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<blockquote data-quote="phloog" data-source="post: 4636118" data-attributes="member: 59219"><p>With respect to making money 'off' the OGL/d20 way of working. This is an incredibly complex system, and I would wager that WOTC has neither the time nor the mathematical / financial horsepower to ever truly establish whether or not the OGL was in total a good/bad thing. </p><p> </p><p>You could model with with one set of assumptions and show that it helped, and another set of assumptions and it looks like a loser. It comes down to how you quantify things like word of mouth, good will, number of people drawn in from product X, number of people drawn AWAY from competitive products, etc.</p><p> </p><p>And IF they were somehow able to decisively state one way or another whether or not it helped, that calculation would likely be invalid in the world that exists now...in part DUE TO their delays/inaction.</p><p> </p><p>The financial calculation to arrive at a go/no-go decision for an open license has changed precisely because it would no longer be the first. OGL D&D exists NOW...so everything is different. Even if they could say it was a positive then doesn't mean it would be a positive now...it could be a negative, it could be an even bigger good guy.</p><p> </p><p>They've stalled, and stammered and delayed, and now we have Pathfinder and other options coming out. 4E is successful to some degree, I'm sure, but I don't know that they'll be able to justify ever 'opening it' anymore than it is now. </p><p> </p><p>I'm no longer so much waiting for WOTC to get off the pot or 'make bears' as I am getting impatient at 3pps who seem to be in stasis awaiting the new GSL....I didn't like 4e the couple of times I tried it, and so as soon as possible I'd like to know which companies' web sites I can stop checking for new 3.x stuff.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="phloog, post: 4636118, member: 59219"] With respect to making money 'off' the OGL/d20 way of working. This is an incredibly complex system, and I would wager that WOTC has neither the time nor the mathematical / financial horsepower to ever truly establish whether or not the OGL was in total a good/bad thing. You could model with with one set of assumptions and show that it helped, and another set of assumptions and it looks like a loser. It comes down to how you quantify things like word of mouth, good will, number of people drawn in from product X, number of people drawn AWAY from competitive products, etc. And IF they were somehow able to decisively state one way or another whether or not it helped, that calculation would likely be invalid in the world that exists now...in part DUE TO their delays/inaction. The financial calculation to arrive at a go/no-go decision for an open license has changed precisely because it would no longer be the first. OGL D&D exists NOW...so everything is different. Even if they could say it was a positive then doesn't mean it would be a positive now...it could be a negative, it could be an even bigger good guy. They've stalled, and stammered and delayed, and now we have Pathfinder and other options coming out. 4E is successful to some degree, I'm sure, but I don't know that they'll be able to justify ever 'opening it' anymore than it is now. I'm no longer so much waiting for WOTC to get off the pot or 'make bears' as I am getting impatient at 3pps who seem to be in stasis awaiting the new GSL....I didn't like 4e the couple of times I tried it, and so as soon as possible I'd like to know which companies' web sites I can stop checking for new 3.x stuff. [/QUOTE]
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