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<blockquote data-quote="Jhamin" data-source="post: 2238502" data-attributes="member: 1023">The thing of it is 4th editon will come out when the 3.5 books stop selling well enough.&nbsp; Not before.If you need an example, 3.5 came out because the 3.0 books had stopped selling well enough.Lots of folks get to a place with D&amp;D where they decide that they have what they want to keep playing.&nbsp; At that point they stop buying new books.&nbsp; This has happened with each and every version of the game.&nbsp; (How many people talk about skipping the players options books from 2nd, or the splats from 3.0?).&nbsp; Once the new books stop selling it doesn't make sense to keep making more.&nbsp; At that point the company either has to stop making D&amp;D or it has to make a new edition.As for all the people who are upset because their collection for books from the old edition are now out dated?&nbsp; They don't matter.&nbsp; They weren't buying books anyway.&nbsp; And the few players who did keep buying an unprofitable game by definition weren't buying enough to keep things profitable.&nbsp; A game that everyone loves but no one buys won't pay any publisher's bills.&nbsp; Better to upset some fans to get others to start buying again.There are old die-hards who refuse to play anything other than 1st editon.&nbsp; The company that makes D&amp;D hasn't made any money off them since the eighties.&nbsp; They are not a part of current marketing plans.&nbsp; If there are 3.x players who refuse to update to 4th, they will become part of the same subculture.I respect and admire people who find their system and stick with it.&nbsp; (Heck, I was a Champions/Hero player during the Cybergames era) but you can't expect the publishers to obsess over them.So as long as we all keep buying 3.5, it will continue to be made.&nbsp; Of course, I'm skipping the environment books.......</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jhamin, post: 2238502, member: 1023"] The thing of it is 4th editon will come out when the 3.5 books stop selling well enough. Not before. If you need an example, 3.5 came out because the 3.0 books had stopped selling well enough. Lots of folks get to a place with D&D where they decide that they have what they want to keep playing. At that point they stop buying new books. This has happened with each and every version of the game. (How many people talk about skipping the players options books from 2nd, or the splats from 3.0?). Once the new books stop selling it doesn't make sense to keep making more. At that point the company either has to stop making D&D or it has to make a new edition. As for all the people who are upset because their collection for books from the old edition are now out dated? They don't matter. They weren't buying books anyway. And the few players who did keep buying an unprofitable game by definition weren't buying enough to keep things profitable. [B]A game that everyone loves but no one buys won't pay any publisher's bills.[/B] Better to upset some fans to get others to start buying again. There are old die-hards who refuse to play anything other than 1st editon. The company that makes D&D hasn't made any money off them since the eighties. They are not a part of current marketing plans. If there are 3.x players who refuse to update to 4th, they will become part of the same subculture. I respect and admire people who find their system and stick with it. (Heck, I was a Champions/Hero player during the Cybergames era) but you can't expect the publishers to obsess over them. So as long as we all keep buying 3.5, it will continue to be made. Of course, I'm skipping the environment books....... [/QUOTE]

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