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<blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 7710850" data-attributes="member: 18182">[SARCASM]You know, I purchased the Star Wars trilogy on VHS. I was pretty cheesed off when Lucasfilm made me pay AGAIN for the SAME movie when they released the films on DVD. And now, if I want the SAME movies AGAIN streaming, I have to pay full price a third time!!![/SARCASM]I'm only partially responding to ddaley, but more responding to this general idea that comes up every time we discuss a new digital tool. Folks have the same complaint about Fantasy Grounds.If you pay money to access D&amp;D 5E content on D&amp;D Beyond for books you already own in one form and/or another . . . . you AREN'T paying for the same content twice. You are paying to access the content through a different medium or service. It either will or won't be worth it to you, but criticism of &quot;paying for the same content again&quot; is unfair. WotC and Curse have to make money, and they also have a right to make as much money as they can out of their customer base, it's what all for-profit businesses do. Nothing announced so far smacks of being &quot;unfair&quot; or &quot;money-gouging&quot;.I'm excited about the beta and will be participating. If the tool proves awesome enough that I want to switch from Fantasy Grounds, or use both programs, then I'll have to weigh price and total investment. Price is most certainly a concern, but it's premature to worry about it now and I'll never complain about &quot;paying for the same content again&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dire Bare, post: 7710850, member: 18182"] [SARCASM]You know, I purchased the Star Wars trilogy on VHS. I was pretty cheesed off when Lucasfilm made me pay AGAIN for the SAME movie when they released the films on DVD. And now, if I want the SAME movies AGAIN streaming, I have to pay full price a third time!!![/SARCASM] I'm only partially responding to ddaley, but more responding to this general idea that comes up every time we discuss a new digital tool. Folks have the same complaint about Fantasy Grounds. If you pay money to access D&D 5E content on D&D Beyond for books you already own in one form and/or another . . . . you AREN'T paying for the same content twice. You are paying to access the content through a different medium or service. It either will or won't be worth it to you, but criticism of "paying for the same content again" is unfair. WotC and Curse have to make money, and they also have a right to make as much money as they can out of their customer base, it's what all for-profit businesses do. Nothing announced so far smacks of being "unfair" or "money-gouging". I'm excited about the beta and will be participating. If the tool proves awesome enough that I want to switch from Fantasy Grounds, or use both programs, then I'll have to weigh price and total investment. Price is most certainly a concern, but it's premature to worry about it now and I'll never complain about "paying for the same content again". [/QUOTE]

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