do this sort of thing.

For example:

Battlefront makes its base 15mm-minis ruleset available for free. Daz3D makes its base 3D-modeling software available for free.

Battlefront makes a line of minis that can be used with its base ruleset. Daz3D makes a line of content that can be used with its base software.

Battlefront designed its base ruleset to be compatible with anybody's minis in the same broad class. Daz3D designed its base software to be compatible with anybody's content in the same broad class.

Battlefront gets upset when people use other companies' minis. Daz3D promotes the use of other companies' content... and appear to be doing better financially than are their competition.

Somebody want to compare FoW with the iPod?
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Rob Kelk
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