There's always been competition for the RPG audience...
The guys who initially got me into RPGs were all brothers in a family that didn't have a TV... they're parents wouldn't allow one in the house, so all the kids (there were 6 of em) were raised without it.
They were a fascinating bunch of guys... well read, creative, hilariously funny...
Then one day their parents broke down and bought a television.
I'm pretty sure they never played another RPG...
They certainly became a lot less interesting... since all the stuff they talked about was the same drivel 90% of the other kids were talking about.
As for games going out of print/companies going under... there is some comfort to be taken in knowing that once that happens the rules will NOT being seeing version X.umpity... will not be twisted into some unrecognizeable mess to capitalize on some current cultural trend... they won't become a CMG or have a set of online tools to supplement them... they'll just stay the same great rules you always loved... and play pretty much the same as long as you want them to.
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