D&D 5E So this is how D&D 5e dies, a beautiful start only to die in disgrace because of mismanagement. RIP 5e

[Vaalingrade]

Man, you really don't understand business at all.

You literally just said:

What is best for the consumer is never a concern for a business. A business only concerns itself with what is possible to sell to a consumer.

If you don't find that to be anti-consumer... maybe you understand business too well.

 

[Jd Smith1]

You literally just said:

If you don't find that to be anti-consumer... maybe you understand business too well.

Recalling the OGL will not affect consumers, only competitors.

 

[Jd Smith1]

I would change the word "planning" to "strong-arming", but otherwise I agree.

Potato, potato.

Very few people need a cutting edge Iphone, but with the right advertising, they will faithfully buy them.

The key to sales isn't selling the consumer what he needs; it is to convince the consumer that he needs what you are selling.

 

[Micah Sweet]

Potato, potato.

Very few people need a cutting edge Iphone, but with the right advertising, they will faithfully buy them.

The key to sales isn't selling the consumer what he needs; it is to convince the consumer that he needs what you are selling.

Why I hate sales. I could never be that guy.

 

[bloodtide]

Don't worry! D&D has been Dead before. And Undead Before. And Lost and Forgotten.

And it came back........... It will rise again (or maybe not)

I am relatively certain that face-to-face RPGing is here to stay, much as live theater has survived a couple of millenia, remains still in the face of motion pictures and television. Of course the relative percentage of people playing P&P games thus will decline as technology improves and the online and computer RPGs come ever closer to the playing live with a group of friends.

— ENWorld, Q&A with Gary Gygax part 1, 2002

 

[Irlo]

Businesses are run by people, and, cynical though I am, I have to acknowledge that people have complex motivations, goals, and values beyond maximizing profit. People can build and maintain their businesses without tearing down others. Businesses can develop partnerships. It's not all competetion and scraping out every last possible nickel.

 

[Dausuul]

All those people who said we were over reacting to monetization seem to be very quiet.

I was one of those people. I didn't really see how the monetization push could cause problems.

I had insufficient imagination.

 

[Zardnaar]

I was one of those people. I didn't really see how the monetization push could cause problems.

I had insufficient imagination.

At best it's corporate code for milk the fanbase.

 

[Jd Smith1]

Why I hate sales. I could never be that guy.

It takes a special sort. I couldn't do it.

 

[Dausuul]

At best it's corporate code for milk the fanbase.

Yeah, I got that part. I just didn't realize how much room there was to go down from the best case.