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<blockquote data-quote="joethelawyer" data-source="post: 4520205" data-attributes="member: 55764">i think this touches upon an area i don't see addressed in this whole long-assed thread.&nbsp; illegal downloading of copyrighted materials.&nbsp; there will never be exact numbers, of course, as to how many people download and use the stuff they downloaded, who would have bought it had they not downloaded it.&nbsp; but i don't think you can underestimate the impact of illegal downloading on the bottom line over at wotc.&nbsp; please, dont let this get into a &quot;i download and then buy&quot; or &quot;i download as a backup&quot; tangent. frankly, no one cares, and no one has any reason to believe anything someone here says about whether or not they illegally download.it is enuf to state as a fact that illegal downloading hurts the bottom line of wotc in more than a minor way. hence tying the new products to the whole ddi thing.&nbsp; it ensures a constant revenue stream.&nbsp; i believe the 4e game in its present and future incarnations were designed with a ddi revenue stream in mind.i'd bet anyone here 10000 xp that ddi doesn't produce anywhere near the revenue stream budgeted, and i think that lack of revenue will determine 4e's future more than anything else (including most every comment in this whole thread dealing with differences between 3e and 4e, and user base attrition,&nbsp; style of play, roleplay v rollplay, and every other issue related to content difference between 3e and 4e).4e print&nbsp; content will not drive 4e's future.&nbsp; ddi will.&nbsp; and i believe ddi will not get wotc the revenue wotc needs to justify the 4e product line currently envisioned.&nbsp; mostly because wotc's failure to get a working product.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="joethelawyer, post: 4520205, member: 55764"] i think this touches upon an area i don't see addressed in this whole long-assed thread. illegal downloading of copyrighted materials. there will never be exact numbers, of course, as to how many people download and use the stuff they downloaded, who would have bought it had they not downloaded it. but i don't think you can underestimate the impact of illegal downloading on the bottom line over at wotc. please, dont let this get into a "i download and then buy" or "i download as a backup" tangent. frankly, no one cares, and no one has any reason to believe anything someone here says about whether or not they illegally download. it is enuf to state as a fact that illegal downloading hurts the bottom line of wotc in more than a minor way. hence tying the new products to the whole ddi thing. it ensures a constant revenue stream. i believe the 4e game in its present and future incarnations were designed with a ddi revenue stream in mind. i'd bet anyone here 10000 xp that ddi doesn't produce anywhere near the revenue stream budgeted, and i think that lack of revenue will determine 4e's future more than anything else (including most every comment in this whole thread dealing with differences between 3e and 4e, and user base attrition, style of play, roleplay v rollplay, and every other issue related to content difference between 3e and 4e). 4e print content will not drive 4e's future. ddi will. and i believe ddi will not get wotc the revenue wotc needs to justify the 4e product line currently envisioned. mostly because wotc's failure to get a working product. [/QUOTE]

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