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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shiroiken" data-source="post: 8116193" data-attributes="member: 6775477">A bit after 3.5 came out, a friend of mine compiled a list of everything that changed between 3.0 and 3.5, and it was about 2 pages long. I will admit that these changes improved the game significantly, but I don't feel a new set of rulebooks that were largely the same was necessary for the game. It was really important for WotC, however.[USER=2525]@Mistwell[/USER] was mostly joking, but this isn't too far from the truth. WotC decided to take a video game model where the core books were not very profitable, focusing on sales for supplements (splatbooks). However, the greatest number of sales were the core rulebooks by far (this is true for every edition AFAIK). This model made the profit of D&D lower than desired, so I presume once they determined the game needed revision, it was far better to release a revision, rather than an errata. They corrected the price of the core books to meet the desired market value, bringing it in line with WotC's expectations. I hated it at the time, refusing to buy any new books that I already owned (using the change sheet instead), but once I understood the situation it made sense from a business perspective.</blockquote>