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<blockquote data-quote="Stormonu" data-source="post: 5417805" data-attributes="member: 52734"><p>One of the things that seems to be notorious for the makers of D&D (whether TSR or WotC, and certainly not WotC overall) is that they tend to lag - if not drag - behind on the electronic side of things. TSR was way late in putting out its first computer games of D&D (years after Ultima, Zork and many others had been out) and even tools for using D&D electronically (the e-tools fiasco followed an edition later by the initial launch of DDI, and now the issues with the relaunched character generator). Practically all the other RPG companies offer their books in e-format now, whilst D&D has pulled theirs. Then we have the virtual table being pushed out now - which Maptools has been doing for years. It's almost like the D&D staff are a bunch of luddites at times, only going forward into the realm of technology when they have no other choice. Electronic concerns seem to be after-the-fact consideration, if considered at all.</p><p></p><p>Yes, eventually WotC seems to get their stuff to a (semi) polished shape, but it's generally after many frustrating months and many years after others has well established themselves in the field; the electronic D&D offerings build off <em>existing</em> technology, but fail to push that technology. Don't expect to see them lead on the electronic front, but simply to present a spit-shined version of what others have already developed and pioneered.</p><p></p><p>Thus <em>when</em> 5E finally shows up, expect it to follow whatever is mainstream electonically; if printed books are still in fashion, so will go 5E. If the likes of Kindle books and tablet pcs have taken over (which I think it won't yet), so will go 5E. Just don't expect 5E to exploit fringe technology until it's mainstream (as in you can even find it in 3rd world countries).</p><p></p><p>Sorry for the rant, but D&D's <em>sloooooooooow</em> adoption of technology has always gotten my goat.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stormonu, post: 5417805, member: 52734"] One of the things that seems to be notorious for the makers of D&D (whether TSR or WotC, and certainly not WotC overall) is that they tend to lag - if not drag - behind on the electronic side of things. TSR was way late in putting out its first computer games of D&D (years after Ultima, Zork and many others had been out) and even tools for using D&D electronically (the e-tools fiasco followed an edition later by the initial launch of DDI, and now the issues with the relaunched character generator). Practically all the other RPG companies offer their books in e-format now, whilst D&D has pulled theirs. Then we have the virtual table being pushed out now - which Maptools has been doing for years. It's almost like the D&D staff are a bunch of luddites at times, only going forward into the realm of technology when they have no other choice. Electronic concerns seem to be after-the-fact consideration, if considered at all. Yes, eventually WotC seems to get their stuff to a (semi) polished shape, but it's generally after many frustrating months and many years after others has well established themselves in the field; the electronic D&D offerings build off [I]existing[/I] technology, but fail to push that technology. Don't expect to see them lead on the electronic front, but simply to present a spit-shined version of what others have already developed and pioneered. Thus [I]when[/I] 5E finally shows up, expect it to follow whatever is mainstream electonically; if printed books are still in fashion, so will go 5E. If the likes of Kindle books and tablet pcs have taken over (which I think it won't yet), so will go 5E. Just don't expect 5E to exploit fringe technology until it's mainstream (as in you can even find it in 3rd world countries). Sorry for the rant, but D&D's [I]sloooooooooow[/I] adoption of technology has always gotten my goat. [/QUOTE]
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