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<blockquote data-quote="Iosue" data-source="post: 6365735" data-attributes="member: 6680772">Because in 2007, a software developer showed them a bunch of awesome prototypes for digital offerings, and WotC announced it with great fanfare.&nbsp; Then it turned out the developer couldn't deliver on its promises, and WotC found itself with both egg on its face and a whole lotta fan illwill.So now WotC keeps its cards close to its chest, and they hold off on announcing product until they can be reasonably certain they can release it.&nbsp; As far as digital forms of the rulebooks go, it looks like they have a promising system in the works, so they are letting that quietly develop, without making any promises or raising expectations.&nbsp; If it turns out that DungeonScape craps out, then they go with a more vanilla PDF release.&nbsp; But releasing PDFs now would cut into retailers' revenue as well as DungeonScape's, so they're not going to do that.&nbsp; Nor would it be fair for them to announce &quot;We'll release PDFs if DungeonScape doesn't work out.&quot;&nbsp; So they're keeping quiet, and letting Trapdoor do their thing.&nbsp; And they'll announce their plans when they have something concrete to announce.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Iosue, post: 6365735, member: 6680772"] Because in 2007, a software developer showed them a bunch of awesome prototypes for digital offerings, and WotC announced it with great fanfare. Then it turned out the developer couldn't deliver on its promises, and WotC found itself with both egg on its face and a whole lotta fan illwill. So now WotC keeps its cards close to its chest, and they hold off on announcing product until they can be reasonably certain they can release it. As far as digital forms of the rulebooks go, it looks like they have a promising system in the works, so they are letting that quietly develop, without making any promises or raising expectations. If it turns out that DungeonScape craps out, then they go with a more vanilla PDF release. But releasing PDFs now would cut into retailers' revenue as well as DungeonScape's, so they're not going to do that. Nor would it be fair for them to announce "We'll release PDFs if DungeonScape doesn't work out." So they're keeping quiet, and letting Trapdoor do their thing. And they'll announce their plans when they have something concrete to announce. [/QUOTE]

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