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<blockquote data-quote="BASHMAN" data-source="post: 5799563" data-attributes="member: 8277">I'm *almost* a bit suspicious that 4e was an attempted &quot;New Coke&quot; marketing ploy to make 5e (Coca Cola Classic) an enormous hit...&nbsp; Manufacture outrage over the &quot;new &amp; improved&quot; product to resell the classic one with skyrocketing sales.&nbsp; At least it seems to be working out that way.&nbsp; As much as I'd like to suspect it was planned like New Coke, I can't help but think that it was more of a Crystal Pepsi thing.&nbsp; Something they really expected to be a huge hit that some people absolutely loved, but most people did not care for, and so they had to take off the market.&nbsp; Of course, that analogy isn't perfect (they kept selling regular Pepsi when Crystal Pepsi was introduced).&nbsp; In short, I don't think it will be a &quot;re-written 4e&quot; because 4e was not being very successful.&nbsp; Granted, Windows Vista had a bad rap, too, and they had the sense to get on with Windows 7.&nbsp; Some people see 7 as a &quot;tweaked Vista&quot; but 7 definitely is successful where Vista was not.&nbsp; But that plan could have easily backfired on Microsoft.&nbsp; Not sure if Hasbro could tolerate that much risk.Again, I said almost suspicious.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BASHMAN, post: 5799563, member: 8277"] I'm *almost* a bit suspicious that 4e was an attempted "New Coke" marketing ploy to make 5e (Coca Cola Classic) an enormous hit... Manufacture outrage over the "new & improved" product to resell the classic one with skyrocketing sales. At least it seems to be working out that way. As much as I'd like to suspect it was planned like New Coke, I can't help but think that it was more of a Crystal Pepsi thing. Something they really expected to be a huge hit that some people absolutely [i]loved[/i], but most people did not care for, and so they had to take off the market. Of course, that analogy isn't perfect (they kept selling regular Pepsi when Crystal Pepsi was introduced). In short, I don't think it will be a "re-written 4e" because 4e was not being very successful. Granted, Windows Vista had a bad rap, too, and they had the sense to get on with Windows 7. Some people see 7 as a "tweaked Vista" but 7 definitely is successful where Vista was not. But that plan could have easily backfired on Microsoft. Not sure if Hasbro could tolerate that much risk. Again, I said [i]almost[/i] suspicious. [/QUOTE]

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