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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TheSword" data-source="post: 9454183" data-attributes="member: 6879661">I think the single biggest difference is that in the case of the YouTube, Facebook, Amazon, Ticketmaster etc they aren’t actually providing anything themselves. They don’t contribute - the only path is through other creators.Whereas in the case of WotC they are looking at more than just hosting a platform for other people’s work. They are actively contributing themselves. I can’t ever see a point at which WotC just becomes a VTT hosting service and not a publishing company. It’s the same reason that DM Guild isn’t a choke point because those that take part get access to IP they wouldn’t otherwise get. In the same way NetfliX aren’t a chokepoint when they give a production company 5mil to produce a series.The second reason that I think it’s premature to worry is that there isn’t one single VTT company. Beyond, Roll20, Foundry, Fantasy Grounds, Owlbear and they are just the best known ones. All in a very smallniche industry. Most of these were produced as start ups by independents and compete effectively. Now maybe Sigil will be so amazing that it will blow us all away and it will be the only sensible way of playing the game. I’m sceptical that any VTT can turn into the YouTube of VTT, because Gamers want wildly different things from their VTT.Thirdly. WotC seem to pull back really hard on anything that whiffs of negativity the moment they’re challenged on it. It was 2 weeks from the OGL leak to them doing a complete 180. I don’t believe that was just down to beyond subscriptions dropping. I genuinely do think they care about their reputation within the community at large. Otherwise we wouldn’t see the continued voluntary release of free rule systems.</blockquote>

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