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<blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 6035309" data-attributes="member: 20564"><p>I agree that they are looking for a lot of 4e customers to become Next customers, but they also have to be leery for dropping support for one system for a very different one. Especially if the old one still produces some revenue steam without any additional R&D or new production outlay.</p><p></p><p>If they have (picking random numbers) 100,000 Next-only customers, or 120,000 Next & 4e customers, why not take the 20000 extra customers * $8 per month? It can't cost them that much to keep it running without paying for new materials (authors, layout, art, etc.).</p><p></p><p>If it nets WotC some sales of 4e core books down the road from inventory, instead of saying "that could be a Next customer", thinking "We've introduced them to the D&D brand". 4e doesn't have to die for Next, and the 3.5 badmouthing that was going on as a prelude for 4e was well documented as a bad call - it's reasonable to assume they will avoid or at least minimize burning their bridges behind them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blue, post: 6035309, member: 20564"] I agree that they are looking for a lot of 4e customers to become Next customers, but they also have to be leery for dropping support for one system for a very different one. Especially if the old one still produces some revenue steam without any additional R&D or new production outlay. If they have (picking random numbers) 100,000 Next-only customers, or 120,000 Next & 4e customers, why not take the 20000 extra customers * $8 per month? It can't cost them that much to keep it running without paying for new materials (authors, layout, art, etc.). If it nets WotC some sales of 4e core books down the road from inventory, instead of saying "that could be a Next customer", thinking "We've introduced them to the D&D brand". 4e doesn't have to die for Next, and the 3.5 badmouthing that was going on as a prelude for 4e was well documented as a bad call - it's reasonable to assume they will avoid or at least minimize burning their bridges behind them. [/QUOTE]
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