Zaruthustran
The tingling means it’s working!
Zaukrie said:Um, actually, e-zines have been a vast wasteland of failure on the Internet for many, many reasons. So, I'm not sure how WotC expects to pull this off when others have failed, not only in the gamin world, but nearly everywhere it has been tried.
There are so many obstacles, not the first of which is how do people that don't know about the service even find it to buy?
Well, to start with, every single Dragon and Dungeon subscriber knows about WotC's new venture. They've got a site with high traffic and thriving message boards. ENWorld certainly knows about the new online plan and members will spread the word to their offline buddies.
Communicating the existence of the product just isn't a problem for Wizards.
Will people pay for "Dragon and Dungeon--just online"? Probably not. They'll have to bundle the Dragon and Dungeon online content with online services, like an instantly-updated rules cyclopedia/character builder, character database, customizable spellbook creator, mapping tools, DM tools, and so on. In order to get subscribers they need much more than just content.
Me? I can't wait. Leafing through literally dozens of books for the one feat you want--and hoping that the printed version is still up-to-date--is just not fun. It's user-unfriendly, cumbersome, and time consuming. Much rather have all that info instantly-accessible and searchable online. Even if I have to pay, oh, five* or ten** bucks a month.
-z
* Price of subscription to Dragon
** Price of subscriptions to Dragon and Dungeon