D&D 5E (2024) Predict WotC's 2026 D&D releases

[Eyes of Nine]

It’s highly unlikely any of those games will be able to eat into D&Ds market share in any noticeable way.

Until shows like Stranger Things start referencing Daggerheart instead of D&D, those games just won’t penetrate popular culture to the point where the sales are affected.

The only thing that could kill D&D is D&D at this point, and they haven’t come close to killing the brand yet, despite what people online might have you believe.

Wait you are saying if D&D didn't release anything for a year, their sales would stay the same? I was responding to a post that was a hypothetical about D&D not releasing anything this year. That other brands would gain market share. That's different from "killing D&D". I mean, D&D didn't die when Pathfinder was number one, but Pathfinder did become number one for a while. For a while when Wotc wasn't releasing any D&D

 

[Eyes of Nine]

The fact my local game store (biggest in the area) doesn't carry any of those except Daggerheart but has a whole wall of D&D stuff anecdotally disputes that. Certainly not enough to disrupt production.

You are talking about something else - maybe you meant to respond to someone else's post?
I was suggesting if WotC didn't release any new D&D for a while, other games would gain mindshare.

 

[Eyes of Nine]

I think the more likely explanation is that with the Tariff hiccups and delays on getting the last few books out, they don't want to announce anything until they're sure they have firm ship dates.

This makes sense. Better to not announce anything, to "build" anticipation, than promise something and have to shift dates.