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<blockquote data-quote="Retreater" data-source="post: 8865744" data-attributes="member: 42040">It's not just merchandise. Their CEO said she wants &quot;the type of recurrent spending you see in digital games.&quot;That quote is not referencing lunch boxes and t-shirts. It's things like new avatar skins, subscribing to a season pass to access new maps and tracks. It's Playstation Plus or a WoW subscription. It could be microtransactions for random loot boxes. When I hear their goal to make players (not just DMs) pay more that suggests that they will end DM's sharing content on DND Beyond. I know I tend towards being pessimistic, but you have to look at what was said. These theories have been posited by some big outlets. To date WotC has said nothing to ease these concerns - which is risking enthusiasm for the brand. Based on my prior experience with other companies - these concerns are probably true. WotC hasn't made another statement because they haven't prepared another financial model to back away from this plan (or they don't plan to). If it were as simple as &quot;no, no, we're just selling merchandise&quot; we'd have already heard that clarification officially.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Retreater, post: 8865744, member: 42040"] It's not just merchandise. Their CEO said she wants "the type of recurrent spending you see in digital games." That quote is not referencing lunch boxes and t-shirts. It's things like new avatar skins, subscribing to a season pass to access new maps and tracks. It's Playstation Plus or a WoW subscription. It could be microtransactions for random loot boxes. When I hear their goal to make players (not just DMs) pay more that suggests that they will end DM's sharing content on DND Beyond. I know I tend towards being pessimistic, but you have to look at what was said. These theories have been posited by some big outlets. To date WotC has said nothing to ease these concerns - which is risking enthusiasm for the brand. Based on my prior experience with other companies - these concerns are probably true. WotC hasn't made another statement because they haven't prepared another financial model to back away from this plan (or they don't plan to). If it were as simple as "no, no, we're just selling merchandise" we'd have already heard that clarification officially. [/QUOTE]

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