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Message: <blockquote data-quote="takyris" data-source="post: 2075998" data-attributes="member: 5171">Well, in some ways, that's like asking, "Why does CBS think that they need another procedural crime drama," or "Why does Will Smith need to do another action movie?"  They've done their research, and they think that people will pay money for it.  Or, less cynically, they think that they have a new cool way to make people happy with this stuff.That's definitely the ENWorld perspective.  The Average Gamer, strange lumbering mythological beastie that he is, probably hasn't seen most of the other things, and will have trouble convincing his gaming group to try something new.  But something that's just an extension of d20 Modern, which he sold to them as just an extension of D&D, he can sell them on pretty easily.And as an end-user, I haven't loved everything WotC's done, but I've liked a lot of it a bunch.  If they put something out, I'm usually pretty sure that there's something in there of value for me.  That's not the case with a ton of other companies.  I trust them well enough to do "The Definitive XXXX" well enough that I can use their book for most of XXXX and use other folks' books for add-ons to XXXX, rather than looking at other companies for the core XXXX book.  For example, if Chuck put out "Blood and High-Falutin' Foppery, the d20 Past Guide to Duels of Honor", I'd see that as a great value-add and an excellent purchase, while I, as an end buyer, still tend to be leery of books like OGL Steampunk or other "an entire core system" books.  I've been burned once or twice and have since decided that I can reliably get quality by using WotC's core systems with add-ons from other folks (like the fantastic Blood and... systems).And yeah, it's murky, because the line between add-on and core system is shaky in some places.  But that's my opinion as the guy with a few bucks.Ooooooooh.And I'm not even a Japan fanboy.Heck, give me feudal Japan.  Give me scheming houses and disgraced houses and bloody campaigns and three different types of ninjae (the peasants fighting against oppression, the disgraced former houses fighting the folks in power, and the rogues using the mystique to strike fear into the hearts of their targets).Yeah, that would be cool.  No argument there.  At all.  That would be awesome.</blockquote>

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