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<blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 8793710" data-attributes="member: 18">That's absolutely true.However collectors do not need up-to-date rules or the like.So we may well see a 4E-ish situation, where the rules for 1D&amp;D get frequently or at least seasonally updated, and where if your group wants to use any digital content, and/or the &quot;right&quot; rules, rather than outdated ones, they'll need to stay subscribed to D&amp;D Beyond or whatever.It's also entirely possible they'll increasingly move the books into luxury pricing (and I'm some increased quality too, or at least more art, and more &quot;coffee-table&quot;-worthy-ness). Which is fine if you're some late-30s or older middle-class dude with a bunch of disposable wealth, but that's not most of D&amp;D's audience and never really has been. Doesn't matter though if you're getting most people to subscribe to your much-more-profitable subscription service.Given that the new guy in charge of D&amp;D is someone whose main background is transforming physical product customers into digital product users, I think we have the shape of WotC's plans here. My strong suspicious is that WotC's current vision for D&amp;D (presumably not shared by Winninger) was that in say, 2032, or 2034, the actual people who play D&amp;D are primarily accessing D&amp;D through tablets/phones/laptops, and are subscribed to some version of D&amp;D Beyond, and that D&amp;D print rulebooks basically these attractive objects that are left on tables to be perused lightly, not used seriously.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ruin Explorer, post: 8793710, member: 18"] That's absolutely true. However collectors do not need up-to-date rules or the like. So we may well see a 4E-ish situation, where the rules for 1D&D get frequently or at least seasonally updated, and where if your group wants to use any digital content, and/or the "right" rules, rather than outdated ones, they'll need to stay subscribed to D&D Beyond or whatever. It's also entirely possible they'll increasingly move the books into luxury pricing (and I'm some increased quality too, or at least more art, and more "coffee-table"-worthy-ness). Which is fine if you're some late-30s or older middle-class dude with a bunch of disposable wealth, but that's not most of D&D's audience and never really has been. Doesn't matter though if you're getting most people to subscribe to your much-more-profitable subscription service. Given that the new guy in charge of D&D is someone whose main background is transforming physical product customers into digital product users, I think we have the shape of WotC's plans here. My strong suspicious is that WotC's current vision for D&D (presumably not shared by Winninger) was that in say, 2032, or 2034, the actual people who play D&D are primarily accessing D&D through tablets/phones/laptops, and are subscribed to some version of D&D Beyond, and that D&D print rulebooks basically these attractive objects that are left on tables to be perused lightly, not used seriously. [/QUOTE]

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