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Message: <blockquote data-quote="occam" data-source="post: 8852558" data-attributes="member: 39815">In digital (usually "free-to-play") games, yes, "recurrent spending" usually means micro-transactions. D&D is much bigger than some mobile game, though. Recurring revenue also means subscriptions, which is already a feature of DDB, and probably a big part of what it made it financially appealing to acquire.Besides, as already noted, micro-transactions aren't new to DDB; they've been a part of it from the beginning.I will ask everyone so worried about some of the language used here to at least consider that D&D is not a free-to-play digital game; it's a brand with broad and global name recognition, and that context makes a big difference in how you interpret the language."Monetization" in a free-to-play game means getting people to buy in-game resources. Monetization for a global brand means merchandising, movies and TV, subscriptions, and sure, some digital micro-transactions -- but the latter is teeny-tiny potatoes compared to everything else.</blockquote>