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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 7401754" data-attributes="member: 42582">I suspect this isn't true from WotC's point of view: they made plenty of money from it! (Enough to fund the development and production of 5e.)It's also not true from my point of view: after not having played D&amp;D regularly from early 1990 through 2008, I played 4e regularly from 2009 through 2016, and still have two active campaigns (but due to one player renovating a house, we haven't been quorate for 4e very often in the past 12 months).I've got not idea what that percentage was, but clearly it was sufficient to fund the development and hosting of DDI, as well as the production of 30+ hardbacks. So it seems to have been non-negligible.But to be honest I do care primarily about my own purchases. We're not talking here about a medicine, or a malfunctioning piece of machinery. We're talking about a book whose content was widely previewed in advance of its publicattion, and widely reviewed immediately following publication. It wasn't a trap.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 7401754, member: 42582"] I suspect this isn't true from WotC's point of view: they made plenty of money from it! (Enough to fund the development and production of 5e.) It's also not true from my point of view: after not having played D&D regularly from early 1990 through 2008, I played 4e regularly from 2009 through 2016, and still have two active campaigns (but due to one player renovating a house, we haven't been quorate for 4e very often in the past 12 months). I've got not idea what that percentage was, but clearly it was sufficient to fund the development and hosting of DDI, as well as the production of 30+ hardbacks. So it seems to have been non-negligible. But to be honest I do care primarily about my own purchases. We're not talking here about a medicine, or a malfunctioning piece of machinery. We're talking about a book whose content was widely previewed in advance of its publicattion, and widely reviewed immediately following publication. It wasn't a trap. [/QUOTE]

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