Anyone else feel indifferent about the PDF thing?

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

Yeah on the eve of the launch of the PHB2 the pdf debacle will lead over 40% of WotC's customers to dump them for another system (which would be the loss they'd probably need to have to loose their majority hold on the market share). How can you not understand that Rechan?

66 % of all Internet statistics are made up.

 

[Henrix]

I'm sad that the OoP products are not for sale any longer - I think that was a great service to the community (and there are a couple of Planescape products (that I havn't got from eBay) I've postponed getting).

Personally I'm not interested in stuff that is in print, as I'm an old fart who prefers printed products.

But I hope WotC will find a solution to how they want to distribute the books in electronic format.
I understand that they get pissed when a new book is pirated immediately after release, and it's evidently a pdf they've sold.

 

[Wayside]

Couldn't care less. It's amusing watching the echo chamber at work, though.

WotC's reasoning is wrong, though: ending PDF sales will not curb piracy in any way whatsoever, so in that sense they're making a mistake.

 

[Rechan]

I care a little because I think it is ultimately a wrong move that costs them good faith from their fans, and gives more food for detractors.

Well, yeah. I agree with you there. I guess "don't care" was not the best phrase, but "isn't bothered by the action itself", or "doesn't see the decision as that much of a big deal".

So the reaction confuses the hell out of me. As far as I am aware, buying WotC PDFs is a new thing, so I don't see its loss as all that significant. The loss of a resource sucks, but I don't understand the uproar.

 

[Rechan]

its too soon to see the vast majoritys reaction, but based on what I've seen here, and a couple other places... people are angry and ive seen companie go under because of a few angry people... ive even worked for companies that went unde because of a few angry people.

As it was said earlier, EnWorld (and really, internet sites) are not a good gauge of the majority of RPG users/D&D players/et al.

I honestly believe that over 60% of those who play D&D aren't even going to be aware of the change, let alone upset about it.

 

[WhatGravitas]

I'm sad that the OoP products are not for sale any longer - I think that was a great service to the community (and there are a couple of Planescape products (that I havn't got from eBay) I've postponed getting).

Same here - and here in Europe, old Planescape books are a wee bit harder to get, so PDFs were an easy and useful format. Especially if you're not using them but just reading for the fluff.

For 4E... I don't care, because I prefer printed books anyway.

Cheers, LT.

 

[Nymrohd]

The thing is, how important are internet reactions in this game? I can attest that none of my players in either of my groups (13 people in total) ever visit internet forums that are related to D&D, but that certainly does not make a demographic. How representative of the 4E market share are the collected D&D forums?

 

[Nymrohd]

Same here - and here in Europe, old Planescape books are a wee bit harder to get, so PDFs were an easy and useful format. Especially if you're not using them but just reading for the fluff.

For 4E... I don't care, because I prefer printed books anyway.

Cheers, LT.

At some point I need to start selling my 2E collection. I have PDF duplicates for pretty much everything anyway . . . Heck maybe I'll even make more money because of this!

 

[Maggan]

it happens alot easier than it seems

If WotC were to go risk going under because of some angry people, their buildings would have been aflame ten minutes after they launched Magic.

WotC survived the Dragon/Dungeon controversy. On the grand scheme of things, this PDF debacle is a tempest in a tea-cup compared to that, both PR wise and business wise.

That said, I would like to see WotC change their PR strategy. It would make EN World a lot nicer to hang out at.

/M

 

[Mr. Wilson]

The thing is, how important are internet reactions in this game? I can attest that none of my players in either of my groups (13 people in total) ever visit internet forums that are related to D&D, but that certainly does not make a demographic. How representative of the 4E market share are the collected D&D forums?

Obviously, I don't have anything but personal evidence to supply, but of all the people I've gamed with, I'm the only one to surf gaming websites on a daily basis. So, combining our two personal observations, that puts us up to 2 in about 30.

No idea how close that is to being fact (and is terrible statistical analysis).