One might even be inclined to believe that WotC is anti-Mac.
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While I’m sure it isn’t your intent, doing this sends the message that WotC does not value Mac users.
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However, by taking Decked Builder out of this space, WotC will destroy the only high-quality MTG-oriented product on the Mac. WotC has zero presence on the Mac and has never given any indication of moving in this direction. There is no MTG Online for the Mac, nor even Magic Workstation. Frankly, the Mac is a platform that has always been under-served by WotC and other MTG-related products. However, here I think the decision cuts deeper. Like with the iPad, WotC has no offering at all, and thus there is no lost revenue here, either. On the iPad, WotC has no offering at all, and thus no revenue stream for Decked Builder to cut into.įinally, there is MacOS. What’s wrong with letting customers pay a little to a third party to get functionality not offered by the WotC app? (For example, the ability to easily share with the iPad and desktop versions via DropBox or iCloud.) Even with Decked Builder in the marketplace, people will still get MTG Toolbox, exactly because it’s free.
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The presence of Decked Builder in the marketplace does that, too, though it isn’t a free product. You want customers to have a product that encourages them to play the game, and thus buy cards. So how does the presence of Decked Builder possibly impinge on that revenue stream? If you were planning on revenue from that source, why did you make it free? My suspicion there is that having that product be free is intended to help WotC’s primary product, Magic: The Gathering cards. On the iPhone, the newly-released WotC MTG Toolbox product is free. Decked Builder exists on three platforms: iPhone, iPad, and MacOS.
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( Cockatrice is a similar free software product.) Why do those products, which are much more high-profile than Decked Builder, get a free pass but Decked Builder doesn’t?įurthermore, this action seems unnecessary in that, unlike MWS and Cockatrice, I cannot see how this affects WotC’s bottom line. MWS is a commercial product that competes directly with WotC’s MTG Online product, and trades on WotC IP. However, WotC does charge for MTG Online, and yet does not appear to taking legal action against Magic Workstation (MWS). Of course, WotC does not charge users for Gatherer, so there is no potential lost revenue there. For example, the Web site uses card images and text, and clearly is in direct competition with WotC’s own Gatherer Web engine. The move against Decked Builder seems inconsistent in that you, WotC, openly tolerate other products that trade on your IP. While the threat of litigation to eliminate competing products (particularly those that depend upon WotC’s IP) is a legitimate business tactic and WotC is certainly within their rights to do so, in this case it appears both inconsistent and unnecessary. It strikes me as highly unlikely that the timing of this is a coincidence, given that WotC just released their own iPhone application that supports deckbuilding. However, I think this is a bad decision for WotC as it negatively impacts the MTG community.
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Let me start by saying that I understand that it is important for Wizards of the Coast to protect their intellectual property (IP) and their brand. Last week I read the following announcement from Tan Thor Jen, the developer of Decked Builder software for iPhone, iPad, and MacOS: Legal Issues and Removal of Deck Building Functionality. I sincerely hope you will be willing to do so again. Even when the decisions haven’t been great, you have also shown a willingness to listen and adapt in response to feedback.
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I returned to playing Magic: The Gathering with the release of Zendikar after a ten-year absence, and overall I think the decisions made by the folks in Renton since I have been back have been very good. Let me preface this by saying that I am, in general, a big fan of Wizards of the Coast.