Exclusive interview WotC President Greg Leeds
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wocky
Masterwork Jabberwock
My two cents on the 1:10 ratio:
1 - Some of those people have bought or will buy a printed copy. It still is a lost sale of the PDF, but hardly the same as someone that downloads and prints the pirate copy. In a perfect world the PDF would come free with the printed book.
2 - Many, many, many of those will never give more than a cursory glance to the pirate book, if they give a look at all. It's usual for people to download much more stuff than they get to watch/read/hear. Most of these wouldn't have laid a cent for a legal copy.
3 - Some of these people live in countries where the exchange rate makes the books very expensive. I know because I live in such a country (Argentina). The "book price : salary" ratio makes D&D books and PDFs much more expensive for us. Arguably some people that download the files illegally would have bought them if left with no other choice... but most of them wouldn't have (not necessarily because they can't, but rather because at some price point they're not worth it).
I assume the number of illegal downloads that caused a lost sale of either a digital or printed copy of the book is much lower.
1 - Some of those people have bought or will buy a printed copy. It still is a lost sale of the PDF, but hardly the same as someone that downloads and prints the pirate copy. In a perfect world the PDF would come free with the printed book.
2 - Many, many, many of those will never give more than a cursory glance to the pirate book, if they give a look at all. It's usual for people to download much more stuff than they get to watch/read/hear. Most of these wouldn't have laid a cent for a legal copy.
3 - Some of these people live in countries where the exchange rate makes the books very expensive. I know because I live in such a country (Argentina). The "book price : salary" ratio makes D&D books and PDFs much more expensive for us. Arguably some people that download the files illegally would have bought them if left with no other choice... but most of them wouldn't have (not necessarily because they can't, but rather because at some price point they're not worth it).
I assume the number of illegal downloads that caused a lost sale of either a digital or printed copy of the book is much lower.
El Mahdi
Muad'Dib of the Anauroch
President of Wizards of the Coast.
For those keeping score, that's the equivalent to "Captain of the Titanic".
Captain of the Titanic: This ship is an unstoppable behemoth, Completely Un-Sinkable!
Crew Member: What was that screeching sound!?
Captain of the Titanic: Don't worry, it was nothing. Besides, we're unsinkable. ... (glug, glug ... gurgle, gurgle ...)
President of WotC: This company is the industry leader. What's good for us is good for the industry.
WotC Staffer: What was that screeching sound!?
President of WotC: That was nothing, just some rabid fans. Don't worry you'll get used to the noise. Besides, they'll stick with us because we're the industry leader. ... (glug, glug ... gurgle, gurgle ...)
Hmmmmm.
Shadowsong666
First Post
ok, now i read the complete interview and i think i am somehow missing the right words in my vocabulary.
How can an interview be just that long, dodgy, uninformative and boring? Does he know his audience? I really feel like getting handed the "your all idiots and don't see our great plan" stick. Or do they really think that i will just buy that stuff without another thought just because Leeds said so? He is not Steve Austin, anyway.
Oh boy - thats probably the lamest interview i read which wasn't given by a politician in a long time... its scary to know that there are people out there who think they walk the talk but actually sit there and say nothing.
So - now that we have exclusive interviews all over the net - can we now get a meeting with Scott Rouse in an exclusive area - just us gamers, a podcast and no one else?
How can an interview be just that long, dodgy, uninformative and boring? Does he know his audience? I really feel like getting handed the "your all idiots and don't see our great plan" stick. Or do they really think that i will just buy that stuff without another thought just because Leeds said so? He is not Steve Austin, anyway.
Oh boy - thats probably the lamest interview i read which wasn't given by a politician in a long time... its scary to know that there are people out there who think they walk the talk but actually sit there and say nothing.
So - now that we have exclusive interviews all over the net - can we now get a meeting with Scott Rouse in an exclusive area - just us gamers, a podcast and no one else?
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Pramas
Explorer
I suspect it's this:
Underpants + ??? = Profit
But oh no, they took underpants gnomes out of 4th edition!
cdrcjsn
First Post
What!?
Gnome is in the PHB2. And the underpants paragon path for gnomes was in the April 1st edition of Dragon.
Maggan
Writer for CY_BORG, Forbidden Lands and Dragonbane
It was on par with what I was expecting. This is pretty standard fare for a CEO giving interviews.
/M
Lanefan
Victoria Rules
Too late now, I know; but one question I'd have loved to seen get asked is:
"Mr. Leeds, what was your gaming background before coming to WotC?"
This, to find out if he's a gamer dressed in a suit (which would give me a few shreds of hope) or just a suit (which wouldn't, so much).
Lanefan
"Mr. Leeds, what was your gaming background before coming to WotC?"
This, to find out if he's a gamer dressed in a suit (which would give me a few shreds of hope) or just a suit (which wouldn't, so much).
Lanefan
Truth Seeker
Adventurer
PC, thank you for the effort, on the getting the questons created and sent.
A worthy effort.
-Raad both interviews-
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A worthy effort.
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