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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Stalker0" data-source="post: 4085725" data-attributes="member: 5889">This is actually a good question. We all know that WOTC makes most of its dnd money off of the core books. While that's not the only way to go, apparently its been more profitable than doing adventurers and things of that nature.They need to continue to make money, so they need to sell more books. Supplements often sell well, but also have the problem of increasing rules bloat. There comes a tipping point when either you continue to push the system with supplements or try to push for a new set of core books.In other words 4e.Now people will scream that that's a bad thing, but its not. Competition breeds excellence. The designers at WOTC know they have to make a good system to compete with their already good one. And let's face it, we gamers are downright demanding. We pay a paltry fee for our hobby (and yes, $200 every few months are so is paltry compared to many hobbies, try model airplanes, or Warhammer 40K) and we absolutely demand perfection.Hopefully 4e will bring us some of that perfection.But the question I quoted in the beginning is a very important point. For dnd (as an organized company and not just a bunch of scattered people playing) to survive, new editions are required every so often. In that respect, each new edition is necessary for the good of all.</blockquote>