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<blockquote data-quote="SlyFlourish" data-source="post: 9585731" data-attributes="member: 54840">The difference is that DTRPG doesn't also make and advertise the number one RPG in the world on their own platform alongside yours. That makes publishing on D&amp;D Beyond a unique situation. They're marketing their own products next to other publishers. They sell products at a much better margin than others. They choose who to market and why. They're so big selling D&amp;D products on D&amp;D Beyond isn't even considered competition, but it is. Someone has the ability to buy Flee Mortals or Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes on D&amp;D Beyond and D&amp;D Beyond has a clear interest in selling the latter over the former. It's not an even playing field by a long shot.I don't think this is something nefarious WOTC is doing. Business is business. But I think publishers should be aware of the unfair advantage WOTC has with their own material on their own platform compared to another publisher. It's still almost certainly worth it for a publisher to publish on D&amp;D Beyond (at least for now) – I can't imagine any publisher turning down the opportunity. But I don't consider D&amp;D Beyond selling material from other publishers a benefit to the larger 5e or RPG hobby.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SlyFlourish, post: 9585731, member: 54840"] The difference is that DTRPG doesn't also make and advertise the number one RPG in the world on their own platform alongside yours. That makes publishing on D&D Beyond a unique situation. They're marketing their own products next to other publishers. They sell products at a much better margin than others. They choose who to market and why. They're so big selling D&D products on D&D Beyond isn't even considered competition, but it is. Someone has the ability to buy Flee Mortals or Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes on D&D Beyond and D&D Beyond has a clear interest in selling the latter over the former. It's not an even playing field by a long shot. I don't think this is something nefarious WOTC is doing. Business is business. But I think publishers should be aware of the unfair advantage WOTC has with their own material on their own platform compared to another publisher. It's still almost certainly worth it for a publisher to publish on D&D Beyond (at least for now) – I can't imagine any publisher turning down the opportunity. But I don't consider D&D Beyond selling material from other publishers a benefit to the larger 5e or RPG hobby. [/QUOTE]

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