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<blockquote data-quote="Cergorach" data-source="post: 7647978" data-attributes="member: 725"><p>Your first reason is not true, while there are folks that stuck with 3.5E because of a new investment, that number is relatively small. There were many that bought the 4E core books and never got further into 4E. And when Pathfinder showed up on the market, folks massively bought into that. 5 years between editions is in todays market not that strange, nor as unacceptable as it was a few decades ago. With consumers it isn't about not willing to upgrade, but liking what the upgrade does, this goes for computers and gaming.</p><p></p><p>#1 The GSL, a lot of hardcore fans didn't like that, not only that, a lot of the publishers didn't like that. Less support from 3rd party publishers meant that a lot less folks were interested in 4E.</p><p></p><p>#2 4E is very different from 3.5E, both in rules philosophy and presentation. For me it was the presentation that kind of killed 4E for me and made Pathfinder more attractive, that Pathfinder uses the OGL is pure bonus.</p><p></p><p>#3 No decent electronic tools at launch and the GSL made tools very iffy to produce. If WotC had DDI fully functional and ready at launch things might have been different, a lot of folks use electronic tools these days and even WotC was pushing 4E to take advantage of the electronic medium, they were just very much behind the curve.</p><p></p><p>#4 No PDF support, folks are moving away from the paper book and fully utilizing their tablets. 3-4 years ago there wasn't an iPad, now your burried under tablet options. Also us pnp RPG collectors are running out of room to actually put our books, I stopped with novels around 10 years ago, and still my book cases are almost filled to capacity. I'm filling some gaps in my old collections and am limiting myself to core books for new(er) systems. For Heavy Gear Blitz! I've gone for pure pdf, no physical rulebooks. My physical book collection for Battletech and Shadowrun will stop at the FASA era and the hardcover rulebooks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cergorach, post: 7647978, member: 725"] Your first reason is not true, while there are folks that stuck with 3.5E because of a new investment, that number is relatively small. There were many that bought the 4E core books and never got further into 4E. And when Pathfinder showed up on the market, folks massively bought into that. 5 years between editions is in todays market not that strange, nor as unacceptable as it was a few decades ago. With consumers it isn't about not willing to upgrade, but liking what the upgrade does, this goes for computers and gaming. #1 The GSL, a lot of hardcore fans didn't like that, not only that, a lot of the publishers didn't like that. Less support from 3rd party publishers meant that a lot less folks were interested in 4E. #2 4E is very different from 3.5E, both in rules philosophy and presentation. For me it was the presentation that kind of killed 4E for me and made Pathfinder more attractive, that Pathfinder uses the OGL is pure bonus. #3 No decent electronic tools at launch and the GSL made tools very iffy to produce. If WotC had DDI fully functional and ready at launch things might have been different, a lot of folks use electronic tools these days and even WotC was pushing 4E to take advantage of the electronic medium, they were just very much behind the curve. #4 No PDF support, folks are moving away from the paper book and fully utilizing their tablets. 3-4 years ago there wasn't an iPad, now your burried under tablet options. Also us pnp RPG collectors are running out of room to actually put our books, I stopped with novels around 10 years ago, and still my book cases are almost filled to capacity. I'm filling some gaps in my old collections and am limiting myself to core books for new(er) systems. For Heavy Gear Blitz! I've gone for pure pdf, no physical rulebooks. My physical book collection for Battletech and Shadowrun will stop at the FASA era and the hardcover rulebooks. [/QUOTE]
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