Please forgive me if this question has already been asked, but ever since Hasbro swallowed up a huge paycheck to buy DDB, I've been wondering if we'll see more improvements and updates.
I know it may be wishful thinking, but will Wizards (or Hasbro, or whoever spends the money) pay to add a bunch of updates to improve DDB, or will it keep it largely as is?
And if DDB will be updated, are their any features people are thinking about, or can that info not be disclosed?
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Please forgive me if this question has already been asked, but ever since Hasbro swallowed up a huge paycheck to buy DDB, I've been wondering if we'll see more improvements and updates.
I know it may be wishful thinking, but will Wizards (or Hasbro, or whoever spends the money) pay to add a bunch of updates to improve DDB, or will it keep it largely as is?
And if DDB will be updated, are their any features people are thinking about, or can that info not be disclosed?
We have no idea.
The only thing we've largely been told is about the purchase. We don't know if old faces like Todd will be around again since he works for Wizards or how it will impact development cycles, unearthed arcana, etc.
In short, you're asking an auditorium and everyone is waiting for the same responses with no one at the lecturn.
DDB's a lot more likely to get updates under Hasbro than they have been under Fandom, considering it's in WotC's interest to have DDB support as much of the official material as possible.
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Hasbro is really pushing digital right now - they have suffered fairly substantially as a company due to the collapse of Toys-R-Us and of brick-and-mortar generally. The whole reason they bought D&D Beyond was that it is extremely profitable and they want to keep making money off of it—it stands to reason that they’ll protect its investment and give it the support it needs to thrive. Consider how often Magic Arena - Wizards’ other hyper-successful online IP, often discussed alongside Beyond in Hasbro investor discussions - is actively updated and supported with a high degree of regularity.
And recall that they just announced that they’ll be doing monthly free monster drops on Beyond, indicating they want to not just utilise it - they want to expand it and make it the premier online D&D tool.
It would be foolish for WotC to buy DDB and then let it wither on the vine. I'm not saying that has never happened, but that would be very, very foolish.
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I'm sure D&D Beyond will get updates; they wouldn't buy it to let it rot. Whether those updates will be the updates you want, however, is a separate issue.
It's safe to assume that new books will continue to be available on D&D Beyond (and be integrated into their game rules references), because that's the core of what DDB does well. At the other end of things, I would be surprised to see something like a VTT -- it's a space with established competition that WotC already has business agreements with.
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Please forgive me if this question has already been asked, but ever since Hasbro swallowed up a huge paycheck to buy DDB, I've been wondering if we'll see more improvements and updates.
I know it may be wishful thinking, but will Wizards (or Hasbro, or whoever spends the money) pay to add a bunch of updates to improve DDB, or will it keep it largely as is?
And if DDB will be updated, are their any features people are thinking about, or can that info not be disclosed?
BoringBard's long and tedious posts somehow manage to enrapture audiences. How? Because he used Charm Person, the #1 bard spell!
He/him pronouns. Call me Bard. PROUD NERD!
Ever wanted to talk about your parties' worst mistakes? Do so HERE. What's your favorite class, why? Share & explain
HERE.We have no idea.
The only thing we've largely been told is about the purchase. We don't know if old faces like Todd will be around again since he works for Wizards or how it will impact development cycles, unearthed arcana, etc.
In short, you're asking an auditorium and everyone is waiting for the same responses with no one at the lecturn.
DDB's a lot more likely to get updates under Hasbro than they have been under Fandom, considering it's in WotC's interest to have DDB support as much of the official material as possible.
Helpful rewriter of Japanese->English translation and delver into software codebases (she/e/they)
I expect there will be updates. Buying DDB lines up with their talk of digital resources for the 2024 update
Hasbro is really pushing digital right now - they have suffered fairly substantially as a company due to the collapse of Toys-R-Us and of brick-and-mortar generally. The whole reason they bought D&D Beyond was that it is extremely profitable and they want to keep making money off of it—it stands to reason that they’ll protect its investment and give it the support it needs to thrive. Consider how often Magic Arena - Wizards’ other hyper-successful online IP, often discussed alongside Beyond in Hasbro investor discussions - is actively updated and supported with a high degree of regularity.
And recall that they just announced that they’ll be doing monthly free monster drops on Beyond, indicating they want to not just utilise it - they want to expand it and make it the premier online D&D tool.
It would be foolish for WotC to buy DDB and then let it wither on the vine. I'm not saying that has never happened, but that would be very, very foolish.
Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt
I'm sure D&D Beyond will get updates; they wouldn't buy it to let it rot. Whether those updates will be the updates you want, however, is a separate issue.
It's safe to assume that new books will continue to be available on D&D Beyond (and be integrated into their game rules references), because that's the core of what DDB does well. At the other end of things, I would be surprised to see something like a VTT -- it's a space with established competition that WotC already has business agreements with.