2WS-Steve
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Lizard said:I think market fragmentation is going to be major because of this, and WOTC has really shot themselves in the foot. There will be a lot of incentive for small, electronic, publishers to cater to those who don't switch instantly, and the more new material is around for them, the less incentive they have to switch. Maybe WOTC is convinced their new game is so amazingly fantastically better that practically no one will refuse to switch, but if that's their marketing plan, look for a 5e a lot sooner than you might think....
I think there's going to be market fragmentation too -- but probably not much at the fantasy end of d20. Very few people used non-WOTC OGL material anyway.
Spycraft, M&M, Modern20 and whatever else will fill in the non-fantasy aspect and those sorts of old-d20 offshoots (or new inventions based on old-d20) is where you'll see the new and interesting development in d20 based rpgs. Though, without the tie-in to D&D, more publishers might make a big break and go with FATE or invent wholly new systems.