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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Stormonu" data-source="post: 5696633" data-attributes="member: 52734">I'll throw in with Danny - I think it is a potential for concern, mostly down the road.I think its very possible within the next (human) generation we'll see a shift to most content being purely digital where such methods are feasible.  I see the signs already with my 10-year-old, who I've just interested in the Warhammer 40K Dark Crusade game; I've got the actual figures for several armies (I was planning ahead for when he might get interested), but he'd rather play it as a video game and has no interest in the table-top version ("they just stand there ...and you have to paint them", have been his remarks).With such a shift, users are at the mercy of when publishers decide to migrate to new versions or they might simply cease to exist (in WotC's case, they might just fold the D&D department due to lack of sales).Right now, DDI is a very convenient add-on, but its not necessary.  I'm guessing in the not-to-far future, it may be the primary, if not only access point for the current version of the game.  I'm guessing some of the things akin to the fortune & despair cards might become digital-only products (akin to the nickel-and-dimed-to-death ipad apps). Under this model, should the company shift away from the current version, the crowd will have to follow.</blockquote>