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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wavestone" data-source="post: 3469267" data-attributes="member: 21774">What I read into this - the canceling of licensing by Paizo and CMP, is a change of direction for WotC - they want more control over things... and probably are convinced that they can make this profitable, while maintaining control.My big questions are - will they be prepared to shoulder the responsibilities of having a (bigger) web/IT division (for the EI), plus a mag publishing division (needs quite a few people if the quantity and quality of content will be maintained at present dungeon + dragon levels..)? This in addition to WotC continues with producing supplements/adventures as usual..In short - they now must to themselves what other people have done for them via license deals. (paizo - mag publishing, CMP - digital content)I also agree with those who said that it was a big blunder to not give a peek at the coming EI. WHat they have said now, is "we're canceling dungeon + dragon." Nothing about what comes instead. Also, I must say that the Paizo people have been much more available - they have posted a lot on the other big thread - giving people ideas about their future post dungeon + dragon..  WotC has been pretty silent.. the recent reminiscing page was a small step in the right direction.In general, I can't help but wondering about whether the decisions are made by people with gaming experience or not. Or if there is some exec seeing the company brand licensed out to other people and feeling some lack of control - and wants to consolidate content control?I am not saying that the EI must necessarily flop, but I just hope that they have thought it through, and invests enough of resources in it, so that by september they can unveil a complete electronic D&D portal/content provider, and not just some limited content. That Would go over worse - no dragon or dungeon, and barely anything for show. Maybe I'm unduly pessimistic - I hope I am.There is a big question whether this kind of initiative really can work as well as they think. Content will be strongly tied to a computer. A paper magazine gives you a lot of freedom to read it wherever you want, bring it to the game, or whatever you like. It wont feel the same on a screen. This is a big step psychologically, I think. Plus, I'm a bit wary of the control tendencies. PCgeneration, new crunch content etc.. I can see some type of encryption/DRM/electronic control, to make sure the content is tied to the subscriber. For pdf and similar electronic formats, I really want to be able to print out my copy, or c&p stuff into my homebrew, or do with the content as I want (except spreading it on the net as freeware, of course..), and not run into restrictions on the use all the time.well.. there's quite a few questions to straighten out. I felt a little shocked at the axing of Dungeon and Dragon, as they have been part of my RPG life for quite a while. For many years I didnt get them so much, but I knew they were there.. I returned with 3e, and since have bought most of the 3/3.5 issues. This feels sad. But I hope WotC can come up with some decent content, but I will wait until I hear good things before jumping on.. there is a threshold to subscribe to an online service - not something done in a hurry, I think.OK.. this became a little unfocused. Just wanted to share some thoughts. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />-Wave out.</blockquote>

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