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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 7664229" data-attributes="member: 996">Right.  Everything else is anecdotes and vague claims by folks promoting one or the other.  The line failed to meet an unrealistic revenue goal, it's production resources were slashed, and it took that long to cobble together 5e.  You do remember the long Next playtest, right?  One could also speculate that they figured a two year hiatus would allow some demand to build back up, or give Pathfinder time to bloat itself to death, but I don't think anything so Machiavellian is required.  Lack of resources is reason enough.  Also explains the slow pace of releases and the farming out of everything but the core rules.Not that it matters:  D&D still remained the mainstream vision of the hobby, even when out of print.  5e is more than enough to anchor the franchise, even if Pathfinder edges it out of the top spot eventually - or, if, improbably, some other, better game finally does so.</blockquote>