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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rygar" data-source="post: 6428618" data-attributes="member: 6756765">I wouldn't recommend trying to figure out the release schedule yet.  It's pretty obvious that the marketing plan for 5th edition was "We'll give you the money for the first three books,  and if those sell better than 4th edition did then we can talk future budgeting".  This is obvious because...-For the release of 5th edition they had someone else write their launch adventure (Shows limited budget and little faith in ROI)-After two years since the announcement of 5th edition they still can't state what settings are in,  this is a decision that can be done in a one hour meeting since they already know how all of these lines sell.  (Shows limited budget and a marketing plan that hinged on launch sales)-After two years since the announcement of 5th edition they still can't state what the OGL is.  (Shows little investment in a marketing plan so they can only have been going with "Lets see how the first three books sell")-Dungeon and Dragon are tied to a format that appears to have plateaued at a low penetration rate that is most frequently used on a platform that retailers are describing as tanking in sales,  while ignoring the fact that their closest competitor not only took their old product and beat them over the head with it,  but they did it while successfully using subscriptions for printed material.  (Shows no faith in the product line by administration,  especially since they're Wizards of the Coast and most printers would likely do the two magazines at or below cost just to get the Mtg contract) It looks to me like there was very little investment beyond the first three books,  not enough faith in the product line to plan beyond those three books,  and not even enough faith in the product line to hire people to write the launch adventures.  It also looks to me like 5th edition exceeded expectations by a wide margin and it is very likely that plans for the product line are being reassessed.  Hence the cancellation of Dungeonscape,  because seriously,  look at MTGO,  they have a history of moving forward with catastrophically bad software,  for them to cancel Dungeonscape almost certainly means that plans are changing drastically.</blockquote>

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