D&D General Is DnD being mothballed?

[Cadence]

I don't agree with them. People just aren't that dense. Nobody thought Ghostbusters 2 replaced the original film.

Are "people" the ones that made 1/3 pound burgers an awful marketing strategy because they thought it was smaller than 1/4 pound?

 

[Ondath]

The other thing, we just are coming out of the pandemic mess and STILL having fallout from the shipocalyose.

So to say “the release cycle has seemed slow” right now is kinda missing a few years in consideration.

Yeah, I feel like a lot of the delay in publication is also related to shipping/problems since 2020, and the number of books released has steadily increased since 5e's release.

Thing is, I respect Matt as a fairly experienced DM who gives good DMing advice... And that's about it. I haven't liked the actual rules/classes he's designed, and he seems needlessly bleak about D&D's future since the OGL debacle. He seems like a cool dude, but I have started everything he says outside DMing with a grain of salt.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

He seems like a cool dude, but I have started everything he says outside DMing with a grain of salt.

Watching his movie and book reviews, I am amazed at how someone who, IMO, seems to misunderstand how heroic fiction works in a lot of ways can do such a good job explaining it for D&D.

Great, charismatic D&D YouTuber. Not worth listening to outside of that, IMO.

 

[mamba]

Is it really much of a brag to create more product of a type that less people want?

marketing / market position might have a lot to do with that

Look, I'm not on WotC's "side" here. I love other publishers. This is a discussion on whether WotC's publishing plan works or not. IT DOES. Whether WotC is "mothballing" D&D or not. THEY'RE NOT.

they clearly are not

 

[Charlaquin]

I don't agree with them. People just aren't that dense. Nobody thought Ghostbusters 2 replaced the original film.

they said that was the result of their market research, so unless you think they were lying, I don’t know what to tell you.

 

[bedir than]

I don't agree with them. People just aren't that dense. Nobody thought Ghostbusters 2 replaced the original film.

Is Ghostbusters 2 a game?

 

[Oofta]

I don't agree with them. People just aren't that dense. Nobody thought Ghostbusters 2 replaced the original film.

Never underestimate how dense people can be.

People understand movie sequels, If I look at any kind of manual or software? My first take would be "Version 2" that replaces version 1, unless it explicitly and clearly stated volume 2 for a book.

 

[Parmandur]

Are "people" the ones that made 1/3 pound burgers an awful marketing strategy because they thought it was smaller than 1/4 pound?

Legit yes.

 

[Parmandur]

Never underestimate how dense people can be.

People understand movie sequels, If I look at any kind of manual or software? My first take would be "Version 2" that replaces version 1, unless it explicitly and clearly stated volume 2 for a book.

Yeah, I don't think it even means unintelligent, just ignorant if a particular hobby.

 

[EzekielRaiden]

Is putting out new player facing books right before your big update of the PHB next year and before you've figured out what the changes will look like a good way to potentially piss off customers? (If it's popular and doesn't match the new revisions, will it lead to cries of new edition, for example?)

No, that is a ridiculous idea

You mean the update they keep explicitly saying isn't a new edition? The one they have said they internally call "2024 5e" because they're desperate to avoid the stigma they believe is associated with an "X.5e" revision, and even more desperate to make ultra clear that this is definitely absolutely not a totally brand new edition, we pinky-swear?

That's the product they're writing almost nothing for, so they can avoid anger over writing content for a soon-to-be-abandoned edition?