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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MaelStorm" data-source="post: 4152209" data-attributes="member: 60104">I think it's a question of perception. In the *new economy* (the era of globalization, or the market deregulation that has been happening for the past 25 years, or so) it makes perfect sense that D&D need to upgrade to the new reality. I.E.: when we compare other segments like the video game industry, CRPG are dying while MMORPG are now the cream of the crop (before you just had to buy a game + extensions, now its game + extensions + monthly fee). But I think the problem will blowback in the future. Right now consumers are seeing this change positively, so everything is great. But I think the economic cycle is changing rapidly and the bubble is about to burst and when it will happen consumers will not be able to shelve the money for monthly fee anymore. That will be the first thing they will drop. Realist people will jump out of their seat and will say: "What, are you crazy? This will never happen". Well, I hope so, but I don't see it that way. The paradigm shift that people are now realizing more and more is not new. D&D was created in 1974 and stayed the old fashioned way. Now the're trying to turn the tide by doing this change with DDI, but they should have started this trend in 2000 when WotC bought TSR. I hope their plan for DDI will work, but I sense they waited too long to do it. Now we're about to go in a new paradigm shift and the change will be completed in the next 5 years, maximum 10 years. That's how I perceive the future and I know I'm in the minority. I don't have a crystal ball you will say, but everybody can use their sense to be more attuned to what is going on in the invisible reality. Everything is going in cycle, from one paradigm shift to the other one. It's not something extraordinary, but it's something that you need to develop. Anyway that's my 2 copper piece and I know it will be deemed illogical because you either can sense it or not.EDIT: It's not only about the flow of money but also a change in consciousness (or how you spend your precious time coupled with how you spend your income in the new paradigm shift).</blockquote>

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