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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 1325504" data-attributes="member: 8461">I personally don't think we're going to be seeing D&D 4E anytime soon.People like to complain that Hasbro, being a big evil corporation, only wants to separate us from our money, and is simply looking for the next new product that is going to make us run to the stores and pick it up en masse.That, however, isn't giving Hasbro enough credit. These people spend huge amounts of money on market research, getting into the minds of the people they sell to. They're not going to be so foolish as to do something that would so brazenly upset the very people they want to sell to. Even if we look at this demographically, we're okay for several more years to come. AD&D 1E lasted for roughly 14 years (1974-1988) and 2E for 12 (1988-2000), so 3E has, going by the pattern shown here, until around 2010 or so, and even then you have to wonder how the revision may or may not affect that timetable.There's also one major thing that everyone seems to be forgetting here: the OGL.The d20 system is posted under the Open Gaming License, and it can't be removed. New parts are able to be added, and amended perhaps, but once something is up there, it's up there to stay. Should a 4E be released that is universally disliked, the myriad other d20 companies out there can simply keep right on using the 3/3.5 SRD.I think that the current edition of the game, although revised, is here to stay for a long while.</blockquote>

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