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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 5428593" data-attributes="member: 82106">Eh, we'll find out sooner or later...Yeah, more or less. I mean who knows what the details will be, but put out material that basically supports DDI. You will still be able to play even without DDI, but you'll miss some material entirely and what you do get will come later and more intermittently. Of course they can always put out plenty of things like Threats, which is a whole package with an adventure, some maps, pogs, and a monster book/setting material.As for why would you make big changes if you are doing well, yes, it is true, many companies just sit around doing what they have always done when times are good and only make chances when forced.HOWEVER, if you have truly savvy business leadership with a deep understanding of the evolution of the market you are in and a sense for how to move forward you instead make your move from a position of strength because well, it is a stronger position to move from. Suppose for a moment that the people over there at WotC in charge of D&D now ARE the visionaries. Suppose they got exactly what they wanted. Maybe some of these books like MME and Heroes of Sword and Spell etc were things they agreed to in order to get what they really wanted. So Bill is up there in his office saying "OK, they let us put more budget into DDI and Essentials did pretty good, we have our core print books for the online future now. Time to cancel those white elephants, we'll just tell corporate that we will roll the content into DDI and we can use the money we save to accelerate development on that. Hmmm, Heroes of Shadow... We'll make that a hardback, people will still buy it and the profit margin is higher. Lots of people want that material and it is genuinely new to 4e. Secretary! Take a memo..."I mean I don't know squat, but it fits the facts as well as anything else. Big changes are coming in the business, they know they need to move sooner or later. They've come off a decent year and put some pieces in place. Now the new leadership can actually throw its weight around a bit, clear the decks of the legacy of the past, and get right onto the new thing while they have cash in the bank and credibility. I know if it was me in there I'd sure want to be getting a move on that. Your fortunes could be at their highest (even IF not sky high) and if you wait a year or two of slowly declining sales Paizo or someone will beat you to the punch and corporate will be laughing at requests for a bigger budget to play catch up.</blockquote>

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