UngeheuerLich
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I like that attitude.
D&D General Richard Whitters poll on twitter, "Will you be buying the newest edition of D&D?"
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Because you just can't imagine someone being done with WotC/D&D?
Aldarc
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I'm willing to buy another WotC product. However, it's just probable at present that 2024 D&D will not be one of those products. I have already given my reasons why that is the case.
Quite frankly I don't even think WotC necessarily cares how many people buy the 5E24 books compared to the 5E14 ones. Reason being... these three books will absolutely outsell any OTHER type of book they otherwise would have released instead. More players are going to buy these revised books (and keep buying these revised books) more than any new 'Of Everything' splatbook they could have published, so it's a net benefit for them. Yeah, okay... so they don't reach the heights of total sales of the 10 years of 5E14. Oh darn! I don't think they (or any of us) would have thought otherwise. But if we're just talking sales and money... these three are best things they could release right now for the largest influx of cash.
But once these core books are on the shelves (and the 5E14 books do not get reprinted and thus fewer and fewer copies become available and people just buy the 5E24 core books instead anyway)... any other adventure book printed after that will still be 5E edition agnostic-- meaning that anyone here who says they don't want to spend the money to buy the new core books can STILL buy and use the new adventure books even with the 5E14 rules they stick with. And that means WotC can be unconcerned that you didn't buy the three revised core books. You're still playing 5E D&D and will still purchase and make use of a lot of stuff they release in the future. So it's a win-win for them.
But once these core books are on the shelves (and the 5E14 books do not get reprinted and thus fewer and fewer copies become available and people just buy the 5E24 core books instead anyway)... any other adventure book printed after that will still be 5E edition agnostic-- meaning that anyone here who says they don't want to spend the money to buy the new core books can STILL buy and use the new adventure books even with the 5E14 rules they stick with. And that means WotC can be unconcerned that you didn't buy the three revised core books. You're still playing 5E D&D and will still purchase and make use of a lot of stuff they release in the future. So it's a win-win for them.
mamba
Legend
I expect another set of core books sooner than ten years down the line. They can still remain sufficiently compatible to allow the existing adventures to be used, but not as close to 2014 as the 2024 batch.
Maybe that is wishful thinking, I am certainly disappointed with the 2024 changes. I liked where the first UAs wanted to go, but when all the good changes were abandoned I lost interest in the playtest and its resulting book
mamba
Legend
it would not need to maintain growth to beat 2014, esp. with a decent adoption rate, it ‘just’ would need to keep its current sales for another four or five years or so (depending on the adoption rate)
As to growth, I don’t think it grew last year, but it did not go down much either
Oh, they're done playing D&D. But a lot of people never walk away from grousing about it on the internet.
Like, there are still folks who argue over 4e as if it wasn't gone for over a decade now.
R_J_K75
Legend
Same here.
I think that would be counterproductive and if they even tried that I'd be done with D&D for good, at least any WotC incarnation. I'm willing to give this new revision a try but anything other than a completely new ruleset with the 6E moniker isn't worth the money or time to me.
Aldarc
Legend
That seems like the natural consequence, intended or not, of D&D existing as a "lifestyle brand."
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