Wizard's seems to recognize the threat Pathfinder has become.
You would have thought they would have wanted publisher support right out of the gate. Sounds like the whole 4e GSL thing all over again. Disappointing...
We do know there is publisher support right out of the gate. As I said, two publishers confirmed they are working on stuff for it, and almost certainly others are simply keeping quiet due to NDAs. We don't know officially if those two publishers who let it slip about their prior conversations are proceeding through OGL, or a specific license, but both said they're working on stuff to come out simultaneous with the final rules.
We do know there is publisher support right out of the gate. As I said, two publishers confirmed they are working on stuff for it, and almost certainly others are simply keeping quiet due to NDAs. We don't know officially if those two publishers who let it slip about their prior conversations are proceeding through OGL, or a specific license, but both said they're working on stuff to come out simultaneous with the final rules.
Maybe... If I was in their position I would want as many people on board from the get go as possible. When 3e came out, Green Ronin released the first OGL product at Gencon when the PHB was released if memory serves and I believe Creature Collection came out before the Monster Manual.
Making publishers wait on the license for 4e is what made Paizo go with Pathfinder (and of course making it so different from 3e and segmenting the market didn't help). In any case, it's not like there is a huge 3rd party market for 4e now, but to help turn it around you would think they want a lot of publishers behind the launch to generate buzz. It just seems so counter intuitive to me.
We were thinking about doing some sort of anniversary version of Denizens of Avadnu and statting it for both Pathfinder and D&D Next. Guess I'll just keep that on the back burner for now and see what happens.
There's some info about Gale Force 9 DDN products on the news page today.