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<blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 5994149" data-attributes="member: 22424"><p>In both cases, it's not too soon for a statement of <em>intent</em>.</p><p></p><p>If they're going to have an open license (especially if it's not an existing license), then there's a very slow process involving legal. If they're going to have some sort of electronic tools, those tools will take a long time to develop. In both cases, they're long processes - they should be getting started.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Latest estimate I saw was just over 70k, giving $8.4Mish per year. Which, for a company the size of <em>Hasbro</em> may well not worth bothering with.</p><p></p><p>It's also important to note the costs associated with DDI. Developing the existing tools was expensive. Maintaining the servers, developing material for the magazines, and applying the errata are all expensive.</p><p></p><p>There's absolutely no guarantee that DDI has been a profitable venture, taken over the whole of the 4e edition cycle. That being the case, Hasbro may well be hesitant about investing another tens of millions in developing <em>another</em> new set of tools for 5e.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Actually, so would I. But if that's the case, I would like to know.</p><p></p><p>(Although, that said, I would be very surprised if it wasn't possible to develop support materials for 5e using the OGL, <em>even if 5e was never formally opened</em> - exactly as has been done for 4e. If they're smart, WotC will recognise this, and if they do then they might choose to formally open the game in order to garner the goodwill such a move would generate.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="delericho, post: 5994149, member: 22424"] In both cases, it's not too soon for a statement of [i]intent[/i]. If they're going to have an open license (especially if it's not an existing license), then there's a very slow process involving legal. If they're going to have some sort of electronic tools, those tools will take a long time to develop. In both cases, they're long processes - they should be getting started. Latest estimate I saw was just over 70k, giving $8.4Mish per year. Which, for a company the size of [i]Hasbro[/i] may well not worth bothering with. It's also important to note the costs associated with DDI. Developing the existing tools was expensive. Maintaining the servers, developing material for the magazines, and applying the errata are all expensive. There's absolutely no guarantee that DDI has been a profitable venture, taken over the whole of the 4e edition cycle. That being the case, Hasbro may well be hesitant about investing another tens of millions in developing [i]another[/i] new set of tools for 5e. Actually, so would I. But if that's the case, I would like to know. (Although, that said, I would be very surprised if it wasn't possible to develop support materials for 5e using the OGL, [i]even if 5e was never formally opened[/i] - exactly as has been done for 4e. If they're smart, WotC will recognise this, and if they do then they might choose to formally open the game in order to garner the goodwill such a move would generate.) [/QUOTE]
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