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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Banshee16" data-source="post: 3479237" data-attributes="member: 7883">Well, the kicker is how many people will actually carry through on their threats?  I think a lot of people will gripe and moan, but in the end, will end up buying from WotC anyways.Lots of us spend a certain portion of our entertainment budget on gaming products each month.  If the quantity of non-WotC products decreases, do you decrease your spending, buy more WotC stuff, or buy stuff from other companies?This is partly dictated, I figure, by how well WotC fills the void.  Right now, I'd contest that they're not doing a lot to fill the void by how empty the market has become in the last two years.  They're filling the void caused by the loss of Dragon/Dungeon only if enough people find the DI worth subscribing to.  That'll depend on the quality of the service's content, pricing, and just how many customers are willing to sign on to an online service.....how percentage of the total gamer market will buy that kind of content online, rather than via a magazine?Similarly, if they cancel the D20 or OGL licenses, it only really helps their market share *if* they increase their production of products.  They basically have three lines, right?  Core, Eberron, and FR.  If you don't like Eberron or FR, then you're not going to spend nearly as much money on their products as you would if they did have a setting that you like.  That's my personal fear.....that they're going to end up removing the D20 license, and then also continue to hold onto their stubborn insistence on not having more of a selection of campaign settings etc.  But then they're back into the situation of having a divided customer base.It's going to be interesting to see what happens.  I'm rather angry about several of those announcements, and I sincerely hope that they know what they're doing.Banshee</blockquote>

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