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Message: <blockquote data-quote="trancejeremy" data-source="post: 5904968" data-attributes="member: 924">Even in the relatively early days of d20, the smart companies recognized the value of building up their own brand and core game, as opposed to simply filling in the niches WOTC left to them.I think even had 4e used the OGL, Pathfinder probably would have happened, because there were simply a large amount of people who simply were are/are not interested in leaving 3.x.And let's be honest - the only thing WOTC really has going for it is owning the D&D name. In terms of quality, they are essentially a middle of the pack company, pretty much on par with Mongoose, definitely far, far behind Paizo and say, Green Ronin in the quality of their product.And quite honestly, while Pathfinder might be open, are there really a lot of 3PP supporting it of note? Some PDF companies, you have the Frog Gog stuff which seems to aim at the high end market with very high book prices, and that seems to be it. And what exists doesn't hurt Paizo/Pathfinder because no one can beat Paizo at product quality.That's not the case with WOTC. Maybe things have gotten better with 4e, but a lot of their 3e product was among the worst products made by even the worst shovelware d20 companies.So actually, maybe WOTC should just stop making D&D? License out the past editions to other companies? It's never going to make the kind of money Hasbro wants, they aren't going to support the game in terms of quality that a smaller company would...</blockquote>

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