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<blockquote data-quote="Riastlin" data-source="post: 5769057" data-attributes="member: 94022">Obviously, all of this is speculation on our part at this point.That being said, I personally believe that they will at least try to keep DDi up and running for 4ed users after the switch to the next edition.&nbsp; At the very least, they will want to see how much the added income from DDi will offset the &quot;loss&quot; of people who would have bought new books for a new edition were it not for DDi.&nbsp; (I put loss in quotes since that will be a very difficult figure to determine).As it currently stands, a one year subscription to DDI cost $75 which is roughly equivalent to 2.5 books (depending on release, etc.).&nbsp; That's actually more books than I personally bought this past year.&nbsp; Now look at it in terms of those 3.x players who &quot;left&quot; WotC to join Pathfinder when 4ed was released.&nbsp; Think about if they could have paid for a DDi subscription to keep all of their 3.x materials in easy access including a CB, Monster Builder, etc.&nbsp; How many of those would have continued to pay WotC?&nbsp; How many would it take to offset the loss of people not buying into 4ed (considering that a lot of Pathfinder players have not bought into 4ed)?It should be relatively cheap to maintain DDi for 4ed even after the new edition which is why I think that they will at least try.&nbsp; If it turns out that almost nobody is buying the new edition because everyone is so happy with 4ed, then they might bring DDi down in order to recoup their money.&nbsp; The bigger question (which was posed earlier) though is whether there will be different tiers of DDi.&nbsp; Can you pay a smaller fee to access just 4ed?&nbsp; Or just 5ed?&nbsp; Or is it one fee fits all?&nbsp; I think those are the more difficult questions for WotC to answer.&nbsp; Those are the questions that will determine how successful DDi is going forward.&nbsp; If it continues to be the same fee for everything (5ed and 4ed) then it almost seems like a no-brainer from the customer side.&nbsp; At the same time, there's a decent argument to be made by WotC that if they add to the quality of DDi, then they should raise the fee (keeping in mind inflation will factor in as well, etc.).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Riastlin, post: 5769057, member: 94022"] Obviously, all of this is speculation on our part at this point. That being said, I personally believe that they will at least try to keep DDi up and running for 4ed users after the switch to the next edition. At the very least, they will want to see how much the added income from DDi will offset the "loss" of people who would have bought new books for a new edition were it not for DDi. (I put loss in quotes since that will be a very difficult figure to determine). As it currently stands, a one year subscription to DDI cost $75 which is roughly equivalent to 2.5 books (depending on release, etc.). That's actually more books than I personally bought this past year. Now look at it in terms of those 3.x players who "left" WotC to join Pathfinder when 4ed was released. Think about if they could have paid for a DDi subscription to keep all of their 3.x materials in easy access including a CB, Monster Builder, etc. How many of those would have continued to pay WotC? How many would it take to offset the loss of people not buying into 4ed (considering that a lot of Pathfinder players have not bought into 4ed)? It should be relatively cheap to maintain DDi for 4ed even after the new edition which is why I think that they will at least try. If it turns out that almost nobody is buying the new edition because everyone is so happy with 4ed, then they might bring DDi down in order to recoup their money. The bigger question (which was posed earlier) though is whether there will be different tiers of DDi. Can you pay a smaller fee to access just 4ed? Or just 5ed? Or is it one fee fits all? I think those are the more difficult questions for WotC to answer. Those are the questions that will determine how successful DDi is going forward. If it continues to be the same fee for everything (5ed and 4ed) then it almost seems like a no-brainer from the customer side. At the same time, there's a decent argument to be made by WotC that if they add to the quality of DDi, then they should raise the fee (keeping in mind inflation will factor in as well, etc.). [/QUOTE]

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