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<blockquote data-quote="FormerLurker" data-source="post: 8910886" data-attributes="member: 7031660"><p>Why do they care?</p><p>It's either because they're not monsters who want to make people happy <em><strong>or</strong></em> they want to make as much money as possible and don't want to lose customers. Pick the option that fits your level of cynicism.</p><p></p><p>Personally, I think it's a mix of both. Plus... WotC is doing this for positive PR. They know after the bashing they took from they press they sacrificed the optional "wish list" of clauses and launched this survey, knowing most D&D fans are neutral on the subject and will just see the positive changes. So they can hold up the results of the survey and declare they're following the will of most players and responded to criticism, and take a win in the press.</p><p></p><p>They've backpedaled two or three times now, and each time they've changed everything BUT deauthorizing the 1.0a OGL. That seems to be where they draw the line. So it comes down to whether or not they'll give up on sales to 50,000 people out of their estimated 13.7 million players (or 0.36%) OR if they'll abandon their plans to protect D&D. Even if you think 10x as many people will leave the game over this in protest, that's still only a drop of 3%, for a game that has been experiencing double-digit growth for the last decade.</p><p>If the <3% leave... <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤷♂️" title="Man shrugging :man_shrugging:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f937-2642.png" data-shortname=":man_shrugging:" /> They tried their best. It's acceptable losses.</p><p></p><p>Focus on the aspect of the fight you can win. Make the 1.2 OGL excellent. The fight over the 1.0a is already over.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FormerLurker, post: 8910886, member: 7031660"] Why do they care? It's either because they're not monsters who want to make people happy [I][B]or[/B][/I][B] [/B]they want to make as much money as possible and don't want to lose customers. Pick the option that fits your level of cynicism. Personally, I think it's a mix of both. Plus... WotC is doing this for positive PR. They know after the bashing they took from they press they sacrificed the optional "wish list" of clauses and launched this survey, knowing most D&D fans are neutral on the subject and will just see the positive changes. So they can hold up the results of the survey and declare they're following the will of most players and responded to criticism, and take a win in the press. They've backpedaled two or three times now, and each time they've changed everything BUT deauthorizing the 1.0a OGL. That seems to be where they draw the line. So it comes down to whether or not they'll give up on sales to 50,000 people out of their estimated 13.7 million players (or 0.36%) OR if they'll abandon their plans to protect D&D. Even if you think 10x as many people will leave the game over this in protest, that's still only a drop of 3%, for a game that has been experiencing double-digit growth for the last decade. If the <3% leave... 🤷♂️ They tried their best. It's acceptable losses. Focus on the aspect of the fight you can win. Make the 1.2 OGL excellent. The fight over the 1.0a is already over. [/QUOTE]
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