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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Geek-Zilla" data-source="post: 4076130" data-attributes="member: 60818">I think we will get a better opinion what the value of DDI is when it goes open beta, but still...$120 a year does seem a little steep for what it currently appears to be.  Granted having access to all the manuals and future splat-books, the service could "pay" for itself in the short-term.  It's just that software as a service doesn't fair that well here in the USA...people like to own stuff, and not be "taxed" when using it.Now on a tangent, I think WoTC is really missing an opportunity with DDI/Gleemax.  I firmly believe that one of the reasons why DnD has been a success is because of community creativity.  Remember the old AD&D Slavers series (A1-4) from TSR?  If I recall it was a RPGA tourney from Gen Con back in the day.  Look at some of the quality of products from third-party publishers...some of it is pretty damn impressive.  On the digital front, NWN had a huge Mod community publishing adventures for that program.  The point being, if WoTC wants to charge $120/yr for software as a service, they need to show the subscriber the value of that subscription....or as they say ROI , Return Of Investment.WoTC mentioned micro-transactions, why not micro-transactions for subscribers?  Got a kickass adventure?  No problem, as a paying subscriber I use DDI to create the module, then upload it to Gleemax (or wherever).  This module is a PDF that can be purchased by anyone (no subscrition to DDI needed), for let's say $10.00.  WoTC gets $5.00 for each sale, and the author get's $5.00 for each sale.  Now we are talking about empowering the DnD community...if only 24 people purchase said adventure module, that subscriber's DDI subscription has paid for itself.  ROI !Ultimately...this is how you sell software as a service.</blockquote>

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