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Message: <blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 5698910" data-attributes="member: 22424">Indeed. I expect that when 5e hits, the 4e material will very quickly become unavailable on DDI.It depends on how compatible 5e is with 4e, though - if they're pretty close, they'll only remove the old stuff as new versions are published, much as they do now.Yes and no. My guess is that there is a distinct "gamer half-life" - a lot of players get into the game, play for a few years, and then drop out. Edition changes would make little difference to such players - many might leave 'early' because of the change, but there would be a corresponding spike in new sales because of the new hotness.I suspect a lot of other groups (probably the majority of the remainder) will just upgrade to the new edition anyway. There will be a lot of complaining... but then they'll upgrade anyway. (Some will stop playing entirely, and some will take advantage of cheap eBay prices to gain a 'hardcopy backup' of the books they haven't been buying.)So, really, I don't think it's actually all that big a concern.Owning content is a thing of the past. In games, movies, and music, the future is in rented content (via subscriptions) and/or pay-per-use. RPGs will be no different - 5e will no doubt take the DDI model to the next step, and quite likely encourage DMs to do their prep direct on WotC servers. It will be really convenient and easy to do so... provided you maintain the subscription.As for me... no. I'm not interested in any RPG that requires an electronic component, or even any RPG that 'requires' one even as much as 4e does (that is, it's not strictly necessary, but I wouldn't play without). So, if WotC go further down that road, I won't be coming back.</blockquote>

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