dogmanstar wrote:
clessidraman wrote:
I am not surprised pre orders on the MPE have been pretty low over the past few months.
The recession is hitting every body hard, if you guys want Marvel to keep on making those HCs
you have to support them and stop complaining about the 20 pages.
I disagree with this sentiment. If Marvel want me to buy their books, especially in a recession, then they should be giving me a reason to buy them. Lower page counts at the same price point leave me feeling ripped off and I choose to vote with my wallet. In tough financial times it's value-for-money that wins me over.



I agree with this, and the same goes for floppies. Even 3 bucks is too expensive for a monthly 22-page book, let alone 4. Prices should be dropped to at most 2 dollars. I'd definitely spend, say, 50 bucks a month if it got me 25 comics, whereas now I feel that 50 bucks is way too much to spend on only 12-15 comics per month. If prices dropped, more new people would try out comics and existing customers would buy even more comics, so Marvel would eventually make more money. And anyway, since comic sales don't even make Marvel the majority of it's money, what is the point of hiking up the price anyway? It just drives customers away...