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<blockquote data-quote="SlyFlourish" data-source="post: 9433923" data-attributes="member: 54840">That's following a line of thought that isn't always true – the rational executive model. There are plenty of times where executives in a company made bad economic choices that went against profits because they had a moonshot project in mind.I don't think its likely for Hasbro and WOTC to stop publishing physical books but that doesn't mean it couldn't happen because the executives want to go &quot;all in&quot; on digital. In my continual push that we should ask WOTC to sell us PDFs, the common argument coming back is &quot;why would they? They want you to buy it on D&amp;D Beyond!&quot;. The same could be said for physical books. They may make money on physical books but, as we've discussed, it's a one-time purchase and we may never need to come back again. What if they could make more money selling us a subscription every month?Again, I don't think it's likely that WOTC will stop publishing D&amp;D books anytime soon but I don't think its impossible. I don't think its a simple matter of them saying &quot;we're still making money on books so let's keep making books&quot;. They clearly want to drive us towards a subscription model. Every company wants this.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SlyFlourish, post: 9433923, member: 54840"] That's following a line of thought that isn't always true – the rational executive model. There are plenty of times where executives in a company made bad economic choices that went against profits because they had a moonshot project in mind. I don't think its likely for Hasbro and WOTC to stop publishing physical books but that doesn't mean it couldn't happen because the executives want to go "all in" on digital. In my continual push that we should ask WOTC to sell us PDFs, the common argument coming back is "why would they? They want you to buy it on D&D Beyond!". The same could be said for physical books. They may make money on physical books but, as we've discussed, it's a one-time purchase and we may never need to come back again. What if they could make [I]more[/I] money selling us a subscription every month? Again, I don't think it's likely that WOTC will stop publishing D&D books anytime soon but I don't think its impossible. I don't think its a simple matter of them saying "we're still making money on books so let's keep making books". They clearly want to drive us towards a subscription model. Every company wants this. [/QUOTE]

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