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<blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 6047957" data-attributes="member: 82106"><p>Eh, I'm not sure that's the division really. There are IMHO 2 groups of people. Those who are playing older editions and people who are playing the current edition. Some of the current edition people will join the 'previous editions' group when DDN comes out, but perhaps some others will move to the new edition from old ones. Generally I think there's a substantial group of players who will either play the current edition or not play D&D, that's group 1. Group 2 are just people who are happy with what they play now, they might go on to the newest because they like it or their friends get them to, but they don't care if it is newest.</p><p></p><p>Group 1 are the people that buy lots of books for each edition. They might decide they dislike some edition and GO AWAY, or they might just join group 2, but basically they like to play a currently supported game and are probably fairly active players. They are into the activity and community and being current is a part of their thing. Keeping them interested always requires a flow of new (and probably reasonable quality) current material that caters to their tastes.</p><p></p><p>Group 2 can indeed just bop along on its own, and increasingly self produces material (you can get loads of brand new AD&D adventures these days for instance). They might also buy some original material from WotC. There's no reason to suspect they don't enjoy new supplements and adventures, they just want them for their game of choice. They MIGHT get the newest edition, maybe, but only if it is similar to what they like now. Because there are so many different niches here it is hard for a WotC to produce anything new for them profitably, and I doubt they ever will. Clearly though they will start reprinting, though I doubt they will reprint more than a few of the most popular and thus still easily available books. Obscure stuff might show up in PDF form though, which would be nice.</p><p></p><p>The question is what sort of game would appeal to all these people? It is hard to see why ANY one new game would appeal to all of group 2 broadly. They have many similar D&Ds to use already, but choose the one they like. A new one is not likely to be exactly like what they have. They might change their minds but most won't at this point. The best you can hope to do is get them curious enough to buy the first book, which 4e did quite well (PHB1 being the best selling D&D book ever apparently). That doesn't make a successful product though. As for group 1, they're going to want a game that caters to their general tastes and is a good game in their eyes. The problem WotC has now is they have PF and 4e fans to cater to and the two are NOT going to agree. As it stands right now DDN is pretty much not going to cut it with 4e fans. PERSONALLY, I'll just stick with 4e. I wouldn't want to be Mike Mearls is all I can say.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AbdulAlhazred, post: 6047957, member: 82106"] Eh, I'm not sure that's the division really. There are IMHO 2 groups of people. Those who are playing older editions and people who are playing the current edition. Some of the current edition people will join the 'previous editions' group when DDN comes out, but perhaps some others will move to the new edition from old ones. Generally I think there's a substantial group of players who will either play the current edition or not play D&D, that's group 1. Group 2 are just people who are happy with what they play now, they might go on to the newest because they like it or their friends get them to, but they don't care if it is newest. Group 1 are the people that buy lots of books for each edition. They might decide they dislike some edition and GO AWAY, or they might just join group 2, but basically they like to play a currently supported game and are probably fairly active players. They are into the activity and community and being current is a part of their thing. Keeping them interested always requires a flow of new (and probably reasonable quality) current material that caters to their tastes. Group 2 can indeed just bop along on its own, and increasingly self produces material (you can get loads of brand new AD&D adventures these days for instance). They might also buy some original material from WotC. There's no reason to suspect they don't enjoy new supplements and adventures, they just want them for their game of choice. They MIGHT get the newest edition, maybe, but only if it is similar to what they like now. Because there are so many different niches here it is hard for a WotC to produce anything new for them profitably, and I doubt they ever will. Clearly though they will start reprinting, though I doubt they will reprint more than a few of the most popular and thus still easily available books. Obscure stuff might show up in PDF form though, which would be nice. The question is what sort of game would appeal to all these people? It is hard to see why ANY one new game would appeal to all of group 2 broadly. They have many similar D&Ds to use already, but choose the one they like. A new one is not likely to be exactly like what they have. They might change their minds but most won't at this point. The best you can hope to do is get them curious enough to buy the first book, which 4e did quite well (PHB1 being the best selling D&D book ever apparently). That doesn't make a successful product though. As for group 1, they're going to want a game that caters to their general tastes and is a good game in their eyes. The problem WotC has now is they have PF and 4e fans to cater to and the two are NOT going to agree. As it stands right now DDN is pretty much not going to cut it with 4e fans. PERSONALLY, I'll just stick with 4e. I wouldn't want to be Mike Mearls is all I can say. [/QUOTE]
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