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That didn't happen. If you think it did, clearly point out the difference.

I would say that "uproar" sounds like the exact opposite of "people keep giving WotC a pass". What would you expect other than "back to biz as usual"; people living in constant uproar? At some point you need to get work/school/family/etc stuff done rather than spending all your time attacking a...

Are you saying that the authors could've chosen not to draw attention to sexist elements contained in early D&D, in a book in which written artifacts containing those elements are reproduced in full? I'm not sure there's actually much of a choice there. As a reader, I can say that if I came...

:rolleyes: I tried.

Huh. Is it possible you don't actually understand the difference between profit margin measured as a percentage of revenue, vs. absolute dollars (or other denomination)? I didn't want to assume that, but let me try to make this clear. For the sake of an example, assume the following: Physical...

No, we don't agree that the dollar profit margin is higher on digital. The point is that we don't know if the profit margin on a $30 digital book is $25, or higher than that, or lower than that, nor do we actually know what the profit margin is on a physical book. Either one could be higher or...

I doubt anyone disputes that digital products likely have a higher percentage profit margin. But profit margin in dollars is what counts. If we assume something like $25 gross profit on a $60 physical book, then do you know that WotC accounts for $5 or less on cost of goods sold for a digital...

Thanks; I was going to reference your earlier post with these estimates. The point being, we don't have the real numbers. If WotC is making $25 gross profit on a $60 book, then it's much more difficult to argue with any confidence that they're making even more on a $30 digital book. We don't...

If you don't have the numbers, then it isn't a fact (that digital books have higher profit margin for WotC, in dollars, than physical books).

I'll note that you have again dodged my question.

Your reaction (bolded) is exactly the reason why WotC can't do whatever it is people are concerned they'll do with digital products.

This isn't about the VTT (about which none of us has sufficient knowledge yet, anyway), it's about presale book bundles. Unless the problem, which no one has stated in well over 300 posts despite being asked repeatedly to specify their concerns, is the presence of a bonus VTT miniature in one of...

Do you really think I somehow missed that? The question I keep asking is what, specifically, about it is so disturbing? It took over 270 posts to this thread before two posters (@Scribe and @OB1) finally provided answers. And those, frankly, made no sense: one complaint was far past its...

And? This is the harbinger of the capitalist end-times, a bonus of dubious value for preordering a book?

Good thing this isn't happening in D&D. So what is this thread about again?

Okay... but D&D has had an official digital component to it since at least the early days of 4e. A complaint about digitalization is 16 years behind the times.

But we're not talking about paying anything extra.

What, exactly, is this? Multiple posts in this thread have complained about this without once explaining what this precisely is.

They offer character sheet decorations as incentives because they have so little value. I challenge anyone to find a customer whose only reason to purchase a book from WotC is so they can change the color of frame around their ability scores.

And so your evidence that WotC is an evil capitalist predator intent on luring us all into a digital prison where they can charge whatever they want for things we can't get anywhere else is... an advertisement in which they're offering physical books for sale? This is what I just don't get. If...