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<blockquote data-quote="Yora" data-source="post: 5802037" data-attributes="member: 6670763"><p>How important has DDI really been?</p><p></p><p>I never played 4th Edtion, but even if DDI had 3rd Edition support, I don't see any reason why I would want to pay a monthly fee to play a game for which I have everything I need at home?</p><p></p><p>With commercial publishers coming back to 5th Edition, I don't see much of a problem. Wasn't it White Wolf who had the Sword and Sorcery line and the entire Warcraft RPG? And that would have been in addition to their own World of Darkness brand and who knows what else they are producing. And green ronin also released quite a number of books that where not all copatible with each other. D&D still has brand recognition, which is by far the most valuable resource any company can have. Unless fewer people like 5th Edition than those who like 4th Edition, D&D will be a great hit and worthwile for other publishers to support.</p><p>The real unknown here is Paizo. They frequently state that their main business is making and selling adventure modules. The whole Pathfinder RPG stuff was only done to be able to produce adventures and they are pretty much down with rulebooks now. But they won't drop it now they have such a devoted fan base. They might produce some D&D adventures at the side, like one D&D adventure for ever 4 or 5 PF adventures they release, just to test the waters. After that, I really have no idea how it will go on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Yora, post: 5802037, member: 6670763"] How important has DDI really been? I never played 4th Edtion, but even if DDI had 3rd Edition support, I don't see any reason why I would want to pay a monthly fee to play a game for which I have everything I need at home? With commercial publishers coming back to 5th Edition, I don't see much of a problem. Wasn't it White Wolf who had the Sword and Sorcery line and the entire Warcraft RPG? And that would have been in addition to their own World of Darkness brand and who knows what else they are producing. And green ronin also released quite a number of books that where not all copatible with each other. D&D still has brand recognition, which is by far the most valuable resource any company can have. Unless fewer people like 5th Edition than those who like 4th Edition, D&D will be a great hit and worthwile for other publishers to support. The real unknown here is Paizo. They frequently state that their main business is making and selling adventure modules. The whole Pathfinder RPG stuff was only done to be able to produce adventures and they are pretty much down with rulebooks now. But they won't drop it now they have such a devoted fan base. They might produce some D&D adventures at the side, like one D&D adventure for ever 4 or 5 PF adventures they release, just to test the waters. After that, I really have no idea how it will go on. [/QUOTE]
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