I'm with you here.
I pre-ordered UO immediately just to get the PDF.
I haven't even picked it up yet, prob will later this week.
All my gaming is done on VTT these days and physical copies are simply clutter on the shelf. I do love the art of FL games and Mörk Borg makes for interesting coffee table book but still...
I so wish they would sell "PDF+VTT only" packages, I wouldn't mind paying the same price as a book even, but paying double is kinda...meh. Especially since the printing/shipping costs of virtual products is pretty much close to zero.
Don't get me wrong. I really want the physical product.
But it bothers me that you get a discount on the VTT module if you buy it in a bundle with the physical product, but if you pre-ordered the physical product or you bought it years before VTT was even out there, you cannot get that discount unless you buy another physical product (and then it's not a discount any more, is it?).
It's making me wonder if I should maybe not pre-order or kickstart the products any more, and instead just wait until the VTT bundle comes out. Because as it stands, it's actually a disadvantage for me to pre-order and kickstart now, since I always use VTT.
For example, I pre-ordered Urban Ops. I got the pdf's a long time ago. I still haven't used it in my campaign, because there's no VTT module for it, so I won't use it.
I think this will be the last time I pre-order or kickstart from FL unless there's a VTT deal in there.