WotC D&D Digital Library

[Dire Bare]

I play arena a lot. The only time they've released a digital code for anything was with this latest prerelease.
Not a single pack of cards I have ever purchased ever has included a code for either mtg online or arena.

Arena codes come with pre-release packs, starter sets, and some pre-constructed decks (the older planeswalker decks, but not the newer commander decks). They've been doing this for a while, a long while.

 

[Stormonu]

I don't really agree that it's completely apples and oranges. The FLGS example especially, I don't think it would be particularly difficult to at least give FLGS codes to access the DDBeyond content if you purchase a hardcover there. The Essentials Kit had this in its box, so its something they could even do before the merger.

That said, I agree that WotC likely has no interest to actually do anything about this.

If the movie industry can sell DVD/Blu-Ray + digital, I see no reason WotC can't figure out the same with the books. It's ridiculous to buy the book full price and then be expected to turn around and buy the digital version for the same price. And I really wish it'd be in PDF or some format that actually mimics the look of the book.

 

[LongTimeLurker]

Arena codes come with pre-release packs, starter sets, and some pre-constructed decks (the older planeswalker decks, but not the newer commander decks). They've been doing this for a while, a long while.

Oh, just crap for noobs. Eake me when they include a code in every booster pack.

 

[Morrus]

If the movie industry can sell DVD/Blu-Ray + digital, I see no reason WotC can't figure out the same with the books. It's ridiculous to buy the book full price and then be expected to turn around and buy the digital version for the same price. And I really wish it'd be in PDF or some format that actually mimics the look of the book.

Lots of much smaller publishers with far fewer resources manage it. Hopefully it'll happen!

 

[JEB]

Updating this, it appears the Digital Library went away. (Also, don't expect any more PDFs, it's web-only D&D Beyond content now.)

 

[MonsterEnvy]

Updating this, it appears the Digital Library went away. (Also, don't expect any more PDFs, it's web-only D&D Beyond content now.)

It did not go away so much as become unneeded as they can just distribute through Beyond.

 

[darjr]

The digital library page is still there.

Note the MC pdf is still there too if you have the original url.

 

[JEB]

The digital library page is still there.

The page is there, the library is not - no way to log into it, anyway. And the page directs you to use D&D Beyond.

Note the MC pdf is still there too if you have the original url.

An oversight that will eventually be corrected, I assume.

 

[Parmandur]

It did not go away so much as become unneeded as they can just distribute through Beyond.

Yeah, outmoded by events.

 

[Alby87]

Funny thing, they asked people to register to download that Monster Compendium, with the promise of more downloadable files. They gathered a lot of commercial information (names and emails), and then closed the service, redirecting to D&D Beyond. This is not a correct way of doing things, if you ask me. (Naturally no one has been forced to give those data, I know, but still...)