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<blockquote data-quote="Ogrork the Mighty" data-source="post: 4419979" data-attributes="member: 19042">I think what you're going to find is a lot of people will cancel their subscriptions once the price goes up and the novelty of the DDI stuff wears off. The final price will be close to $10/month and unless you really want the magazines or unless the online play is everything it's been promised to be (I have my doubts), gradually the subscription base will whither away. And as it whithers, WotC will start to ask why they are bothering to sink money into a sinking ship. So the updates will slow, thus leading to more cancellations, and on and on the cycle goes.And you know the magazines will start showing up on torrents so a lot of people will just pick them up there.From some casual conversations with players, the interest level in the online play just isn't there. From them, not from me. I'd love to DM games on the net and gain access to players all around the world. Assuming, of course, that the end product works as promised. But to be brutally honest, I think only a very small fraction of players will shell out a monthly subscription. There'll be a lot more DMs than players. Which kinda sucks for running games.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ogrork the Mighty, post: 4419979, member: 19042"] I think what you're going to find is a lot of people will cancel their subscriptions once the price goes up and the novelty of the DDI stuff wears off. The final price will be close to $10/month and unless you really want the magazines or unless the online play is everything it's been promised to be (I have my doubts), gradually the subscription base will whither away. And as it whithers, WotC will start to ask why they are bothering to sink money into a sinking ship. So the updates will slow, thus leading to more cancellations, and on and on the cycle goes. And you know the magazines will start showing up on torrents so a lot of people will just pick them up there. From some casual conversations with players, the interest level in the online play just isn't there. From them, not from me. I'd love to DM games on the net and gain access to players all around the world. Assuming, of course, that the end product works as promised. But to be brutally honest, I think only a very small fraction of players will shell out a monthly subscription. There'll be a lot more DMs than players. Which kinda sucks for running games. [/QUOTE]

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