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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 5689653" data-attributes="member: 82106">Yes, but having worked for large companies I can pretty well guarantee you that some guy who was hired in at a non-management grade a year or two ago even KNOWS what the strategy might be for the product he's working on, and surely has zilch input on anything like that. Mike probably has a good bit of input, and product line/brand managers, etc. Releasing a new version ASAP as some kind of strategy to keep Joe New Guy developer in work is not really their concern.Besides, you're working on some kind of assumption like 4e is horrible bad, going down in flames, ZOMG. Actually it looks like as many people buy 4e as buy PF and there are certainly plenty of people playing it. Of course they want to sell more and no doubt they find PF to be somewhat alarming, but that doesn't mean they're desperate or feel the need to ditch their entire product and start over.Remember, it gets pretty tangled. 4e is now tied in with a bunch of board game products, novels, DDI, etc etc etc. You don't light half your game division on fire because maybe one set of books didn't do that well. Notice how they're still putting out 4e books and other products pretty frequently too. Obviously they can make money on those products or they wouldn't exist. It might not be all they could wish it to be, but it ain't cat spit.</blockquote>