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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vyvyan Basterd" data-source="post: 6170934" data-attributes="member: 4892"><p>This connects to another point regarding all the crystal ball gazing going on here about the directin things will go in. The subscription model is now passe. The new wave of online games are taking a different approach. They allow you to play the base game for free in (relative) perpetuity. They make their money in extras that they sell to players of the game. And people have been paying BIG (not going to hunt doown actual articles right now) for these extras. I could see this as a solution to WotC's predicament. Once the OGL broke down the wall, they will never be able to build a new wall and keep customers happy. Instead, if they embrace that and place the basic game out there for free and then charge for add-ons or upgrades (like a print copy?), they might be onto something. Not everyone will buy the extras, but they don't need that. The more people playing the base game, the more exposure it gets, the more likely someone will enjoy the extras and buy them. Sitting back on a subscription model that is now beginning to phase out of computer gaming will only leave them behind the curve yet again.</p></blockquote><p></p>