Most of which have been the brand name, which in the current climate is as much of a detriment to them as a boon.
Not based on what several other posters in this thread have put forward, with regards to the level of faith/trust shown to WotC (and, I should note, there's a difference between the company name and the brand name).
You mean keeping the context of the discussion instead of slicing out only a thin line of text which can be easily misconstrued?
No one is saying quote
only that line of text; just put that line in its own quote box. You've noted before how I break up quotes into several different boxes; take a cue from that.
Yeah it will happen so slowly and so gradually that no one will be able to see it happening at all, even over multiple decades of gameplay.
While others will have spoken out about the possibility of it happening before it even begins, mostly over a bunch of people who supposedly guaranteed us with their precognitive powers that it never would.
Truly the height of discourse right here. You've come a long way from complaining about potshots.
Evangelists? Yeah, hardly.
Because WotC is known for maintaining relationships with people who don't care for them.
I stopped watching Nerd Immersion because he was coming across as more bitterly blind about the OGL fiasco than I was comfortable with, still raking them over the coals months after the whole issue was dead and buried.
Which just goes to show you that the issue is neither dead nor buried, since the effects of that fiasco on the industry continue to be felt to this day.
I was actually shocked that they sent him a preview copy.
See above; WotC is quite willing to work with "influencers" who they think will influence things in the way they (WotC) wants.
No, this isn't an issue of control.
That's literally the heart of the issue.
This is them understanding how the community works.
So that they can better control it. Seriously, how is that in contention in your mind? We know they want to monetize things, and see customers as a barrier to that. Not to mention all of the things they've done to try and bring the industry further under their sway. Control is everything to WotC right now.
Free previews of their material will get them more sales than cutting off the community.
"Getting more sales" is how they want to exercise the control they're looking for.
You think they are not going to allow their character sheets from their subscription service and digital sales platform to cross-pollinate with their OTHER subscription service?
Ah, so now you're granting my earlier point about the consolidation of services (which is another aspect which differentiates WotC's VTT from others). Of course, you dodged the issue of the character sheets themselves being an aspect of monetization, so there's that too.
If you don't think DDB character sheets are going to be the importable, in full, to the VTT, then you are once more showing you do not understand this industry or the products.
Of course they're going to be importable (notice again that you misunderstood what I said; funny how that keeps happening), it's just that they're not going to be using those as a tent pole around which to monetize things...at least, not that they've said. It's entirely possible that we'll see micro-transactions for pointless things like decorations on your virtual character sheet.
It is funny to me that the guy who keep quoting "recurrent spending environment" and "under-monetized" takes issue with me putting any emphasis on what WoTC has said.
There's a difference between marketing-speak directed at the customers whom they think of as barriers between them and their money and things which they say to investors (and, for that matter, leaked comments that came out during the OGL scandal). But please, tell us more why corporate-approved puff pieces to the customers whom they seem to hold in disdain are trustworthy.
Also, yeah, if flashing lights and pretty colors were enough to get my money? I'd have a youtube premium membership. And instead of text books, I'd only watch Television and Movies.
Nice job patting yourself on the back for being more savvy than everyone else. But otherwise, it's already been pointed out that not everyone will use the VTT. The question is if enough will for its presentation to start shaping expectations.
It opens up potential content like Red vs Blue, but for DnD depending on the level of fidelity and tools provided in the VTT.
As an aside, do you mean the actual RvB (as in, buy it from the now-defunct Rooster Teeth)? Because if they want to do that, the window seems like it's closing fast (if it hasn't already).
