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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 5960224" data-attributes="member: 29398">No, audiences stay roughly the same.&nbsp; Games change, and in the case of videogames technology changes; the audience is left scrambling to keep up whether it wants to or not - some do, some don't. Which explains why I gave up on videogames many years ago...Thing is, much of TSR's old IP still&nbsp; stands up pretty well.&nbsp; I'm not quite as cynical as you seem to be about the marketing aspect - and this is coming from someone who doesn't like any WotC edition so far; they're going to have to work to get me to adopt 5e, but so far I'm at least still interested (by this point in 4e's development I'd already given up).I think you read what I wrote in about the most negative light possible on this one...your perogative, I suppose; yet I was merely trying to be fair (for once!) to those who have only ever played 4e, and stand up for them.Re: the 5e changeover:Now here I agree; my own preference would be to have all prior editions fully supported in their own right*, with perhaps a slower unification as time goes on (the simple act of writing adventures statted for all 4 editions at once would tend to gently introduce players of each edition to the others; ideas would be swiped, people would houserule, and the game might - just might - have slowly started to unify itself).* - and for some odd reason they seem to be going this route as well, at least to a point, by reprinting - and thus, one must assume, intending to support - 1e and 3.5e.&nbsp; Much as I like that they're reprinting 1e, I think they should have gone one route (a unifying edition) or the other (reprint 'em all), but not do both.Lanefan</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 5960224, member: 29398"] No, audiences stay roughly the same. Games change, and in the case of videogames technology changes; the audience is left scrambling to keep up whether it wants to or not - some do, some don't. Which explains why I gave up on videogames many years ago... Thing is, much of TSR's old IP still stands up pretty well. I'm not quite as cynical as you seem to be about the marketing aspect - and this is coming from someone who doesn't like any WotC edition so far; they're going to have to work to get me to adopt 5e, but so far I'm at least still interested (by this point in 4e's development I'd already given up). I think you read what I wrote in about the most negative light possible on this one...your perogative, I suppose; yet I was merely trying to be fair (for once!) to those who have only ever played 4e, and stand up for them. Re: the 5e changeover: Now here I agree; my own preference would be to have [B]all[/B] prior editions fully supported in their own right*, with perhaps a slower unification as time goes on (the simple act of writing adventures statted for all 4 editions at once would tend to gently introduce players of each edition to the others; ideas would be swiped, people would houserule, and the game might - just might - have slowly started to unify itself). * - and for some odd reason they seem to be going this route as well, at least to a point, by reprinting - and thus, one must assume, intending to support - 1e and 3.5e. Much as I like that they're reprinting 1e, I think they should have gone one route (a unifying edition) or the other (reprint 'em all), but not do both. Lanefan [/QUOTE]

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