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

[Corpsetaker]

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?

Just posting some things on Twitter isn't exactly embracing the internet. Dragon+ isn't all it's cracked up to be. There is being on the internet and then there is using the internet to it's full potential. Paizo uses the internet to it's full potential. It has a full online store that allows you to buy more than just books for it's RPG's. It continues to support a forum on it's website and it has a game app. When you go to the Paizo website, you feel like you have stepped into the hub of the company. The only time I ever go to the WoTc site anymore is through a link from here to download something.

WoTc really embraced the internet during the 4th edition era but now it's pulled back to where it just has a presence.

 

[Hussar]

In that case do we have 3e, 3.5, 4e and Essentials as the last four editions before 5e?

Again, 100% technically right.

And that's the best kind of right on the Internet.

Now, how about actually addressing the point - which was evidence points to the idea that more books=shorter lifespan of an edition?

Good grief, the level of whinging nit-picking is annoying.

 

[Morrus]

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

It's vital, period. Maybe in another decade it won't be, but for now publishers don't expend all that effort to to get their products in mainstream stores for a laugh.

There's a reason 5E is the most popular RPG on the planet right now by a significant margin.

The high street isn't dead yet.

 

[Mistwell]

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

It's vital to the entire industry. Cut that cord and the industry dies as the prior generation drifts away and never gets replaced. I know people keep making this argument about Paizo selling direct online, but I challenge anyone making that argument to just ask Paizo directly what THEY think of the role of retail stores for their business. I bet you they will not be nearly as sneeringly dismissive about that distribution point for their business.

 

[Shasarak]

Again, 100% technically right.

And that's the best kind of right on the Internet.

Now, how about actually addressing the point - which was evidence points to the idea that more books=shorter lifespan of an edition?

Good grief, the level of whinging nit-picking is annoying.

I would love to see the argument that more books = shorter lifespan of an edition.

 

[Shasarak]

It's vital, period. Maybe in another decade it won't be, but for now publishers don't expend all that effort to to get their products in mainstream stores for a laugh.

There's a reason 5E is the most popular RPG on the planet right now by a significant margin.

The high street isn't dead yet.

Of course the high street is not dead who ever suggested that it was.

I dont see a lot of Music shops around now though.

 

[Corpsetaker]

Again, 100% technically right.

And that's the best kind of right on the Internet.

Now, how about actually addressing the point - which was evidence points to the idea that more books=shorter lifespan of an edition?

Good grief, the level of whinging nit-picking is annoying.

Actually no proof has been given of anything.

1: 3rd edition still goes on even today.

2: What killed 4th edition was the 4th edition rules. They were so different from what we've had before that they were controversial since the beginning. Not to mention the bad management of everything in the beginning.

Nobody here is whining about anything. You are the one who is using opinion as fact, so unless you have some hard evidence then it remains an opinion.

 

[Morrus]

Of course the high street is not dead who ever suggested that it was.

I dont see a lot of Music shops around now though.

Sure. That's the future for RPGs (well, books generally). It's not there yet though. D&D is in Walmart etc., at least for now.

What are you arguing against? You seem to be struggling to score a point. You're not well informed on this subject.

 

[Tony Vargas]

Actually no proof has been given of anything.

Congratulations, you've summed up the internet.

Nobody here is whining about anything.

Sure. And, there's a dearth of irony in these threads, too.

 

[Shasarak]

It's vital to the entire industry. Cut that cord and the industry dies as the prior generation drifts away and never gets replaced. I know people keep making this argument about Paizo selling direct online, but I challenge anyone making that argument to just ask Paizo directly what THEY think of the role of retail stores for their business. I bet you they will not be nearly as sneeringly dismissive about that distribution point for their business.

Imagine how many sales WotC is missing out on by being sneeringly dismissive of the 21st century.

Come on, it is not as if they dont sell to high streets biggest online competitor who sells the rules for heavy discount already. Please dont give me that old sop about supporting retailers when you then turn around and stab them in the back like that.