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<blockquote data-quote="Warskull" data-source="post: 6437976" data-attributes="member: 6775133"><p>Remember the OGL was great until the end of 3.5E when Wizards decided to launch a new product without the OGL and without bringing major third parties on board. Paizo what put in a situation where they had to create something like Pathfinder or they would cease to exist.</p><p></p><p>The fact that many players felt that 4E didn't feel like D&D also helped them.</p><p></p><p>Paizo is very clearly a well run business. I think they treat their customers a bit better than Wizards and have a better business sense (as demonstrated by the success of Pathfinder.) However, creating a Pathfinder 2 based off 5E would be an overall losing proposition for them. First off, they are making tons of money from Pathfinder. They have little reason to abandon it at the moment (bird in the hand vs two in the bush.) Second making a clone of 5E would have to content with all the momentum 5E has going for it. They would have to convert existing 5E players and doing so in large quantities is quite difficult.</p><p></p><p>If anything the OGL for 5E stands to bring Paizo and other third parties back into the fold. Why not convert some adventures to 5E? Recycle some content, make some money.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Warskull, post: 6437976, member: 6775133"] Remember the OGL was great until the end of 3.5E when Wizards decided to launch a new product without the OGL and without bringing major third parties on board. Paizo what put in a situation where they had to create something like Pathfinder or they would cease to exist. The fact that many players felt that 4E didn't feel like D&D also helped them. Paizo is very clearly a well run business. I think they treat their customers a bit better than Wizards and have a better business sense (as demonstrated by the success of Pathfinder.) However, creating a Pathfinder 2 based off 5E would be an overall losing proposition for them. First off, they are making tons of money from Pathfinder. They have little reason to abandon it at the moment (bird in the hand vs two in the bush.) Second making a clone of 5E would have to content with all the momentum 5E has going for it. They would have to convert existing 5E players and doing so in large quantities is quite difficult. If anything the OGL for 5E stands to bring Paizo and other third parties back into the fold. Why not convert some adventures to 5E? Recycle some content, make some money. [/QUOTE]
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