Eclipse Phase is a roleplaying game that is the first (AFAIK) to come under the Creative Commons license.
They seed their own torrent for the PDF.
They still sell well at $50 dollars, when the average cost of a RPG book is 20-40."
Eclipse Phase is a pen and paper RPG. Although they do torrent the PDF, I would think that using a PDF is tedious for most people, which is why they sell the hard copy for $59.99. I'm the same way with computer books. I would rather have a hard copy.
How can you even compare this to an actual game, which would not be able to sell a book?
I also see a comment where you said they are making money. How do you know? The books say "sold out". But this doesn't actually tell us how much money this company made from these books.
They seed their own torrent for the PDF.
They still sell well at $50 dollars, when the average cost of a RPG book is 20-40.