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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 3471403" data-attributes="member: 151">I doubt they view the readers of both magazines as insignificant.  But if the pattern holds, initial anger will soon fade and then a large chunk of those readers will, when not presented with another option, purchase the online option.  Tons of people swore they were done with D&D when 3.5 was announced.  Some did and many did not, or continued to purchase products even if they weren't actually using the 3.5 ruleset.  However, if WotC continued to support 3.0 AND 3.5, that most likely would not have happened.  WotC probably isn't interested in giving their customers a choice unless that makes them the most money...and only WotC knows their own numbers.I can't speak for what WotC is thinking/doing, but I can easily envision that they want to avoid competition for the same resources.  Seeing as how there are now more active subscribers for World of Warcraft than are supposed to be active players of pen-and-paper D&D, I can easily see how they envision a sea-change for the industry.  If the online initiative fails, I'm sure the print versions will resume.</blockquote>