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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 7823493" data-attributes="member: 996">I suspect they could.  WotC has shown a clear unwillingness to go certain places with 5e.  Paizo, with the rep they earned doing PF1, could have gone those places, taking 5e there for those who wanted it.  It might have been lucrative, it might even have turned them into a headspace leader, even though market leader was doubtless off the table.Yes, but the 5e pace of releases is so slow, that hardly seems a burden. Throw them a party? Farm out more stuff to them?  They'd essentially be on the same team, at that point, Paizo supplements selling super-well would only further drive sales of the 5e core and further cement the dominance of the D&D brand. Might not be best for the hobby or all the fans or artistically inspiring, but from a business PoV, what's not to like about success?What happened time before last?  The market is WotC's to lose, not Paizo's to win. Each time WotC changes direction, rolls a rev, there's a chance they'll blow it.But, ultimately, those decisions hurt WotC, why would they repeat such mistakes when they're doing so well?</blockquote>