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<blockquote data-quote="Jay Verkuilen" data-source="post: 7754787" data-attributes="member: 6873517"><p>If that's how it works. </p><p></p><p>Speaking for nobody but me, I'm concerned they'll stop releasing things I actually want, instead focusing on "e-sports", themed licensed products, board games, and other "let's take things to the NEXT level!", meaning things that are more mass market friendly. This is always a dilemma when a product moves from being a niche product to something mass market. You can see the same thing with lots of other media, with bands, etc. Parts of D&D has been through this before when cool immersive CRPGs like the Baldur's Gate series got their brand slapped on a console action RPG like Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance. </p><p></p><p>Of course, in this case there are options, but having to, say, wade through DMsGuild for new content is rough. There's a lot of good content there, of course, but there are reasons to want "official" material to anchor one's game.This wouldn't be much of an issue if D&D didn't have a tendency to be the "only game in town", making it hard to find alternatives.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jay Verkuilen, post: 7754787, member: 6873517"] If that's how it works. Speaking for nobody but me, I'm concerned they'll stop releasing things I actually want, instead focusing on "e-sports", themed licensed products, board games, and other "let's take things to the NEXT level!", meaning things that are more mass market friendly. This is always a dilemma when a product moves from being a niche product to something mass market. You can see the same thing with lots of other media, with bands, etc. Parts of D&D has been through this before when cool immersive CRPGs like the Baldur's Gate series got their brand slapped on a console action RPG like Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance. Of course, in this case there are options, but having to, say, wade through DMsGuild for new content is rough. There's a lot of good content there, of course, but there are reasons to want "official" material to anchor one's game.This wouldn't be much of an issue if D&D didn't have a tendency to be the "only game in town", making it hard to find alternatives. [/QUOTE]
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