D&D 5E Wanting more content doesn't always equate to wanting tons of splat options so please stop.

[Corpsetaker]

Although it also ended with the company producing it going bankrupt, which suggests that longevity as an isolated factor does not a successful edition make.

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Actually a lot of that was due to bad management and not necessarily the amount of products.

 

[Shasarak]

In that case, GURPS is the ultimate system! It has been going strong for 30 years (1986) and has a gazillion-and-nine splat books! The d20/3rd edition system ain't got nothing on that!

Is that not impossible? Surely a gazillion splat books should mean it is up to googleplex Edition?

 

[Shasarak]

They are? What behaviors are you seeing that indicates to you that WotC is doing that?

Not being able to buy an Electronic version of the PHB is pretty damning evidence.

 

[Istbor]

Not being able to buy an Electronic version of the PHB is pretty damning evidence.

So then what is this website I have seen around? Not to mention this Dragon+ thing, the Twitter accounts, pod casts, hosted basic rules set, and DMGuild? These things aren't on the internet?

 

[Morrus]

Not being able to buy an Electronic version of the PHB is pretty damning evidence.

Nonsense.

WotC sells hundreds of old D&D PDFs, uses Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit extensively. It produces YouTube and Twitch videos and podcasts constantly. It has a massive online store selling fan based material. It has no problem with the Internet.

Why you can't get 5E PDFs? Because of the retailers, not because WotC is scared of intrawebs.

They have greater retail penetration than any other RPG company on the planet; they also consequently have more distribution restrictions than any other RPG company on the planet.

But, man, WotC does not have a problem with the Internet. Well, most of it.

 

[Shasarak]

Nonsense.

WotC sells hundreds of old D&D PDFs, uses Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit extensively. It produces YouTube and Twitch videos and podcasts constantly. It has a massive online store selling fan based material. It has no problem with the Internet.

Why you can't get 5E PDFs? Because of the retailers, not because WotC is scared of intrawebs.

They have greater retail penetration than any other RPG company on the planet; they also consequently have more distribution restrictions than any other RPG company on the planet.

But, man, WotC does not have a problem with the Internet. Well, most of it.

Thank you, Morrus, it is nonsense exactly. WotC using a decades old strategy to sell decades old products. It is not 1995 now, retail penetration does not mean as much as it used to in the pre-Amazon era.

 

[Tony Vargas]

Actually a lot of that was due to bad management and not necessarily the amount of products.

Also not necessarily the actual D&D RPG products - unsold novels and failed collectible games also contributed to the disaster.

 

[Morrus]

It is not 1995 now, retail penetration does not mean as much as it used to in the pre-Amazon era.

It's still vital. At least for now.

 

[Shasarak]

So then what is this website I have seen around? Not to mention this Dragon+ thing, the Twitter accounts, pod casts, hosted basic rules set, and DMGuild? These things aren't on the internet?

Dragon + is like a poor mans version of the Dragon. I dont know if using it to support your argument helps you as much as you imagine considering that even TSR had Dragon pdfs.

 

[Shasarak]

It's still vital. At least for now.

Of course it is vital to 5e. It is not as if you can buy an electronic copy.