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<blockquote data-quote="overgeeked" data-source="post: 8950642" data-attributes="member: 86653"><p>It’s certainly possible and to be hoped for, if for no other reason than the health of the hobby and industry. </p><p></p><p>They’re making a new game yes, but their reputation was made by being big 5E supporters. I’m not sure about the numbers, but I don’t know if they’ll be able to keep up as they have without the 5E numbers. I hope they can. But we often wildly underestimate just how dominant D&D is. This whole thing certainly lead to a big group of people looking at other stuff, but how big? how diffuse? and how prolonged with their exodus be? </p><p></p><p>That’s the rub. And that’s why WotC dropped 5.1 into CC-BY. To end the conversation and to give the industry even more reason to make 5E-focused products. A lot of companies only stay afloat because of their 5E products. I doubt a lot of them are going to be very interested in walking away from that to make something new. Especially now. </p><p></p><p>I would be over the moon if D&D stopped strangling the industry. But that’s where the money is. It’s a business decision.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="overgeeked, post: 8950642, member: 86653"] It’s certainly possible and to be hoped for, if for no other reason than the health of the hobby and industry. They’re making a new game yes, but their reputation was made by being big 5E supporters. I’m not sure about the numbers, but I don’t know if they’ll be able to keep up as they have without the 5E numbers. I hope they can. But we often wildly underestimate just how dominant D&D is. This whole thing certainly lead to a big group of people looking at other stuff, but how big? how diffuse? and how prolonged with their exodus be? That’s the rub. And that’s why WotC dropped 5.1 into CC-BY. To end the conversation and to give the industry even more reason to make 5E-focused products. A lot of companies only stay afloat because of their 5E products. I doubt a lot of them are going to be very interested in walking away from that to make something new. Especially now. I would be over the moon if D&D stopped strangling the industry. But that’s where the money is. It’s a business decision. [/QUOTE]
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