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<blockquote data-quote="Echohawk" data-source="post: 6366254" data-attributes="member: 9849"><p>I guess that's possible, but it seems unlikely to me. WotC currently has a catalog of more than 500 D&D PDF titles available. If their decisions were based only on concerns about piracy, then I think we wouldn't be seeing any PDF releases.</p><p></p><p>Instead, WotC have notably chosen to exclude titles from their PDF catalog that are still available in print. (This is true of products from all editions, not just the latest 5e stuff.) From that, my suspicion is that WotC are more concerned about the impact that they think PDF sales will have on print sales, and particularly on FLGS print sales, than they are concerned about piracy.</p><p></p><p>And if that is indeed the reason for no 5e PDFs, then it might not be a terrible business decision, but a carefully calculated one which is simply the least harmful to WotC. They may be making a considered choice to alienate potential PDF customers instead of alienating their print distribution channel.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I think the current D&D team has done so many things <em>right</em> with the roll-out of 5e, that I'm inclined to give them the benefit of the doubt and assume that the lack of 5e PDFs isn't the result of any misguided beliefs, but a decision that they've applied their minds to.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Echohawk, post: 6366254, member: 9849"] I guess that's possible, but it seems unlikely to me. WotC currently has a catalog of more than 500 D&D PDF titles available. If their decisions were based only on concerns about piracy, then I think we wouldn't be seeing any PDF releases. Instead, WotC have notably chosen to exclude titles from their PDF catalog that are still available in print. (This is true of products from all editions, not just the latest 5e stuff.) From that, my suspicion is that WotC are more concerned about the impact that they think PDF sales will have on print sales, and particularly on FLGS print sales, than they are concerned about piracy. And if that is indeed the reason for no 5e PDFs, then it might not be a terrible business decision, but a carefully calculated one which is simply the least harmful to WotC. They may be making a considered choice to alienate potential PDF customers instead of alienating their print distribution channel. I think the current D&D team has done so many things [i]right[/i] with the roll-out of 5e, that I'm inclined to give them the benefit of the doubt and assume that the lack of 5e PDFs isn't the result of any misguided beliefs, but a decision that they've applied their minds to. [/QUOTE]
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