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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Doctor Futurity" data-source="post: 5428446" data-attributes="member: 10738">But, if they're cutting support for the offline crowd (books) and possibly enhancing support for DDI, then the focus is being repurposed toward the online crowd. If someone is smart enough to log on to DDI and subscribe, they are also likely familiar with other venues of information on D&D. I don't know....I can't imagine that book sales are in such a slump that going online is the only lucrative option available to WotC. For some bizarre reason this reminds me of last year's fiasco with GOG.com, where the online retailer of Good Old Games seemed to close up shop for a week, then returned after a few days revealing it was a publicity stunt, and they were back, better than ever, still DRM free and selling Baldur's Gate for PC. Unfortunately, I don't think that's what is going on here....but I do suspect that the announcement of the new Neverwinter Nights and Daggerdale computer games have a lot to do with WotC's future product plans, and I know that the new marketing director has all his prior experience in DDO and online MMORPGs, so my suspicion is that going forward, online is their new business model--and the existing fans can take it or leave it.</blockquote>