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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 6270339" data-attributes="member: 18182">A few folks have mentioned, "What? $50? What about all those less expensive and even free games out there?"WotC isn't competing against any of those games. There are truly tons of excellent games out there, some even direct variants of different editions of D&D, but they don't calculate into this at all except for a very small subset of the gaming population. D&D doesn't even really compete with any other game out there, not even Pathfinder, in both brand recognition and customer loyalty. They are going to print big, beautiful, expensive books and charge a fair price for them ($50) because they can, all the internet grumbling aside.Doesn't mean there won't be other pathways into the game. Will there be a digital version of the game? What will it look like and what will it cost? We don't know yet. Other than the $20 Starter Set, will there be other, lower-cost entry points into the game? We don't know yet.But man, do we like to bitch and moan about every little bit of info . . . and non-info . . .(Aside: Yes, I know, for a period of time you could make an argument that Pathfinder was outselling D&D . . . during the demise of 4E and the desolate period between 4E and 5E. It's easy to outsell a company that isn't publishing a lot of books. Expect that to change mid-to-late summer.)</blockquote>