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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Herschel" data-source="post: 5962998" data-attributes="member: 78357">The 3E market was also insufficient, so improving on that track was needed. They quickly revised to 3.5 and still did not gain the market they wanted.  I think a big part of what "drives" this is that the never had the 1E and 2E holdovers. All those players of the original editions haven't had to give WotC a dime and are using the IP they purchased. It's part of looking back instead of moving forward. Instead of working hard to gain new customers they're trying to re-tap old ones that shunned them initially because they had what they wanted and also because there are a lot more choices today in the marketplace. It's probably somewhat akin to television. Back in the day, a show like MASH could utterly dominate American viewing because not only was it a very good show, but it only had three competitors in its time slot. Then came cable with 30 channels, then 100 channels and suddenly even a good show couldn't dominate a time slot like it used to because some viewers started watching Rachel Ray to MMA.  Some people stilll watch TV Land and syndicated old shows and the new shows don't appeal to them. Re-hashing/re-doing a show generally has not had good results in the marketplace.</blockquote>