I think to a certain extent all of D&D is a cash grab, it’s a luxury product that none of us actually need after all, but as you say that’s an aspect of capitalism I can live with. For these specific books I agree they’ve put too much work in to fit the normal definition of a cash grab and after a decade there were some parts of 5e that needed refining or reworking because they just weren’t working
There is so much new content in the 2024 books that they are worth it. It is also selling for $10 less than Paizo charged for their remastrrd books, Which has a lot less content.
I personally (Daniel) think their goal here is to create a constantly evolving system, which is why they are going to years, with incremental upgrades. I can see why they would go full price on this one, my hope being if we see a 2025 or 2026 that it's lower cost, add on/upgrade to the existing books.
@@RIVERSRPGChannel it’s not a new addition. It’s an update to the existing ruleset. 2nd edition was a very different system the. First. Third and 4th were also different. This version while has changes is fundamentally still the same system.
@@progressiveDND they seem to want to draw on the live-service model to force users to subscribe to a system in constant update/upgrade. I have no interest in such a thing, and I doubt it will work for them. Look at how many video game companies tried to cash in on live service and wound up crashing and burning.
I think to a certain extent all of D&D is a cash grab, it’s a luxury product that none of us actually need after all, but as you say that’s an aspect of capitalism I can live with. For these specific books I agree they’ve put too much work in to fit the normal definition of a cash grab and after a decade there were some parts of 5e that needed refining or reworking because they just weren’t working
Well for sure companies have to make money in order to exist. I’ve heard people act like even a dime spent with wotc is a moral negligence.
There is so much new content in the 2024 books that they are worth it. It is also selling for $10 less than Paizo charged for their remastrrd books, Which has a lot less content.
I think 5.5 is a bit of a cash grab and why not call it a new edition?
I personally (Daniel) think their goal here is to create a constantly evolving system, which is why they are going to years, with incremental upgrades. I can see why they would go full price on this one, my hope being if we see a 2025 or 2026 that it's lower cost, add on/upgrade to the existing books.
@@RIVERSRPGChannel it’s not a new addition. It’s an update to the existing ruleset. 2nd edition was a very different system the. First. Third and 4th were also different. This version while has changes is fundamentally still the same system.
@@progressiveDND they seem to want to draw on the live-service model to force users to subscribe to a system in constant update/upgrade. I have no interest in such a thing, and I doubt it will work for them. Look at how many video game companies tried to cash in on live service and wound up crashing and burning.