Mearls' Latest Thought on the Industry

[Mark CMG]

Hey, that was my idea, thief! That's the last time I have lunch with you!

If he picked up the check, he may have thought it was under a feast-for-hire agreement . . .

 

[tetsujin28]

Honestly, the PDF industry cannot touch D&D. IT has, however, truly screwed smaller publishers.

This is just preposterous.

There will still be some print products available, but I think most of the smaller companies will be selling direct. (I know we have been already . . . and several others do.)

Financially it just makes more sense for small publishers to release PDFs.

Exactly. Less outlay, less investment, more product selling. Good all 'round for the independent.

 

[philreed]

Hey, that was my idea, thief! That's the last time I have lunch with you!

How the hell can I remember what we've talked about? But . . .

Okay, any wealthy software developer out there that wants a team can contact us.

 

[Umbran]

....but Denizens of Avadu isn't innovative (or at least it's less innovative) because it wasn't created under a certain paradigm. Had the same exact product been created by a group of people working for free out of a sense of "community" it would qualify for Mike's definition of "innovation."

I don't see where Mike said that, and we shouldn't put words in his mouth. Let's also not conflate the qualities of one product with the behavior of the market as a whole. You can have a small number of tremendously innovative products in the market, but have the market overall lacking in innovation.

 

[JVisgaitis]

I've been saying that for months now. I'll be very surprised if 4e is released under the OGL.

Its a distinct possibility that it won't be, but I always wondered what would happen if a bunch of veteran designers would get together and release "4e" under the OGL now.