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<blockquote data-quote="Lalato" data-source="post: 5454597" data-attributes="member: 9171">Dice4Hire, I don't disagree with that assessment, but I go into purchasing DDI with that very thing in mind.&nbsp; I know what I'm getting out of it... and what I'm not getting out of it.&nbsp; For me, I don't need the books.&nbsp; If I found myself unable to pay for DDI, then I probably have more problems than that... and I suspect I won't be playing much D&amp;D anyway.While I understand that for others the math might work out differently, it still doesn't make PDFs anything special.&nbsp; If I were to choose between the two, books would win hands down.&nbsp; And I think the same holds true for most gamers.Don't get me wrong, I understand the value of having a digital copy of the books with you on your computing device of choice so you can read it whenever you want.&nbsp; I'm not blind to the convenience factor.&nbsp; I just don't agree that this is any reason for a decline in sales.&nbsp; People aren't switching to some other system because that other system is available in PDF.&nbsp; People aren't leaving D&amp;D because of a lack of PDFs.People stop playing D&amp;D for a lot of reasons, but I seriously doubt this is one of them.&nbsp; It's much more likely that the reasons are lack of time to play or lack of playing group.To the OP... that was a great post, but for me, it doesn't really hold water.&nbsp; Your mileage obviously does vary on this, and I'm not here to start an argument about it.&nbsp; I just think these points get brought up often by proponents of PDFs, and I have yet to see anything that helps it make sense to me beyond the fact that there is a group of folks on ENWorld that really love them some PDFsauce.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lalato, post: 5454597, member: 9171"] Dice4Hire, I don't disagree with that assessment, but I go into purchasing DDI with that very thing in mind. I know what I'm getting out of it... and what I'm not getting out of it. For me, I don't need the books. If I found myself unable to pay for DDI, then I probably have more problems than that... and I suspect I won't be playing much D&D anyway. While I understand that for others the math might work out differently, it still doesn't make PDFs anything special. If I were to choose between the two, books would win hands down. And I think the same holds true for most gamers. Don't get me wrong, I understand the value of having a digital copy of the books with you on your computing device of choice so you can read it whenever you want. I'm not blind to the convenience factor. I just don't agree that this is any reason for a decline in sales. People aren't switching to some other system because that other system is available in PDF. People aren't leaving D&D because of a lack of PDFs. People stop playing D&D for a lot of reasons, but I seriously doubt this is one of them. It's much more likely that the reasons are lack of time to play or lack of playing group. To the OP... that was a great post, but for me, it doesn't really hold water. Your mileage obviously does vary on this, and I'm not here to start an argument about it. I just think these points get brought up often by proponents of PDFs, and I have yet to see anything that helps it make sense to me beyond the fact that there is a group of folks on ENWorld that really love them some PDFsauce. [/QUOTE]

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