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<blockquote data-quote="SemperJase" data-source="post: 999277" data-attributes="member: 1824">Why did WotC publish a D&amp;D 3.5? To make as much money as they can. That's a good thing for them....and for ENWorld. The main purpose of a business is to stay in business. To do that, they need to make a profit. The D&amp;D brand makes a profit by selling as many books as possible. Notice I say books. The business of D&amp;D is not so much a game business as it is a book publishing business. To sell more books, WotC must continually revitalize the brand. Unlike a consumable business - Coke for example, there is little need for buyers to replace previously sold products.&nbsp;Without WotC selling more D&amp;D books , it will dry up and go away much like Alternity, Star Frontiers, or Tunnels &amp; Trolls. Sure you can find small groups of players for those games, but nothing significant. If you want to keep playing D&amp;D then hope WotC can keep selling books. My prediction is that 4th edition will be published within 3 or 4 years. WotC has figured out that to make a profit, they need to update the game much like Magic: the Gathering.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SemperJase, post: 999277, member: 1824"] Why did WotC publish a D&D 3.5? To make as much money as they can. That's a good thing for them....and for ENWorld. The main purpose of a business is to stay in business. To do that, they need to make a profit. The D&D brand makes a profit by selling as many [b]books[/b] as possible. Notice I say books. The business of D&D is not so much a game business as it is a book publishing business. To sell more books, WotC must continually revitalize the brand. Unlike a consumable business - Coke for example, there is little need for buyers to replace previously sold products. Without WotC selling more D&D books , it will dry up and go away much like Alternity, Star Frontiers, or Tunnels & Trolls. Sure you can find small groups of players for those games, but nothing significant. If you want to keep playing D&D then hope WotC can keep selling books. My prediction is that 4th edition will be published within 3 or 4 years. WotC has figured out that to make a profit, they need to update the game much like Magic: the Gathering. [/QUOTE]

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