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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ian Demagi" data-source="post: 4027547" data-attributes="member: 43754">Point 3fnwc Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006Last Seen: Today (08:59 AM)Posts: 11 Quote:Originally Posted by Ian DemagiLook at the messages, the launch of 4E is barely investor news. I must have missed the launch date somehow...Quote:Originally Posted by Ian DemagiI 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. WotC as a business, definitely wants to attract newer players. The world-is-a-changin': people are increasingly getting used to the digital world. The success of digital D&D tools such as Fantasy Grounds and eTools shows that there is a market for this. I agree, though the impending recession will have an effect, but it's just as likely to have an effect on WotC as any other business (e.g., Starbucks $1 coffee).Quote:Originally Posted by Ian DemagiInstead of having 6 people paying 7 bucks a week, you have one person paying 15 per week-thats pretty grim math! D&D in general is a pretty cheap hobby. For the price that I pay for my monthly internet service alone, I could buy two hardcover books.         fnwc View Public Profile Send a private message to fnwc Find More Posts by fnwc Add fnwc to Your Buddy List Add fnwc to your ignore list  Today, 12:40 AM    #101  fnwc Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006Last Seen: Today (08:59 AM)Posts: 11 Quote:Originally Posted by drothgeryIn my experience -- which may or may not be typical -- while full-time college students are often gamers, they aren't heavy consumers of supplements because they lack money and don't have easy access to anyone they can convince to buy stuff for them. Certainly I buy far more gaming material now than I did when I was in school. I've read in various places that computer gamers average around 31 years of age. If that's true, I wonder what the average D&D player's age is?I'd imagine that in your thirties that a new D&D edition wouldn't really be much of a financial burden. I checked the Harbro board-only one mention of  D & D 4E-As fas as Hasbro forcing WotC into a new edition-I hope I didn't imply that, because I dont believe that happened. I do think that 3E has gone as far as it could go. My real question is DDI. One poster told me the world is a changing and going digital-this is truth. There are a good number of dinosaurs like me that still play D & D. WotC as gone out of its way to say you don't have to have DDI to play 4E. I believe them, but I also believe that it will be better with DDI-who does not want the best choice if its affordable?D & D being a cheap hobby-yep that's truth-if you dont believe me,  try golf sometime.   D & D has to have new players to remain alive. I agree-hard to believe but the old timers are starting to die off.  I have come close to this experience (dont recommmend it-heart attacks suck). Hopefully I have passed a long what good gaming is to my kids... Ian.</blockquote>

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