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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DaveMage" data-source="post: 5320192" data-attributes="member: 10447">Have to disagree with you here.The 3.5 switch had a very real impact on a number of 3rd party publishers that killed the ability of their 3.0 products to move.  (See Atlas Games, Fantasy Bestiary for an example - Atlas was pretty much done with supporting D&D after that.  Bastion Press fell soon after as well to name a couple.)  Likewise it was reported that it very much affected game stores/distributors that were then stuck with tons of 3.0 product that they then couldn't sell at retail.I would guess that part of the reason WotC is so vehement about making sure Essentials not being seen as a new edition is the fear of extreme backlash from retailers that have loads of 4E materials if it's even perceived by the public as a new edition.Obviously, some fans were also not happy about having to buy new core rulebooks only 3 years after release of 3.0.</blockquote>