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<blockquote data-quote="teitan" data-source="post: 8216266" data-attributes="member: 3457"><p>this is not the same issue as it was when 4e came out. Back then 3.5 still dominated the market and people & companies were blindsided by the 4e announcement. I mean sure, speculation was always rampant but that happens all the time anyway. There is even a prominent D&D YouTuber who is posting spec videos on that and everything is evidence. Now? Or even 2019 when 2e came out? Not so much. While it appears the RPG market has grown its really D&D 5e has grown and the tide slightly rose for everyone else. 3.5 is also no longer the most popular version of the game and PF1 was extremely long in the tooth. </p><p></p><p></p><p>lots of buzz on Abomination Vaults. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>every rpg ever. A second edition always fractures a market for a period of time and some will never come back. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Continuing to support 3.5 or similar games is not the concern, most of the D20 publishers have moved on to their own systems or publish materials to support 5e and the fact is 3rd Party support isn’t all that important, even for 5e. It makes minimal impact on sales and doesn’t benefit Paizo (in the case of PF) or WOTC with 5e. Not anywhere near the levels it did in the D20 era. It’s more of a nice thing that fans like.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="teitan, post: 8216266, member: 3457"] this is not the same issue as it was when 4e came out. Back then 3.5 still dominated the market and people & companies were blindsided by the 4e announcement. I mean sure, speculation was always rampant but that happens all the time anyway. There is even a prominent D&D YouTuber who is posting spec videos on that and everything is evidence. Now? Or even 2019 when 2e came out? Not so much. While it appears the RPG market has grown its really D&D 5e has grown and the tide slightly rose for everyone else. 3.5 is also no longer the most popular version of the game and PF1 was extremely long in the tooth. lots of buzz on Abomination Vaults. every rpg ever. A second edition always fractures a market for a period of time and some will never come back. Continuing to support 3.5 or similar games is not the concern, most of the D20 publishers have moved on to their own systems or publish materials to support 5e and the fact is 3rd Party support isn’t all that important, even for 5e. It makes minimal impact on sales and doesn’t benefit Paizo (in the case of PF) or WOTC with 5e. Not anywhere near the levels it did in the D20 era. It’s more of a nice thing that fans like. [/QUOTE]
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