Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Greg Benage" data-source="post: 8873417" data-attributes="member: 93631">I think Wizards has to be sure they bring their customers with them. This can't be a repeat of the move from 3.5/OGL to 4/GSL. This is subjective, but I haven't seen anything yet in the playtest that's likely to significantly fracture the fanbase and create an appealingly viable market for legacy content. Indeed, I think they have a conscious aversion to that kind of change. And the model promises this kind of incremental change forever. It's a &quot;boil the frog&quot; strategy that's much less likely to create another Paizo.If they bring their customers with them, then safe-harbor access to the future D&amp;D market is a pretty tasty carrot. Whether it's tasty enough probably depends on the royalty details and the product strategies of the individual publishers. From Wizards' perspective, though, as long as my customers come with me, I really don't think I care terribly much about whether most large 3PPs do.That said, if I'm running this for Wizards, I probably care about some of them. If I do, I'm going to offer some more carrots. But I'll offer them individually, in dialog with those publishers. I'll discuss what kind of royalty structure makes sense. I won't be looking to write carrots into the licensing agreement. I believe [USER=1]@Morrus[/USER] has mentioned that Wizards is already reaching out--whether or not carrots are in hand, I have no idea.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Greg Benage, post: 8873417, member: 93631"] I think Wizards has to be sure they bring their customers with them. This can't be a repeat of the move from 3.5/OGL to 4/GSL. This is subjective, but I haven't seen anything yet in the playtest that's likely to significantly fracture the fanbase and create an appealingly viable market for legacy content. Indeed, I think they have a conscious aversion to that kind of change. And the model promises this kind of incremental change [I]forever[/I]. It's a "boil the frog" strategy that's much less likely to create another Paizo. [I]If [/I]they bring their customers with them, then safe-harbor access to the future D&D market is a pretty tasty carrot. Whether it's tasty enough probably depends on the royalty details and the product strategies of the individual publishers. From Wizards' perspective, though, [I]as long as my customers come with me[/I], I really don't think I care terribly much about whether [I]most[/I] large 3PPs do. That said, if I'm running this for Wizards, I probably care about [I]some[/I] of them. If I do, I'm going to offer some more carrots. But I'll offer them individually, in dialog with those publishers. I'll discuss what kind of royalty structure makes sense. I won't be looking to write carrots into the licensing agreement. I believe [USER=1]@Morrus[/USER] has mentioned that Wizards is already reaching out--whether or not carrots are in hand, I have no idea. [/QUOTE]

Verification