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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kramodlog" data-source="post: 6559821" data-attributes="member: 55961">3.5 may have lasted longer because designers started working on 4e in 2005. If a revision for 3.5 was in the works it was dropped for an entire new edition and a new business model. Those came from competitive pressures (World of Warcraft was launched in 2004 and it drained a lot customers) and a new VP at Hasbro*. You'll notice 3.5 products post 2005 are experimental. Tome of Magic, Tome of Battle, MM 4 and MM 5, PHB 2, DMG 2... They are also rushed and need more developement and playtesting. The inconsistency comes from 4e. When it busted, after more of less 3 and half years, nothing came after it for 2 years. A first for a long time when it came to publishing D&D. 1e, 2e, 3e, 3.5 and 4e all followed each other without much of a pause between them. D&D was literally shelved after 4e. If 5e busts, I'm sure D&D will be shelved until Hasbro wins the movie rights. If it wins. It has the potential to got to the supreme court. That can take years. *This is talked about in some articles on available on ENworld.</blockquote>