I hear a lot of people saying that this will be the end of GW,
I think it isn't, and I hope this sale strategy will change in a few years time to become more customer 'friendly' (don't know if that's the right word), like releasing discount sets again, or not increasing the prices (finecast was cheaper to produce, right?). Maybe GW needs to find their place again, they are still the largest manufacturer of miniature games, and going public is quite a change (stockholder's demands etc.) but you'll usually see companies return to their roots after some years.

Quite optimistic I know