D20 Modern: Has Wizard stopped caring about it?

[KaintheSeeker]

Just like the title says, I notice there is quite a bit of d20 modern second party stuff still coming out but the last thing I've seen come out of Wizards was months ago (d20 Dark Matter I think) and I haven't seen anything on the d20 webpage about upcoming products.

Just curious if anyone knew.

 

[Vigilance]

My sense is no.

I believe we will see a new d20 Modern at some point.

However, D&D is going to come first, so it might be a couple of years.

 

[qstor]

Hmmm...I wonder if there will be a new D20 Modern. I wonder if WOTC would bother because of sales figures. I heard it didnt sell that well.

Mike

 

[Donovan Morningfire]

Hmmm...I wonder if there will be a new D20 Modern. I wonder if WOTC would bother because of sales figures. I heard it didnt sell that well.

Mike

One of the WotC guys working on 4e mentioned that they did intend to update the d20 Modern SRD at some point down the road, but not to expect it until after 2008, since for that year their big focus is going to be, naturally enough, 4e. I believe this was mentioned first in the Modern 4e thread in this forum.

Enough WotC thinks there's enough demand for it, they'll probably produce an updated d20 Modern game. After all, the Star Wars RPG got resurrected due in no small part to demand.

 

[irdeggman]

Also WotC took the talent tree concept from d20 Modern and incorporated it into 4th ed so that should say something about it shouldn't it?

 

[pawsplay]

It's just a less profitable line and already has a cult following. They won't do anything until they have the resources available. As it diverged strongly from D&D, around about 3.25 edition, it's an odd beast, i can't imagine they would let it languish forever.

But if I were that line developer, I would worry about a few things:
- How to update it to speak D&D 4e; even if it doesn't adopt every single change, it needs to mirror it
- What to do with the existing settings
- How to get more settings for it
- Ways to market it to D&D players

 

[Arashi Ravenblade]

I personally think its dead. I hope im wrong, but I dont think I am.

 

[Moon_Goddess]

It's just a less profitable line and already has a cult following. They won't do anything until they have the resources available. As it diverged strongly from D&D, around about 3.25 edition, it's an odd beast, i can't imagine they would let it languish forever.

But if I were that line developer, I would worry about a few things:
- How to update it to speak D&D 4e; even if it doesn't adopt every single change, it needs to mirror it
- What to do with the existing settings
- How to get more settings for it
- Ways to market it to D&D players

Problem is as you stated it has a cult following...

You want to sell to that group while picking up new customers.

I for one wouldn't buy Modern 2.0 if it were marketed to D&D players and I know others who feel the same.

 

[Armadillo]

Supposedly, WotC will have an announcement on d20M sometime later this year.

 

[JPL]

Supposedly, WotC will have an announcement on d20M sometime later this year.

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