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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 5813182" data-attributes="member: 22779">Umm, I really have to question this.Look, it's a matter of public record that at it's height in 3e, Dungeon and Dragon, combined, had about 50000 subscribers.  That was as good as it ever got.  And, note, that's the combined subs, not actual people because some people, like me, had subs to both magazines.2 years of 4e later, we have just shy of 70 000 subscribers for the DDI.  That means that about 50% MORE people have access to Dungeon and Dragon than did during 3e.  I'd probably go so far as to say that's more than at any other time than the mid 80's when Dragon was at its all time highest.Look, I understand that people might not like the online content.  I get that.  But, pointing to Dungeon and Dragon as failures is ridiculous.Hrm, I'll take your magazine, increase its readership by 50% (that's THREE TIMES more Dungeon and twice more Dragon), remove the needs for going through the US Postal Service and magazine distribution channels (for a giggle, ask Erik Mona or James Jacobs what they think of the magazine distribution channels - the answer is possibly not grandma friendly) AND I'm going to give you 100% artistic control over your magazine.Dude, if you think that's a failure, I'd really hate to see what you think is a success.I got a DDI sub in September, and, at that time, there was just under 60K subscribers.  ((*Checks his profile*))  Currently, there are 68480 members.  That's about 12% growth in six months.  Again, if you call that failure, just what would you consider a success?</blockquote>

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