Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Rygar" data-source="post: 6280215" data-attributes="member: 6756765">Pulling the thread back a little bit...I'm pretty confident that's *exactly* what they're doing.&nbsp; I strongly suspect that 5th edition is meant to be an on-shelf entry point and nothing more.&nbsp; I strongly suspect WOTC intends to &quot;Unify&quot; the player base by treating every edition as if it's in print,&nbsp; because you'd have to be insane to think you can unify all of the other players any other way.Look at WOTC's statements this past year.&nbsp; Paraphrased,&nbsp; &quot;We don't care which edition you play&quot;,&nbsp; &quot;We're not trying to compete with Pathfinder&quot;,&nbsp; &quot;We don't care if we're number one in [ICV2] sales&quot;.&nbsp; Let's be honest,&nbsp; those statements would give suits and marketing staff strokes.&nbsp; Unless there's a reason and a motive behind it.WOTC's going to announce their intention to support every edition going forward with conversion notes and/or edition neutral material.&nbsp; It's the only thing that makes sense given what they've said,&nbsp; and honestly it's the only viable business plan at this stage.&nbsp; Especially in light of the comments about keeping 4th edition in print,&nbsp; which makes no sense because it wasn't a big enough customer base to support the edition when it was &quot;The&quot; edition,&nbsp; why continue to sell it alongside 5th edition?I'm strongly of the opinion that 5th edition's purpose is to provide an entry point,&nbsp; and perhaps a &quot;Merge lane&quot; where the different edition's players could play together if they wished without have to fight about which edition they'll play.I think WOTC has a couple of aces up their sleeve they haven't played yet.&nbsp; I'm guessing it'll be revealed at Gencon but I suppose PAX is possible given it's popularity these days.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rygar, post: 6280215, member: 6756765"] Pulling the thread back a little bit... I'm pretty confident that's *exactly* what they're doing. I strongly suspect that 5th edition is meant to be an on-shelf entry point and nothing more. I strongly suspect WOTC intends to "Unify" the player base by treating every edition as if it's in print, because you'd have to be insane to think you can unify all of the other players any other way. Look at WOTC's statements this past year. Paraphrased, "We don't care which edition you play", "We're not trying to compete with Pathfinder", "We don't care if we're number one in [ICV2] sales". Let's be honest, those statements would give suits and marketing staff strokes. Unless there's a reason and a motive behind it. WOTC's going to announce their intention to support every edition going forward with conversion notes and/or edition neutral material. It's the only thing that makes sense given what they've said, and honestly it's the only viable business plan at this stage. Especially in light of the comments about keeping 4th edition in print, which makes no sense because it wasn't a big enough customer base to support the edition when it was "The" edition, why continue to sell it alongside 5th edition? I'm strongly of the opinion that 5th edition's purpose is to provide an entry point, and perhaps a "Merge lane" where the different edition's players could play together if they wished without have to fight about which edition they'll play. I think WOTC has a couple of aces up their sleeve they haven't played yet. I'm guessing it'll be revealed at Gencon but I suppose PAX is possible given it's popularity these days. [/QUOTE]

Verification