mamba
Legend
right as they are releasing a new edition, which according to you is the worst time…It was, but that's changing. Physical books sales always decline as you get longer and longer into a new edition. Hence, they're moving to a purely digital format.
I also see no reason why this decline in sales would be true for print but not digital.
this I can buy, sure, that is the long term goalDNDBeyond and VTT based modules is the future for D&D. Charging subscription fees to dndbeyond/vtt users and/or charging for modules, digital miniatures, dice and so on. This is the only way they will ever get D&D sales up to the targets Hasbro is expecting.
no one is calling it a final edition…Their current CEO did it at Microsoft, and now they're doing it at Hasbro too. It's well known that the only books that sell really well for RPG's are the core rulebooks, which is why they are still putting the 2024 books out in physical format and calling it a "final edition".
The VTT is planned for 2026? According to whom? Pretty sure they want it out this year, certainly before 26.Once the VTT is release ready, that's when you'll see the flip to purely digital content. The VTT is planned for 2026, so there might be a few more physical books later next year while they wait for a stable release.
Nice conspiracy theory you got going there, the only part that is true is that they want people to buy digital products and subscribe, hardly a surprise there