I would call that a new treatment or take, not a conversion.
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It doesn't help their cause that the only things they've released with any consistency are giant, expensive hardback adventures. What they ought to be doing is developing 32-page adventures that are generic, setting-wise, but with a sidebar identifying where to locate in Greyhawk, FR, and Mystara. Do one every 4-6 months.
But it isn't a straight conversion - they've added several additional adventures.Ghosts of Saltmarsh has the text of the original modules, modified to have 5E relevant information in the text. That's a conversion?
This, frankly, baffles me.
Look at those "giant, expensive hardback adventures". The WORST selling of them is still selling better than most other RPG products. Out of the Abyss is a 4 year old module. It's STILL sitting at about 8000 on Amazon in all books. That's the place those 32 page modules hold after a month. If they're lucky. To put it in perspective, Pathfinder 2 core rule book is sitting at about 2500 in all books. It hasn't been out three MONTHS yet, let alone 4 years.
Why in their right mind would WotC do what you propose when what they are doing is, by leaps and bounds, far more successful than anything done before?
Or, to put it another way, why do they need to "help their cause"? Their cause seems to be pretty darn helped.
This, frankly, baffles me.
Look at those "giant, expensive hardback adventures". The WORST selling of them is still selling better than most other RPG products. Out of the Abyss is a 4 year old module. It's STILL sitting at about 8000 on Amazon in all books. That's the place those 32 page modules hold after a month. If they're lucky. To put it in perspective, Pathfinder 2 core rule book is sitting at about 2500 in all books. It hasn't been out three MONTHS yet, let alone 4 years.
Why in their right mind would WotC do what you propose when what they are doing is, by leaps and bounds, far more successful than anything done before?
Or, to put it another way, why do they need to "help their cause"? Their cause seems to be pretty darn helped.
But it isn't a straight conversion - they've added several additional adventures.
Smaller adventures are easier to run. LMoP is so good because of its length.
3pp exist but they don't have the same "prestige" as WotC ones.
Often the longer adventures don't get completed either and they can be hard for a DM to digest.
The other piece to this that no one talks about: how many DMs end up spending $50 for that hardback only to abandon it halfway through because the players have lost interest? A 32 page generic module is easy to go drop in, and it's easy to salvage or abandon.
I find it disheartening that the quality of content in adventures is, on average, better amongst 3pp than it is for the ones WotC publish themselves.