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<blockquote data-quote="shadzar" data-source="post: 5444610" data-attributes="member: 6667746">How much of the current income form DDi goes back into it?Also what happens when 4th edition becomes a &quot;past edition&quot;? They should wipe the database and only keep the new 5th edition around right?There will be a 5th edition or D&amp;D will die, and it will use an online model such as DDi. When that happens and 4th edition is removed, people will say business as usual, and many subscribers will likely jump ship meaning some dead months of income for WotC on the DDi front.If instead 4th edition remains online in DDi, even with no new content created, that will be a time when some WotC employees will want to slap themselves in the face for the backlash of NOT having other prior editions on in some format.So they might as well start working on it now, to save face for the future. The sooner they get it done and in place, the sooner that data entry will be paid for by subscribers to a DDi that supports older editions, if even only in a database that allows them to play with others without having to own or buy the out of print books.Not to mention it will give Pazio's subscription services a run for its money....as the total value of a DDi subscription will rise, and could even see some Pathfinder players, mining their DDi (with 3.5 Rules Compendium) subscription for things to use in their Pathfinder game.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="shadzar, post: 5444610, member: 6667746"] How much of the current income form DDi goes back into it? Also what happens when 4th edition becomes a "past edition"? They should wipe the database and only keep the new 5th edition around right? There will be a 5th edition or D&D will die, and it will use an online model such as DDi. When that happens and 4th edition is removed, people will say business as usual, and many subscribers will likely jump ship meaning some dead months of income for WotC on the DDi front. If instead 4th edition remains online in DDi, even with no new content created, that will be a time when some WotC employees will want to slap themselves in the face for the backlash of NOT having other prior editions on in some format. So they might as well start working on it now, to save face for the future. The sooner they get it done and in place, the sooner that data entry will be paid for by subscribers to a DDi that supports older editions, if even only in a database that allows them to play with others without having to own or buy the out of print books. Not to mention it will give Pazio's subscription services a run for its money....as the total value of a DDi subscription will rise, and could even see some Pathfinder players, mining their DDi (with 3.5 Rules Compendium) subscription for things to use in their Pathfinder game. [/QUOTE]

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