A small product =/= microtransaction, they are not the same thing.
While I don't like that it is digital only, if this is the format that gets them to publish more setting material, that as traditionally lost money, than I am all for it. Bring it on!
I will also point out there are lots of Beyond articles with cool content (advice, tables, adventures, etc.) that is completely free
"Dragon magazine was a microtransaction" has to be one of the most "Wha???" inducing takes I have encountered in recent memory. I mean,I k ow people on ENWorld like to completely invent new meanings for words, but holy wow folks.Did everyone collectively forget the existence of the Tortle Package? Or the Laboratory of Kwalish?
These kind of "microtransactions" aren't new to 5e. Or to D&D. Dragon and Dungeon Magazines were around for a long time, and a lot of people on this site seem pretty fond of them.
Probably a trend about to end.I will also point out there are lots of Beyond articles with cool content (advice, tables, adventures, etc.) that is completely free
TouchéI never underestimate a publicly traded company's ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory...
An issue of Dragon coat about the same. Neither really is a "microtransaction" as in video games, IMO. But we have two small low cost items that can be compared."Dragon magazine was a microtransaction" has to be one of the most "Wha???" inducing takes I have encountered in recent memory. I mean,I k ow people on ENWorld like to completely invent new meanings for words, but holy wow folks.
Nah, free social media engagement is a big part of their onboarding strategy.Probably a trend about to end.
I have no issue with it not being in the main product. It makes sense to me to put that in a separate product and I like the idea that you can get each faction individually.I'm fine with the Stuff like the Eldraine one, but not for stuff that should have been included in the main product, now I have to pay more if I want it. Not impressed. The main product cost way too much as is.
The Minecraft compendium was released as a PDF, but only on the Minecraft site. (Which is kind of funny, considering - the video game site released the product as an e-book, but the tabletop site released it as part of a web app.)I don't think that they have released any PDFs after their acquisition of DDB. I expect all digital material to come out through DDB.