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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 9650328" data-attributes="member: 177">D&D, in this scenario, probably looks like the rest of the RPG market.  Various publishers each try to snag their own chunk of the now-unsupported player base, resulting in a balkanized collection of vaguely similar games with smallish followings, as well as some scattered folks continuing to put material out for the core ruleset for a while.  But, the central shared experience of the RPG hobby dissipates, leaving not a whole lot of reason for anyone to continue to support that core.  I expect that the RPG hobby, in general, would contract quite a bit over time, as the major entry point for most of the people into the hobby goes away.  No company has sufficient budget to do significant outreach to keep RPGs in the minds of potential new players.  Overall contraction of the market means RPG publishing of all kinds contracts.</blockquote>