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<blockquote data-quote="Calico_Jack73" data-source="post: 3925932" data-attributes="member: 14403">You've kind of contradicted yourself a bit.Yes, folks like me who've been playing for 20+ years have the greatest disposable income for the market.&nbsp; Never forget that gaming is entertainment and a business.&nbsp; Businesses exist to make money.&nbsp; If I were a business executive would I worry about attracting new, young players who don't exactly have money to burn or do I market to the 30+ year old crowd who has the money?&nbsp; It isn't like the &quot;grognard&quot; customer base is going anywhere... they are going to continue to progress in their careers and thus make more money which in turn they are more likely to spend on more games if I market the product to them.&nbsp; I'll give you an example... Star Trek.Paramount has been working that &quot;Product Line&quot; since before I was born and it still is one of their tentpole &quot;products&quot;.&nbsp; They've done a masterful job of incorporating new material and ideas into the existing universe.&nbsp; The main point to take away from Paramount is that they have made their product &quot;Backwards Compatable&quot; so to speak.&nbsp; This way they've been attracting new fans and keeping the old ones.I think one of the reasons why there has been so much trash-talk among the grognards (myself included) is that we don't see much in the way of &quot;Backwards Compatability&quot;.&nbsp; With each new edition the game looks less and less like what we remember.&nbsp; 2e was for the most part compatible with 1e.&nbsp; 3.X was a further departure but there were still some things that hearkened back to 1e &amp; 2e.&nbsp; 4e appears to be such a large departure that it no longer resembles the game that we loved.&nbsp; It would be like titling a new movie &quot;Star Trek&quot; but showing &quot;Star Wars&quot;.&nbsp; Star Wars may be a good movie and all but dang-it we paid to see Star Trek.&nbsp; The movie would be Star Trek in name only... just like the new edition appears to be &quot;Dungeons &amp; Dragons&quot; in name only.&nbsp; At least that is my take on it.Hopefully I didn't lose anybody...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Calico_Jack73, post: 3925932, member: 14403"] You've kind of contradicted yourself a bit. Yes, folks like me who've been playing for 20+ years have the greatest disposable income for the market. Never forget that gaming is entertainment and a business. Businesses exist to make money. If I were a business executive would I worry about attracting new, young players who don't exactly have money to burn or do I market to the 30+ year old crowd who has the money? It isn't like the "grognard" customer base is going anywhere... they are going to continue to progress in their careers and thus make more money which in turn they are more likely to spend on more games if I market the product to them. I'll give you an example... Star Trek. Paramount has been working that "Product Line" since before I was born and it still is one of their tentpole "products". They've done a masterful job of incorporating new material and ideas into the existing universe. The main point to take away from Paramount is that they have made their product "Backwards Compatable" so to speak. This way they've been attracting new fans and keeping the old ones. I think one of the reasons why there has been so much trash-talk among the grognards (myself included) is that we don't see much in the way of "Backwards Compatability". With each new edition the game looks less and less like what we remember. 2e was for the most part compatible with 1e. 3.X was a further departure but there were still some things that hearkened back to 1e & 2e. 4e appears to be such a large departure that it no longer resembles the game that we loved. It would be like titling a new movie "Star Trek" but showing "Star Wars". Star Wars may be a good movie and all but dang-it [B]we paid to see Star Trek[/B]. The movie would be Star Trek in name only... just like the new edition appears to be "Dungeons & Dragons" in name only. At least that is my take on it. Hopefully I didn't lose anybody... [/QUOTE]

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