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<blockquote data-quote="wingsandsword" data-source="post: 4090397" data-attributes="member: 14159">Or, on the other hand, there are those who believe the current model of D&amp;D releasing a new edition that completely rewrites the game from the ground up every five to ten years is inherently flawed.I know several people IRL that have forsaken 4e the moment they heard about it, longtime veteran D&amp;D players, and don't care one whit about what it is or how good it might be, they are offended enough at the very concept of Planned Obsolescence in RPGs to look at an edition that they see as nothing but a money grab.&nbsp; I know one, one of my best friends, who only converted to 3e under protest under this logic, and declared when 3.5 came out he was refusing to ever play any later editions, and he's sticking to it.&nbsp; I know another who had played 1e since it came out, and only reluctantly upgraded the group she DM'ed straight to 3.5, but at hearing they were releasing 4e she put her foot down, she'd played 1e for 25 years, and she'll play 3.5 with her friends and family for a couple more decades at least, probably the rest of her life.&nbsp; There are a lot of D&amp;D players that are still out there playing old editions, and inherently reject the idea of new editions being necessary.I guess it comes down to, for a lot of people, you have the job of selling them on the need for a new edition, and then once you've got that, you then have to sell them on a new edition that meets their needs and wants in D&amp;D.&nbsp; I know for a lot of people the fact that it's the newest edition is enough to sell them on D&amp;D 4e, but for other gamers it's much more of a question of &quot;why should we buy this?&quot;&nbsp; instead of &quot;Why shouldn't we buy this?&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wingsandsword, post: 4090397, member: 14159"] Or, on the other hand, there are those who believe the current model of D&D releasing a new edition that completely rewrites the game from the ground up every five to ten years is inherently flawed. I know several people IRL that have forsaken 4e the moment they heard about it, longtime veteran D&D players, and don't care one whit about what it is or how good it might be, they are offended enough at the very concept of Planned Obsolescence in RPGs to look at an edition that they see as nothing but a money grab. I know one, one of my best friends, who only converted to 3e under protest under this logic, and declared when 3.5 came out he was refusing to ever play any later editions, and he's sticking to it. I know another who had played 1e since it came out, and only reluctantly upgraded the group she DM'ed straight to 3.5, but at hearing they were releasing 4e she put her foot down, she'd played 1e for 25 years, and she'll play 3.5 with her friends and family for a couple more decades at least, probably the rest of her life. There are a lot of D&D players that are still out there playing old editions, and inherently reject the idea of new editions being necessary. I guess it comes down to, for a lot of people, you have the job of selling them on the need for a new edition, and then once you've got that, you then have to sell them on a new edition that meets their needs and wants in D&D. I know for a lot of people the fact that it's the newest edition is enough to sell them on D&D 4e, but for other gamers it's much more of a question of "why should we buy this?" instead of "Why shouldn't we buy this?". [/QUOTE]

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