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<blockquote data-quote="Steel_Wind" data-source="post: 8903976" data-attributes="member: 20741"><p>I have read Kyle Brink's statement. There are no surprises in it. At this point, I am convinced of WotC's fundamental commercial plan:</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: rgb(251, 160, 38)">Their Mission Objective :</span></strong> to sell subscriptions to 6e and its VTT on DDB at a recurring monthly rate for DMs and players alike, ideally resulting in recurring revenues to WotC from DMs and players as any extremely successful MMO would provide ("WoW money").</p><p></p><p>THAT is the objective. To assist them in achieving that goal:</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: rgb(251, 160, 38)">1- No Competing VTTs:</span></strong> they don't want a VTT that can run 6e other than their own; and</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: rgb(251, 160, 38)">2- No Competing 5e Ruleset:</span></strong> Either directly or as a way to boost a VTT to provide 6e compatibility. To more broadly assist their effort in moving people to 6e, they DO NOT want to be competing with a fork in 5e, published by Paizo, Kobold Press or another party in circumstances that raises the specter of PF1 and 2008 all over again. I am not sure they can <em>actually</em> legally avoid this, but that is what WotC wants to avoid just the same.</p><p></p><p>That is the minimum acceptable outcome to WotC. If you read what Kyle Brink wrote, and read it with a view to forward looking de-authorization of the OGL 1.0a (bearing in mind the 5.1 SRD was released under that license and has not yet been "cloned") this is where we all are; Brink's statement is in accordance with the above.</p><p></p><p>All of the rest of the crap that WotC has backed off on is an abandonment of what amounted to grubbing down the side of the couch looking for quarters. It seemed a modest income stream, given Hasbro's size, that would not increase WotC's net revenue from D&D in an amount so as to justify this <em>pratfall </em>and the attendant risks it has brought to their business plan to earn <strong><em>Billions with a B</em></strong> from the D&D property.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steel_Wind, post: 8903976, member: 20741"] I have read Kyle Brink's statement. There are no surprises in it. At this point, I am convinced of WotC's fundamental commercial plan: [B][COLOR=rgb(251, 160, 38)]Their Mission Objective :[/COLOR][/B] to sell subscriptions to 6e and its VTT on DDB at a recurring monthly rate for DMs and players alike, ideally resulting in recurring revenues to WotC from DMs and players as any extremely successful MMO would provide ("WoW money"). THAT is the objective. To assist them in achieving that goal: [B][COLOR=rgb(251, 160, 38)]1- No Competing VTTs:[/COLOR][/B] they don't want a VTT that can run 6e other than their own; and [B][COLOR=rgb(251, 160, 38)]2- No Competing 5e Ruleset:[/COLOR][/B] Either directly or as a way to boost a VTT to provide 6e compatibility. To more broadly assist their effort in moving people to 6e, they DO NOT want to be competing with a fork in 5e, published by Paizo, Kobold Press or another party in circumstances that raises the specter of PF1 and 2008 all over again. I am not sure they can [I]actually[/I] legally avoid this, but that is what WotC wants to avoid just the same. That is the minimum acceptable outcome to WotC. If you read what Kyle Brink wrote, and read it with a view to forward looking de-authorization of the OGL 1.0a (bearing in mind the 5.1 SRD was released under that license and has not yet been "cloned") this is where we all are; Brink's statement is in accordance with the above. All of the rest of the crap that WotC has backed off on is an abandonment of what amounted to grubbing down the side of the couch looking for quarters. It seemed a modest income stream, given Hasbro's size, that would not increase WotC's net revenue from D&D in an amount so as to justify this [I]pratfall [/I]and the attendant risks it has brought to their business plan to earn [B][I]Billions with a B[/I][/B] from the D&D property. [/QUOTE]
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