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Message: <blockquote data-quote="buzz" data-source="post: 3476117" data-attributes="member: 6777">I think it comes down to this, but I don't think it's anything as Machiavellian as "wanting control" as it is simply identifying a number of profitable licenses that are benefiting the licensor more than they are WotC. There's been a great deal of market shrinkage since the d20 boom, and I can see that it simply makes good business sense to reign in various revenue-generating IP.However, I really don't see any connection between these actions and either 4e or the OGL. Continuing to maintain the SRD is simply a no-brainer, IMO. It's a minimal investment on WotC's part that gains them the continued fostering of a network of players and publishers who all support their core products in one way or another. Release a closed 4e and all you're doing is, e.g., encouraging FFG to port the next edition of Midnight to some other RPG... instead of making it yet another product that helps sell the 4e core books.The SRD is low-hanging fruit. I simply don't think WotC is that stupid. Rather, I think people are trying to paint the grimmest picture possible in light of recent announcements.As for not providing more detail about the DI, I agree with various pundits (including Dancey, iirc) who have said that not doing so has allowed the spotlight to remain on Paizo for the time being. Had the DI been ready to go the day of the announcement, how many more subscribers would have asked for a cash refund instead of Paizo store credit or a Pathfinder sub?It could simply be coincidence, but WotC's silence has been in Paizo's favor regardless.</blockquote>

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