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<blockquote data-quote="GreyLord" data-source="post: 9258180" data-attributes="member: 4348"><p>I don't know. I'm not sure how the revision will go over. In the past, history shows that revisions normally do not go better than the original. 2e's revision basically just foretold the end of TSR in the next little while (the Black Book revision of 2e). 4e's revision was also a precursor to the end of that edition (the essentials line). </p><p></p><p>The most succesful of the revisions would probably be 3.5 and I wouldn't say that revitalized the line so much as just did not kill it.</p><p></p><p>On the otherhand, too often they move to kill the sacred cow before it is time. 5e is still doing relatively well (compared to other rpgs and other systems at the same lifepoint of their game), so killing it doesn't make a ton of sense to me. At the same time, it could suffer the same problem the Wii-U did. People won't see it as an actual change or anything to spur them on to buy it like they would if it was an actual edition change.</p><p></p><p>Like anything, it's a risk. I'm not sure how it will turn out. It could be a massive success. I expect it will be more of a minor success that either continues 5e onwards for 3-5 years, or be a precursor to the end in which case Hasbro will want to rush out a new edition in 2-3 years. Either way I expect a bump in sales when it is released. It's what comes about a year later that will probably show how successful it actually is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GreyLord, post: 9258180, member: 4348"] I don't know. I'm not sure how the revision will go over. In the past, history shows that revisions normally do not go better than the original. 2e's revision basically just foretold the end of TSR in the next little while (the Black Book revision of 2e). 4e's revision was also a precursor to the end of that edition (the essentials line). The most succesful of the revisions would probably be 3.5 and I wouldn't say that revitalized the line so much as just did not kill it. On the otherhand, too often they move to kill the sacred cow before it is time. 5e is still doing relatively well (compared to other rpgs and other systems at the same lifepoint of their game), so killing it doesn't make a ton of sense to me. At the same time, it could suffer the same problem the Wii-U did. People won't see it as an actual change or anything to spur them on to buy it like they would if it was an actual edition change. Like anything, it's a risk. I'm not sure how it will turn out. It could be a massive success. I expect it will be more of a minor success that either continues 5e onwards for 3-5 years, or be a precursor to the end in which case Hasbro will want to rush out a new edition in 2-3 years. Either way I expect a bump in sales when it is released. It's what comes about a year later that will probably show how successful it actually is. [/QUOTE]
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