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<blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 5317521" data-attributes="member: 7635">For all the &quot;sky is falling&quot; rhetoric, this really does have a golden lining for WotC.* They get to stealth-implement some fixes to the Core without the fundamental re-write of a .5 edition.* They create a new subgame that benefits players three ways. An essential's player can stick with essentials only (or with new material that's essentials compatible) or upgrade/expand to 4e Classic, while a current 4e player can mix in new essentials options to taste or ignore it (Its only 6-11 products, counting tiles and dice). Either way, WotC isn't losing sales from the other camp (most essentials only players wouldn't even play classic or vice-versa) and some cross sales will help both lines.* It allows new players and lapsed players to join in, hopefully recovering a few people lost to PF and the Retro-Clone crowd. If nothing else, it gives people a big kick to see WotC embracing the iconic imagery of the game. * It makes Mearls as giddy as a schoolgirl to be talking &quot;Red Box&quot; D&amp;D again!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Remathilis, post: 5317521, member: 7635"] For all the "sky is falling" rhetoric, this really does have a golden lining for WotC. * They get to stealth-implement some fixes to the Core without the fundamental re-write of a .5 edition. * They create a new subgame that benefits players three ways. An essential's player can stick with essentials only (or with new material that's essentials compatible) or upgrade/expand to 4e Classic, while a current 4e player can mix in new essentials options to taste or ignore it (Its only 6-11 products, counting tiles and dice). Either way, WotC isn't losing sales from the other camp (most essentials only players wouldn't even play classic or vice-versa) and some cross sales will help both lines. * It allows new players and lapsed players to join in, hopefully recovering a few people lost to PF and the Retro-Clone crowd. If nothing else, it gives people a big kick to see WotC embracing the iconic imagery of the game. * It makes Mearls as giddy as a schoolgirl to be talking "Red Box" D&D again! [/QUOTE]

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