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<blockquote data-quote="Ian Demagi" data-source="post: 4025212" data-attributes="member: 43754">Point 3&quot;Originally Posted by Turanil3) (I believe the main factor) The huge and sore economical recession that is coming will eventually kill WotC. &quot;As long as WotC remains under the tight grip of Hasbro, I don't see this happening.&quot;I totally agree. Hasbro is a major corporation and a quick look at Yahoo Finance shows its out look is pretty bright. IMHO, Hasbro's &quot;Great Pooh Bahs&quot; have never really understood&nbsp; D &amp; D. Its just another line that they hope makes money and I seriously doubt the WotC is considered a major part of their core business. Look at the messages, the launch of 4E is barely investor news.I think the DDI initiative is an attempt to penetrate the EQ-WoW market&nbsp; segment by using the &quot;D &amp; D brand.&quot; I am not convinced that this is going to work, and the economy is certainly not going to help. The best thing that the gaming community can do as far as getting a decently priced DDI is let it sit for a few months-especially if it is 15 bucks per month.I have an idea that we let one guy in our group buy DDI and then we all kick in-since we kick in a dollar per week for mini's and such anyway. This is something that WotC can't solve, and a danger of pricing themselves out of the market. Instead of having&nbsp; 6 people paying 7 bucks a week, you have one person paying 15 per week-thats pretty grim math!D &amp; D is a cooperative game while EQ &amp; WoW are done mostly in the privacy of your own home, and everyone must have a link to play. Not so with DDI-one lap top and 6 people are good to go-Ian.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ian Demagi, post: 4025212, member: 43754"] [b]Point 3[/b] "Originally Posted by Turanil 3) (I believe the main factor) The huge and sore economical recession that is coming will eventually kill WotC. "As long as WotC remains under the tight grip of Hasbro, I don't see this happening." I totally agree. Hasbro is a major corporation and a quick look at Yahoo Finance shows its out look is pretty bright. IMHO, Hasbro's "Great Pooh Bahs" have never really understood D & D. Its just another line that they hope makes money and I seriously doubt the WotC is considered a major part of their core business. Look at the messages, the launch of 4E is barely investor news. I think the DDI initiative is an attempt to penetrate the EQ-WoW market segment by using the "D & D brand." I am not convinced that this is going to work, and the economy is certainly not going to help. The best thing that the gaming community can do as far as getting a decently priced DDI is let it sit for a few months-especially if it is 15 bucks per month. I have an idea that we let one guy in our group buy DDI and then we all kick in-since we kick in a dollar per week for mini's and such anyway. This is something that WotC can't solve, and a danger of pricing themselves out of the market. Instead of having 6 people paying 7 bucks a week, you have one person paying 15 per week-thats pretty grim math! D & D is a cooperative game while EQ & WoW are done mostly in the privacy of your own home, and everyone must have a link to play. Not so with DDI-one lap top and 6 people are good to go-Ian. [/QUOTE]

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