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<blockquote data-quote="barsoomcore" data-source="post: 393845" data-attributes="member: 812">What does being backward have to do with it? It's a question of value.Ryan Dancey has been pretty clear about the motives of the SRD -- to drive sales of the Player's Handbook. The PHB is the cash cow for D&amp;D. It's what TSR made practically ALL their money on. Everything else a company like WotC does is to drive sales of the PHB.Hence, the Open Gaming notion and the SRD. To make it easier for third parties to publish the &quot;support&quot; stuff that makes less money, so that more and more people will be encouraged to buy the PHB.Given that, where's the motivation for WotC to release material for other editions of the game? That will only DISCOURAGE people from buying the 3E PHB. If they can get along with lots of new material for their existing 2E or 1E PHB then why buy the new one? That strategy makes no sense.So what? Where's the value to WotC -- given that their primary goal is driving sales of the 3E PHB. What you propose would interfere with that objective and so defeats the purpose of the SRD in the first place.Again, so what? Why does WotC want a BROADER market? They want a tightly focused market, focused on the 3E PHB. You misunderstand the whole point of the SRD and the Open Gaming movement as created by Ryan Dancey and WotC.Less products for them to support, more dependence in the market on their primary product, more money for less effort. That's good business.Making EVERYONE happy -- that's almost always bad business.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="barsoomcore, post: 393845, member: 812"] What does being backward have to do with it? It's a question of value. Ryan Dancey has been pretty clear about the motives of the SRD -- to drive sales of the Player's Handbook. The PHB is the cash cow for D&D. It's what TSR made practically ALL their money on. Everything else a company like WotC does is to drive sales of the PHB. Hence, the Open Gaming notion and the SRD. To make it easier for third parties to publish the "support" stuff that makes less money, so that more and more people will be encouraged to buy the PHB. Given that, where's the motivation for WotC to release material for other editions of the game? That will only DISCOURAGE people from buying the 3E PHB. If they can get along with lots of new material for their existing 2E or 1E PHB then why buy the new one? That strategy makes no sense. So what? Where's the value to WotC -- given that their primary goal is driving sales of the 3E PHB. What you propose would interfere with that objective and so defeats the purpose of the SRD in the first place. Again, so what? Why does WotC want a BROADER market? They want a tightly focused market, focused on the 3E PHB. You misunderstand the whole point of the SRD and the Open Gaming movement as created by Ryan Dancey and WotC. Less products for them to support, more dependence in the market on their primary product, more money for less effort. That's good business. Making EVERYONE happy -- that's almost always bad business. [/QUOTE]

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