DriveThruRPG Exclusivity

[Psion]

Some publishers have been very negative towards DTRPG. I can't help but think that there is some level of jealousy going on there, having not been "invited" to join the initial offering of corporate products. I might take some heat for that statement, but I think it's true.

I don't know specifically who you might be talking about, but I think you are wrong in relation to a few that come to mind.

I would love to know who DTRPG asked but rebuffed them...

 

[Funksaw]

The only one I know of is Green Ronin, a fact which caused me to finally pick up Mutants & Masterminds. Atlas Games (perhaps in a shrewd move) hasn't said diddly about whether or not they were invited, but I would be very surprized to think that they weren't.

 

[PJ-Mason]

The only one I know of is Green Ronin, a fact which caused me to finally pick up Mutants & Masterminds. Atlas Games (perhaps in a shrewd move) hasn't said diddly about whether or not they were invited, but I would be very surprized to think that they weren't.

Did they state this somewhere? How did you find out exactly? I am quite the happy camper if this is true! Both my favorite publishers are these two.

Although there was 1 or 2 that went over to DTRPG that stings quite bit.


*Sigh* Once again, edited for your spelling pleasure..............

 

[philreed]

Plus, in all honesty, I'm not sure that removing DRM actually would make many of these "alleged" purchasers happy. Maybe I am wrong, but I think many of the "I object to DRM" alleged purchasers will continue to dislike DTRPG no matter what. They will just move on to the "its run by WW and I dont like that" issue. Or to the "you are trying to ruin RPGNow" issue. Or any other issue.

I was about to post a long comment describing why I would buy some of these if DRM were removed but then I realized that I'm not the usual customer.

No matter what happens, though, good luck with your PDF sales. It is nice to see the PDF industry getting a huge shot of respectability and increasing awareness of PDFs.

 

[Rasyr]

I don't know specifically who you might be talking about, but I think you are wrong in relation to a few that come to mind.

I would love to know who DTRPG asked but rebuffed them...

Well, the only one that I can speak of with certainty is Iron Crown Enterprises. ICE was asked, and turned down the offer for several reasons.

 

[Psion]

Did they state this somewhere? How did you find out exactly?

I would like to know this too.

Not that I doubt it is true. I can't imagine anyone making a laundry list of big names in RPGs these days without listing Green Ronin. I just think they are too classy to say anything about such deals after the fact.

 

[PJ-Mason]

I would like to know this too.

Not that I doubt it is true. I can't imagine anyone making a laundry list of big names in RPGs these days without listing Green Ronin. I just think they are too classy to say anything about such deals after the fact.

Agreed. I glanced over their message boards (i usually peruse their M&M threads exclusively) and i couldn't find anything related to that topic. I really didn't want to start a DTRPG dicussion over there either, so i didn't post the question myself.

 

[Pramas]

Did they state this somewhere? How did you find out exactly? I am quite the happy camper if this is true! Both my favorite publishers are these two.

Yes, it's true. We were approached about DTRPG. I examined the offer, gave it some thought, and decided it wasn't right for GR. No big controversery, just business.

 

[Cergorach]

Yes, it's true. We were approached about DTRPG. I examined the offer, gave it some thought, and decided it wasn't right for GR. No big controversery, just business.

Does this mean that we won't be seeing any digital versions of GR products in the near future?

 

[PJ-Mason]

Does this mean that we won't be seeing any digital versions of GR products in the near future?

I second this question. I have all of the M&M books (except noctunals) and several of your other products. I want almost ALL of them, I just can't afford all of them! But if i could get all the ones i'm interested in as a reasonably priced pdf....watch out. There are least 10 of your books i'd like to get my Adobe reader on! No joke. PDF sales will never replace you print sales, but the extra revenues wouldn't hurt! Plus it would make me sooo happy