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<blockquote data-quote="Retreater" data-source="post: 8748916" data-attributes="member: 42040"><p>To my knowledge, Foundry pays them nothing (since they have no official content whatsoever.) Other companies (Fantasy Grounds, Roll20) do, and Wizards makes a little off each sell of a book - but I doubt if Wizards makes a steady income from the Roll20 subscription fees.</p><p></p><p>Yeah. And a group that buys one PHB and passes it around is also a "loss" for Wizards (when it has the potential to also sell subscriptions, multiple microtransactions, etc.) </p><p></p><p>And what do you think the clever marketing term "One D&D" means if not creating a singular source? The whole promo video was about bringing all the players to the D&D community (including the VTT). </p><p></p><p>Not if they have the devoted fan base now. Many people were not devoted to their brand, and honestly many weren't ready for online play at that time. Now they've let the VTT market grow past them, and like any other major company they want to get a big chunk of that pie. </p><p>It's just hearsay, but I've heard they make more money on the MtG: Arena game than they do the physical cards. Wizards must be eyeing that success to see how it can be duplicated with D&D. And that's through getting their players in one space playing the game and purchasing the content from them.</p><p>Would Wizards want you playing MtG on Board Game Simulator? Not when you can buy into the MtG: Arena ecosystem.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Retreater, post: 8748916, member: 42040"] To my knowledge, Foundry pays them nothing (since they have no official content whatsoever.) Other companies (Fantasy Grounds, Roll20) do, and Wizards makes a little off each sell of a book - but I doubt if Wizards makes a steady income from the Roll20 subscription fees. Yeah. And a group that buys one PHB and passes it around is also a "loss" for Wizards (when it has the potential to also sell subscriptions, multiple microtransactions, etc.) And what do you think the clever marketing term "One D&D" means if not creating a singular source? The whole promo video was about bringing all the players to the D&D community (including the VTT). Not if they have the devoted fan base now. Many people were not devoted to their brand, and honestly many weren't ready for online play at that time. Now they've let the VTT market grow past them, and like any other major company they want to get a big chunk of that pie. It's just hearsay, but I've heard they make more money on the MtG: Arena game than they do the physical cards. Wizards must be eyeing that success to see how it can be duplicated with D&D. And that's through getting their players in one space playing the game and purchasing the content from them. Would Wizards want you playing MtG on Board Game Simulator? Not when you can buy into the MtG: Arena ecosystem. [/QUOTE]
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