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<blockquote data-quote="Rodrigo Istalindir" data-source="post: 3463702" data-attributes="member: 2810">But, for me, anyway, the point wasn't the content per se, but the success of a third-party (even if licensed) source of material.&nbsp; I've been lukewarm to a lot of stuff Wizards has done lately, and outright annoyed at some of the developer notes and so forth that might be indicative of direction.&nbsp; So i doubt even were I to avail myself of their on-line offering that I'd find anything worthwhile.&nbsp; Running a successful magazine is hard, and the Paizo crew deserve a lot of credit for what they've accomplished especially in the past couple years.&nbsp;&nbsp; But what's even harder is finding a way to make money off of on-line content, something that damn few people have managed.&nbsp; I don't know why Wizards thinks they are any different.&nbsp; To me, this is just one more example of out of control greed.And I'm more than willing to cut off my nose to spite my face&nbsp; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing&nbsp; &nbsp; :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /> But if Paizo manages to carry over some of their sucess with Dungeon and Dragon to Pathfinder, then there remains a viable fallback position for the next manager at Wizards who decides that the on-line venture is losing them too much money.&nbsp; What would be more worrisome is that if Pathfinde were to fail, I would think it virtually impossible for anyone else to manage to start up another print magazine of any size or reach.So, time to put my money where my mouth is -- where do I subscribe to Pathfinder?&nbsp; EDIT:&nbsp; NM, done and done.&nbsp; It'll be a nice surprise in the mail one day!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rodrigo Istalindir, post: 3463702, member: 2810"] But, for me, anyway, the point wasn't the content [i]per se[/i], but the success of a third-party (even if licensed) source of material. I've been lukewarm to a lot of stuff Wizards has done lately, and outright annoyed at some of the developer notes and so forth that might be indicative of direction. So i doubt even were I to avail myself of their on-line offering that I'd find anything worthwhile. Running a successful magazine is hard, and the Paizo crew deserve a lot of credit for what they've accomplished especially in the past couple years. But what's even harder is finding a way to make money off of on-line content, something that damn few people have managed. I don't know why Wizards thinks they are any different. To me, this is just one more example of out of control greed. And I'm more than willing to cut off my nose to spite my face :lol: But if Paizo manages to carry over some of their sucess with Dungeon and Dragon to Pathfinder, then there remains a viable fallback position for the next manager at Wizards who decides that the on-line venture is losing them too much money. What would be more worrisome is that if Pathfinde were to fail, I would think it virtually impossible for anyone else to manage to start up another print magazine of any size or reach. So, time to put my money where my mouth is -- where do I subscribe to Pathfinder? EDIT: NM, done and done. It'll be a nice surprise in the mail one day! [/QUOTE]

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