Re: WOTC pulls plug on Dragon & Dungeon mag

Have they said that they're going for the pay site model? As it is right
now, I do actually use the web site a lot, even on the train, I'll be
running my Google News feed and flipping through the new articles that came
through that morning. I'm not prepared to start paying for that however.

On 4/20/07, Adam Miller <night_druid3000@?????.com> wrote:
>
> --- Loki <george.williams.iv@?????.com> wrote:
>
> > I've gotten Dragon since issue 40, I will miss it
> > terribly. As an outspoken proponenet of technology I
> > beleve that this comes from a combination f short
> > sightedness and a lack of understanding of the
> > medium.
>
> I work for a company with a very similar business
> model, so I consider myself fairly to very experienced
> in what WotC is trying do.  I have to say, I don't
> think its going to work.  D&D as a pay site appeals to
> a very niche subset of a very niche market; they'll be
> lucky to break even with their operating costs.  That
> assumes they'll be able to piggyback on Hasbro's
> servers & support personelle.  Even then, I
> guesstimate a good $500k to $1 million annual
> operating expenses, easy.
>
>
> > WOTC is currently on my sh*t-list.
>
> They're on a lot of peoples' sh*t-list right now,
> between ending agreements with CodeMonkey & Paizo.
>
> > -Loki, who just finished polishing up a pitch for a
> > Dragon article two days
> > ago....
>
> Sorry to hear that :(
>
> Adam
>
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