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<blockquote data-quote="BASHMAN" data-source="post: 3849939" data-attributes="member: 8277">Actually to me it sounds like they are intentionally trying to &quot;freeze out&quot; some of the 3rd party &quot;competition&quot; and re-establish some sort of monopoly.&nbsp; If 3rd party publishers don't have any products for 4e at launch they'll die (especially the smaller ones).&nbsp; If they have to wait for 4e to be released like anybody else, they've got a long, long profitless wait before they can publish 4e material.&nbsp; To WotC-- this would be a good thing-- make Wizards THE company, while others must publish (something other than 4e successfully) or perish.&nbsp; At launch, the ONLY source of 4e stuff will be WotC-- I believe this is the plan.&nbsp; They've already stated that an SRD won't be available for many months after launch, and I suspect they may even decide not to launch one, or make it cost money.&nbsp; (And, I am not trying to say WotC is evil, just that I suspect this is what they're up to).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BASHMAN, post: 3849939, member: 8277"] Actually to me it sounds like they are intentionally trying to "freeze out" some of the 3rd party "competition" and re-establish some sort of monopoly. If 3rd party publishers don't have any products for 4e at launch they'll die (especially the smaller ones). If they have to wait for 4e to be released like anybody else, they've got a long, long profitless wait before they can publish 4e material. To WotC-- this would be a good thing-- make Wizards THE company, while others must publish (something other than 4e successfully) or perish. At launch, the ONLY source of 4e stuff will be WotC-- I believe this is the plan. They've already stated that an SRD won't be available for many months after launch, and I suspect they may even decide not to launch one, or make it cost money. (And, I am not trying to say WotC is evil, just that I suspect this is what they're up to). [/QUOTE]

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