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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HeapThaumaturgist" data-source="post: 4285184" data-attributes="member: 12332">At this point, they took a BIG hit from me.  Seriously.Mostly the lack of communication.But I've been around this block with them before, back when 3E was released.  There was a grand plan for digital there, too.  I have a feeling this is going to get released 6-12 months behind schedule, it'll be over-budget, will be missing many features, and probably be something they'll be embarrassed and/or unwilling to bill for that's just going to drain money from the company and hurt Wizards and the D&D brand in the long run.  Really, this is bigger than the books.  This SHOULD be their money-maker.  The books are Old Media, this is the new frontier.  This is continuing income.  That's GOLDEN.  I work in software, we have some aps that sit in the background humming and take a maintenance developer little time to run that produce tens of thousands in billing EVERY MONTH.  Everything else we do, really, is to support that or to drive for more aps like that.That's what they need.  A platform that will remain relatively stable that they can charge a steady revenue stream out of.  One year of subscription will make them more than the person buying the books.  3-5 years of people on DDI will show DDI to be the number-one cash crop they HAVE.  You can't release a new edition every year, but the DDI SHOULD be making them that kind of money ... less money, but better overhead costs.Unless they bungle the whole thing to death.  --fje</blockquote>

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