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Message: <blockquote data-quote="painted_klown" data-source="post: 7711829" data-attributes="member: 6785485">I seriously cannot believe for one second that people having a digital copy of (insert media here) would lead them to buy more physical copies of (insert media here). It hasn't been true for music (remember things called record stores?), movies, or video games. It's not true for books, magazines, newspapers either. I love D&D. It's a game that I enjoy playing. If WotC had released the rules on an etch-a-sketch that couldn't be erased, then I would still love the game. Saying that more people would like D&D if it were released in PDF format is like saying that if you pressed Miley Cyrus onto vinyl record, it would be the next Dark side of the Moon (or White Album for you Beatles fans). The point being is that the format of the delivery system doesn't make the content better. Showgirls is a terrible movie on DVD and BD, just as The Godfather is a great movie on VHS, DVD, and BD. Sure, PDFs may get it into more hands, but WoTC has already given us the FREE basic rules as PDFs and an SRD! If you cannot glean enough enjoyment from those FREE products, then go buy the books, or play another game, and lets not kid ourselves here, those who really want PDF copies of the 5E books have already obtained them illegally. For me, The REAL "solid evidence" would be "How many of the users with illegal PDF files have actually purchased the physical copies of all the books they have?" I'm guessing (as there is no real evidence to point to) that far more players have the illegal PDFs than have purchased the physical books. Maybe it's because I am an old man, and I really enjoy collecting physical media (I still buy CDs even), but I cannot understand the outrage over WotC not having PDF copies of all the 5E books for sale. I have not found the PDF copy of any book to be better, faster, or more convenient than having a book at the table. RPG books usually require some flipping through pages to find stuff, especially when rolling up characters and such. Heck, I find myself using multiple bookmarks in my PHB when rolling up a character, to easily flip back and forth between sections of the book. Either I'm a total luddite, or simply an old geezer, but the physical book is always better in every situation that I have ran across.</blockquote>

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