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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 4424549" data-attributes="member: 19675">Honestly?  Very few...unless this edition change turns into this industry's New Coke.I don't know.  Some books I use to death- many of my 1Ed books have masking tape along their spines.  I've also lost some to fire, flood and theft.No, but it does answer the root question "Why?"Nobody said the answer had to be rational, just true.See, that sounds "edition war-ish"- there are many people who don't think that 3.X is a bad idea at all, and feel of 4Ed the way some feel of 3.X (IOW, its not good). My internet friend, I'm still trying to recreate the recipes of Dallas area restaurants that went out of business as much as 13 years ago.  Estella closed her eponymous restaurant because she was tired and hitting her late 60's.  Slattery Rand's Irish Pub closed because the owner didn't pay taxes.(Ditto Chez Helene of New Orleans, once voted one of the 10 best neigborhood restaurants in the world.)Businesses fail for reasons other than lack of customers.I saw Blue Oyster Cult live on stage at a club in Austin, long after their last studio release.  There are countless "doo-wop" bands still touring.A good band can make a living on the road.The point?While no longer commercially viable as a mass market product, many things can be commercially viable if targeted at their core market- never underestimate the economic power of the nostalgia factor.I'm actually not suggesting that- I was merely answering the question.However, the answer is still that they could do so and economically should do so as long as the product is successful (IOW, brings in more revenue than it costs to produce), and does not cannibalize sales of the newer product.After all, nobody's taking "Dark Side of the Moon" off of the market, are they?And I'm not just talking out of my hat- there are formulae you can find in business texts that not only suggest that you do so, but also allow you to calculate the exact cutoff point."Out of sight, out of mind" isn't just a saying, its a cliche formulation of a real truth.  George Orwell knew this when he penned 1984.I'm a Mac user.  I like computer games.  I don't own many, but those I do own I enjoy.However, every year I find some game or the other that I didn't buy because I didn't even know it existed, usually when someone points out the existence of cheat codes for the Mac version.And that's even with shopping the main Mac software sites.A buddy of mine worked for the company that produced 4x4 Evo, its seqeul, and Fly.Some sites had one or 2 of the games.  None had all 3.So, yes, it would definitely be easier to find 3.X gamers if 3.X as long as 3.X remains in the first-run RPG market (as opposed to used-book or internet resale).</blockquote>

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