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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 5468723" data-attributes="member: 19675">Why would Coke make anything other than Coke?  Why would Chrysler make cars other than Chyslers?Because they're trying to capture market share with people who don't necessarily want Coke or Chrysler exclusive of all similar products...but who nonetheless trust those companies.That is the conventional wisdom, yes.  But conventional wisdom isn't necessarily true.  There are companies that manage to produce products that cover similar ground but still cater to different audiences- see the aforementioned Coke and Chrysler.  Even within the RPG biz, you see that this is possible.  Look at the original WoD games: while mechanical underpinnings were similar, their line of Mage, Vampire, Werewolf, Changeling, etc., were not balanced to be played with each other.  Not well, anyway.  (Later editions changed this.)As THE major player, the proverbial 800lb gorilla, WotC has the resources to pull this off...IF they properly differentiate the products, of course.WotC early on did try to release another FRPG, Everway, alongside D&D.  It failed, not because people didn't like it, but because WotC simply didn't have the cash flow to support Everway.  They also tossed Primal Order.  About the only thing they kept besides D&D were the cash-cow CCGs.  Times have changed- WotC has much deeper pockets and cash flow than they did in the early days of 3Ed.  It is entirely possible that they could have invested in and supported a non-D&D FRPG.If 4Ed were released as another product from "the makers of D&D", the rollout goes much more smoothly, since they wouldn't have felt the need to dis the previous edition, there wouldn't have been the same baggage about license cancellations (which may not have occurred), etc.</blockquote>

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