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<blockquote data-quote="Ranger REG" data-source="post: 1422646" data-attributes="member: 533">If 4e comes out before January 1, 2010, I vow to close this chapter of my life -- the RPG hobby -- permanently ... that is, if I hadn't done it before then (been in this hobby for 20 years).As for Hasbro selling WotC, it is doubtful. Many companies entering into the TCG industry shows that WotC is a major cash cow for their TCG products, especially when they have found a pot of gold at the end of another rainbow (i.e., Duel Masters). But the first, original Trading Card Game, Magic: The Gathering have been steadily selling better than any RPG products.(Source: <a href="http://www.gamingreport.com/modules.php?op=modload&amp;name=Sections&amp;file=index&amp;req=viewarticle&amp;artid=96" target="_blank">http://www.gamingreport.com/modules.php?op=modload&amp;name=Sections&amp;file=index&amp;req=viewarticle&amp;artid=96</a>)What I'm afraid is that despite the launch of 3.5e, it didn't show any strong sale and they are losing momentum in the RPG industry. And if they continue the practice and gameplan they're on now, then they'll close up the RPG division. It is with great sorrow that we now don't have the same people that were running Wizards of Coast in the upper level as we have in 1999-2000.I still think it is a mistake to introduce the revision too early, and if they continue to ride on this road, then 2006 will see the launch of 4e, and the resentment will grow. And there will be gamers like me that will leave D&amp;D. Funny, 3e brought back many former gamers to D&amp;D, and now they may be turning them away with their business practice.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ranger REG, post: 1422646, member: 533"] If 4e comes out before January 1, 2010, I vow to close this chapter of my life -- the RPG hobby -- permanently ... that is, if I hadn't done it before then (been in this hobby for 20 years). As for Hasbro selling WotC, it is doubtful. Many companies entering into the TCG industry shows that WotC is a major cash cow for their TCG products, especially when they have found a pot of gold at the end of another rainbow (i.e., [i]Duel Masters[/i]). But the first, original Trading Card Game, [i]Magic: The Gathering[/i] have been steadily selling better than any RPG products. (Source: [url]http://www.gamingreport.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=96[/url]) What I'm afraid is that despite the launch of 3.5e, it didn't show any strong sale and they are losing momentum in the RPG industry. And if they continue the practice and gameplan they're on now, then they'll close up the RPG division. It is with great sorrow that we now don't have the same people that were running Wizards of Coast in the upper level as we have in 1999-2000. I still think it is a mistake to introduce the revision too early, and if they continue to ride on this road, then 2006 will see the launch of 4e, and the resentment will grow. And there will be gamers like me that will leave [i]D&D.[/i] Funny, 3e brought back many former gamers to [i]D&D,[/i] and now they may be turning them away with their business practice. [/QUOTE]

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