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<blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 8882799" data-attributes="member: 18">I mean, I don't know why they acted SO soon, I have to say.There could be a million reasons, either relating to timing of upcoming projects, information about or alpha/beta-testing of the 3D VTT, or relating to internal pressures (like best to have any losses from this offset by the profits from the D&amp;D movie). It's also possible that they felt that if they waited too long the plans would definitely leak, and if they weren't already negotiating with 3PPs by the time they did, that could be a lot more dangerous.The timing which would have made more sense to me would have been to:A) Wait until well past the movie.B) Wait until the 3D VTT is much further along and plans for Beyond, especially re: 3PP involvement, are a lot clearer, and a lot more set in stone. Yeah you don't want to wait until GSL late, but like, late 2023? I could see that.Then you can have D&amp;D even more mainstream/lifestyle-y, and can offer 3PPs are more certain carrot in the form of fabulous profits via the Beyond store and perhaps a tiny cut of licenced virtual minis linked to their IP in the 3D VTT.Note I think that'd have still been too early for the lifestyle lock-in to really have worked, but they'd already announced 1D&amp;D and so on.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ruin Explorer, post: 8882799, member: 18"] I mean, I don't know why they acted SO soon, I have to say. There could be a million reasons, either relating to timing of upcoming projects, information about or alpha/beta-testing of the 3D VTT, or relating to internal pressures (like best to have any losses from this offset by the profits from the D&D movie). It's also possible that they felt that if they waited too long the plans would definitely leak, and if they weren't already negotiating with 3PPs by the time they did, that could be a lot more dangerous. The timing which would have made more sense to me would have been to: A) Wait until well past the movie. B) Wait until the 3D VTT is much further along and plans for Beyond, especially re: 3PP involvement, are a lot clearer, and a lot more set in stone. Yeah you don't want to wait until GSL late, but like, late 2023? I could see that. Then you can have D&D even more mainstream/lifestyle-y, and can offer 3PPs are more certain carrot in the form of fabulous profits via the Beyond store and perhaps a tiny cut of licenced virtual minis linked to their IP in the 3D VTT. Note I think that'd have still been too early for the lifestyle lock-in to really have worked, but they'd already announced 1D&D and so on. [/QUOTE]

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