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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 6683321" data-attributes="member: 7006">What metrics are you using to determine what you think is &quot;effective&quot;?Would a 5E OGL at game's release have resulted in more initial sales of the PH, DMG and MM?&nbsp; Maybe.&nbsp; But were sales at the very top of release what WotC was concerned about?&nbsp; I don't think so.Would a 5E OGL at game's release have flooded the market with all manner of product thereby rendering any further WotC product over that first and second year getting lost in the shuffle?&nbsp; Maybe.&nbsp; Was WotC concerned about that flooding, especially with regards to blowing up important rules balancing done by people who might not have been fully aware of the consequences?&nbsp; Quite likely.A 5E OGL would definitely be &quot;more effective&quot; for the 3PP companies to generate more sales for themselves... because people would be more inclined to buy outside of WotC from the very beginning.&nbsp; So I know why you and others wished it could have been that way.But I'm not so sure how it would have been &quot;effective&quot; for WotC to help support an eight to ten year lifespan of the game.&nbsp; Maybe you can give a reason why it would be, but thus far everyone's reasons why postponing a 5E SRD to Year Two will end up being a bad idea have not convinced me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 6683321, member: 7006"] What metrics are you using to determine what you think is "effective"? Would a 5E OGL at game's release have resulted in more initial sales of the PH, DMG and MM? Maybe. But were sales at the very top of release what WotC was concerned about? I don't think so. Would a 5E OGL at game's release have flooded the market with all manner of product thereby rendering any further WotC product over that first and second year getting lost in the shuffle? Maybe. Was WotC concerned about that flooding, especially with regards to blowing up important rules balancing done by people who might not have been fully aware of the consequences? Quite likely. A 5E OGL would definitely be "more effective" for the 3PP companies to generate more sales for [i]themselves[/i]... because people would be more inclined to buy outside of WotC from the very beginning. So I know why you and others wished it could have been that way. But I'm not so sure how it would have been "effective" for WotC to help support an eight to ten year lifespan of the game. Maybe you can give a reason why it would be, but thus far everyone's reasons why postponing a 5E SRD to Year Two will end up being a bad idea have not convinced me. [/QUOTE]

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