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<blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 5405176" data-attributes="member: 82106"><p>Well, they actually sort of have done this. They've released several classes for preview before they saw print. They previewed the hybrid rules, and a few other odds and ends. Any crunch that is released in Dragon or Dungeon is inherently previewed since they incorporate errata into the article after the end of the month, which is always before it hits the Compendium. </p><p></p><p>I think in their minds though putting out nearly the whole content of books which are going to hit the shelves later on is a step too far. The question isn't so much "why are you having us do your beta testing" as it is "why should I bother to pay for this if I've already had it for months". With the current system of releases you need to go buy the book if you want new stuff RIGHT NOW, and something like 50-80% of book sales are in the couple weeks after a book hits the shelves. Anything that cuts into that 'hype period' is never going to fly because it will be costly in sales.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm not so sure they really actually have all that much of a blind spot. I mean look at other industries. Music? Yeah, the RIAA is REALLY rolling with the times, they're hipsters! Well, we could go on. Purely online Internet business aside the rest are being dragged by their shirt collars into the digital age kicking and screaming. By that standard WotC is actually pretty innovative. They've obviously come to terms with the future. Like us they don't have a crystal ball to tell them what to do. There are lots of potentially good ideas but it isn't obvious which ones will work out. It isn't even obvious that a game like D&D can survive at all in the digital age.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AbdulAlhazred, post: 5405176, member: 82106"] Well, they actually sort of have done this. They've released several classes for preview before they saw print. They previewed the hybrid rules, and a few other odds and ends. Any crunch that is released in Dragon or Dungeon is inherently previewed since they incorporate errata into the article after the end of the month, which is always before it hits the Compendium. I think in their minds though putting out nearly the whole content of books which are going to hit the shelves later on is a step too far. The question isn't so much "why are you having us do your beta testing" as it is "why should I bother to pay for this if I've already had it for months". With the current system of releases you need to go buy the book if you want new stuff RIGHT NOW, and something like 50-80% of book sales are in the couple weeks after a book hits the shelves. Anything that cuts into that 'hype period' is never going to fly because it will be costly in sales. I'm not so sure they really actually have all that much of a blind spot. I mean look at other industries. Music? Yeah, the RIAA is REALLY rolling with the times, they're hipsters! Well, we could go on. Purely online Internet business aside the rest are being dragged by their shirt collars into the digital age kicking and screaming. By that standard WotC is actually pretty innovative. They've obviously come to terms with the future. Like us they don't have a crystal ball to tell them what to do. There are lots of potentially good ideas but it isn't obvious which ones will work out. It isn't even obvious that a game like D&D can survive at all in the digital age. [/QUOTE]
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