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<blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 9192919" data-attributes="member: 18">There's a measure of irony here because when D&amp;D Beyond was set up, one of the major criticisms was that they were gouging people, price-wise, for buying bits of content. And absolutely that was a correct criticism - the sum cost of the content is far, far, far higher than the book in most cases. Many people suggested that simply only allowing the books to be sold would make more sense and be less greedy, and indeed the D&amp;D Beyond PR guy at the time really didn't help matters by presenting some incredibly jargon-filled corporate-speak to defend their decision.But once the prices got nailed down and Beyond agree that what you spent on content from a book acted as a discount to the price of the book should you buy it (still the case, AFAIK), that largely sorted things out.And the now the complaint is that we can't buy stuff piecemeal! I'm not saying that's a wrongheaded opinion or anything - I get it - it's just interesting to see how it goes full-circle.Yeah that's what I was wondering about. Though maybe this is the first to launch without it?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ruin Explorer, post: 9192919, member: 18"] There's a measure of irony here because when D&D Beyond was set up, one of the major criticisms was that they were gouging people, price-wise, for buying bits of content. And absolutely that was a correct criticism - the sum cost of the content is far, far, far higher than the book in most cases. Many people suggested that simply only allowing the books to be sold would make more sense and be less greedy, and indeed the D&D Beyond PR guy at the time really didn't help matters by presenting some incredibly jargon-filled corporate-speak to defend their decision. But once the prices got nailed down and Beyond agree that what you spent on content from a book acted as a discount to the price of the book should you buy it (still the case, AFAIK), that largely sorted things out. And the now the complaint is that we can't buy stuff piecemeal! I'm not saying that's a wrongheaded opinion or anything - I get it - it's just interesting to see how it goes full-circle. Yeah that's what I was wondering about. Though maybe this is the first to launch without it? [/QUOTE]

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