Affording is one issue; dealing with the whole, bloody mess of monopolistic distributors and greedy publishers is another. When Sir-Tech was a publisher itself, that part of the equation was a foregone conclusion, and distributors didn't once have the enormous power they currently wield. (I remember when you could buy earlier Wizardry titles at Radio Shack, Waldenbooks, and even drugstores.) Changing times have meant new headaches which the Siroteks haven't wanted to deal with.
I know that they plan to take a long breather at this point--probably a year. After that, who knows?
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