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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 5075452" data-attributes="member: 18182">The success/failure of DDI has little to do with the books, minis, and other accessories for the game.  Which is the thread topic.  The health of the franchise overall of course does include all of these things, but they are not all necessarily tightly related.I can see book sales possibly dropping a bit due to the success of DDI, but not much, and certainly not the reverse.The problems with the miniatures line, IMO, has nothing to do with DDI.  Considering how long the D&D prepainted line has run, it is an unbridled success that is finally losing some steam due to a variety of causes.  The recession is an external one and "mini saturation" a more internal one.  WotC is experimenting with the line to extend its life and profit.  The last experiment of separting DM and Player minis and having visible minis was not a success for WotC for whatever reason, so they are retreating to a more familiar format supplemented with the unpainted minis in the upcoming boxed sets and board games.  I wouldn't be surprised to see more changes/experiments down the road in the near future.</blockquote>