Reply To: Are we the grognards?

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I think a library of PDFs is a lot easier to handle than a library of gaming books when you’re walking around town. But companies of any kind, and gaming companies are certainly no exception, should not be looked to for lessons in how the world works or how the future will work. Because they don’t have any idea. I’m not that young, but I’m young enough that video games have been around my whole life. It makes me chuckle to think these companies are just now deciding they can get rich turning everything they make into a video game. Or that the future is everyone sitting around alone in front of their computer paying them microtransactions.

Books will still be purchased, people will still go over to each other’s houses, activities not involving a computer will still be done. And WotC will learn the hard way. Their VTT is guaranteed to be a boondoggle. If WotC’s CEO thinks the brand is under-monetized, they’re about to find out that charging a few tens of thousands of people five or ten dollars a month isn’t the answer. And just wait till all those people find out about Deathtrap Dungeon, and switch over to that instead. And as far as their physical and digital book sales, yeah digital should be an option, but if they’re not making money in physical books, the problem is they put out books like Spelljammer and Journey to the Radiant Citadel. It’s got nothing to do with paper and ink.