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<blockquote data-quote="EricNoah" data-source="post: 3980571" data-attributes="member: 4">On some level they don't really sell the &quot;ideas&quot; -- they sell the physical product.&nbsp; That's why they can give away the entire game (with a few bits and pieces missing) via the SRD.&nbsp; It's their sale of dead tree books, and maybe even moreso the &quot;hardware&quot; like minis and terrain tiles, that they really care about.&nbsp; However, they evidently feel that there is enough of an internet market to put together this D&amp;D Insider thing -- which will have some stuff that I suspect will be leaked around the Internet (maybe the issues of Dungeon or Dragon online, or various articles).&nbsp; The main attraction of D&amp;DI, though, is the stuff you can't easily pack up and take with you -- it will be the character creator, it will be the virtual game table.&nbsp; The stuff that only works when you have an account and are logged in to their site.&nbsp; So, yeah, they may be concerned about early leaking of content, but ultimately I don't think they are all that worried about it. I doubt it will stop those who were going to hand over the money from doing so when the time comes.&nbsp; There were few attempts at large-scale early leaking last time around, and those that did come into the public eye were met with a bit of disdain rather than excitement.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EricNoah, post: 3980571, member: 4"] On some level they don't really sell the "ideas" -- they sell the physical product. That's why they can give away the entire game (with a few bits and pieces missing) via the SRD. It's their sale of dead tree books, and maybe even moreso the "hardware" like minis and terrain tiles, that they really care about. However, they evidently feel that there is enough of an internet market to put together this D&D Insider thing -- which will have some stuff that I suspect will be leaked around the Internet (maybe the issues of Dungeon or Dragon online, or various articles). The main attraction of D&DI, though, is the stuff you can't easily pack up and take with you -- it will be the character creator, it will be the virtual game table. The stuff that only works when you have an account and are logged in to their site. So, yeah, they may be concerned about [I]early[/I] leaking of content, but ultimately I don't think they are all that worried about it. I doubt it will stop those who were going to hand over the money from doing so when the time comes. There were few attempts at large-scale early leaking last time around, and those that did come into the public eye were met with a bit of disdain rather than excitement. [/QUOTE]

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