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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Malmuria" data-source="post: 8644787" data-attributes="member: 7030755">People who will purchase the 2024 revision<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">some % of core fans, either people who just purchase everything or most everything dnd, or because they like the revisions ("finally, a good ranger!" etc)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">new players: after 2024, the new core books will be the version available for purchase, and thus the main audience for these books are not existing players, but new ones</li> </ul>People who will not purchase the 2024 books<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">existing casual players who at most currently own a phb.  This is a large segment of the player base.  For example in my group, maybe half of the players actually own a phb, and I'm probably the only one who has a few other books. These players may very well end up playing with the revised rules, but only because the invested members (e.g. the DM) will have bought the new version</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">core fans who are unhappy or unimpressed with the (probably minimal) revisions</li> </ul>In sum: the main audience is a) brand new players and b) existing DMs.Sure...but it is a bit curious with something as low tech as a ttrpg.  As you mention, there are people happily playing OD&D, Basic, 1e-4e, which is easy to do because all you need are your old books, which are still available in a variety of formats.  I mean, every few years apple introduces new ports on their computers, which means that you have to get dongles for all your peripheral devices (and eventually new devices).  Or, entire software platforms disappear or change in a way that makes it so that you have to spent a ton of time migrating all your data elsewhere.  Comparatively, a ttrpg edition change is not much of an inconvenience.</blockquote>

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