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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Andre" data-source="post: 3970020" data-attributes="member: 25930">Almost the exact same thing happened with me - a friend started playing Serenity with another group and it sounded so good, I picked up the book. Despite some critical reviews, I like what I saw of the system.I can see the argument, and for a few folks it's a real possibility. The question is: how many? I'm guessing that the numbers wouldn't even be noticeable to WOTC. First, based on the relatively low print runs for WOTC supplements vs the core books, it appears that the vast majority of D&D groups use just the core books, with - maybe - one or two other WOTC books. And far fewer groups use any non-WOTC material at all. I can see, however, that many 3E GM's will hesitate to move to 4E due to a variety of issues - lack of 4E support (as you mentioned), active 3E campaigns that are meeting their needs, or expectations that there will be a version 4.5, even if it's not called that. WOTC will not want to give such folks any reason to hold off, so they will want to discourage 3rd party publishers from continuing to support the old edition, even if such support has minimal impact on sales. And altogether, how many sales are really at issue here? I would guess that WOTC is planning to sell hundreds of thousands of core books - if a few hundred GM's wait to switch because the SRD is released late, will WOTC even notice? I'm pleased that WOTC is producing a 4E SRD - I just don't buy the argument that it will impact their sales to any measurable degree.</blockquote>

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