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<blockquote data-quote="Scribble" data-source="post: 5989898" data-attributes="member: 23977">I've said this before but:While the OGL might be great for the players, and for 3p publishers... I'm not so sure it was really all that beneficial to WoTC.As an example- myself: I bought a few WoTC products durring the 3e era, however the vast majority of my money was spent on 3pp products. Does that benefit WoTC? With 4e my D&amp;D dollars went to WoTC. I only really bought a few 3pp products.As a caveat though the unanswered questions:1. Did the fact that I was playing D&amp;D indirectly help WoTC? (IE more players even i not paying customers means more potential customers?)2. Did I buy less 3pp material in 4e because the DDI was so useful, but also so hard to use with non &quot;official&quot; material?I think WoTC could benefit from an OGL though if they made the DDI better able to handle 3pp. They could make a killing on subscriptions, while 3pp handled support.Even if they didn't open the DDI up to houserule support... I wonder if again it would be so beneficial people might just not buy 3pp products?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Scribble, post: 5989898, member: 23977"] I've said this before but: While the OGL might be great for the players, and for 3p publishers... I'm not so sure it was really all that beneficial to WoTC. As an example- myself: I bought a few WoTC products durring the 3e era, however the vast majority of my money was spent on 3pp products. Does that benefit WoTC? With 4e my D&D dollars went to WoTC. I only really bought a few 3pp products. As a caveat though the unanswered questions: 1. Did the fact that I was playing D&D indirectly help WoTC? (IE more players even i not paying customers means more potential customers?) 2. Did I buy less 3pp material in 4e because the DDI was so useful, but also so hard to use with non "official" material? I think WoTC could benefit from an OGL though if they made the DDI better able to handle 3pp. They could make a killing on subscriptions, while 3pp handled support. Even if they didn't open the DDI up to houserule support... I wonder if again it would be so beneficial people might just not buy 3pp products? [/QUOTE]

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