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<blockquote data-quote="Glyfair" data-source="post: 3353909" data-attributes="member: 53">Look at it from the WotC POV.&nbsp; Why should they spend effort getting new people into their presumed 3rd place setting?&nbsp; If their market research is accurate they could spend their effort getting new fans into Eberron and Forgotten Realms and not have to divert major resources to the 3rd place setting.Now, I'm sure there are people questioning the market research.&nbsp; Some of them feel that Greyhawk is much more popular than that.&nbsp; I think that it might be, but not for WotC's purposes.&nbsp; They are concerned with selling products.&nbsp; I think a significant percentage of Greyhawk's fan base are not going to be interested in buying a 3rd edition product.&nbsp; They are playing with other versions of D&amp;D (or maybe some of the D&amp;D variations floating around now).&nbsp;&nbsp; They aren't realistically potential customers for future WotC Greyhawk products (at least long term).In fact, there is historical precedence for this.&nbsp; How many times were there attempts to resurrect Greyhawk that failed to generate long term success?&nbsp; I know that both TSR &amp; WotC made at least one attempt.&nbsp; The Living Greyhawk Journal failed to last much more than a year and might count (although there are many side issues in this case).Still, it's obvious that WotC hasn't given up and is still periodically putting feelers out.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Glyfair, post: 3353909, member: 53"] Look at it from the WotC POV. Why should they spend effort getting new people into their presumed 3rd place setting? If their market research is accurate they could spend their effort getting new fans into Eberron and Forgotten Realms and not have to divert major resources to the 3rd place setting. Now, I'm sure there are people questioning the market research. Some of them feel that Greyhawk is much more popular than that. I think that it might be, but not for WotC's purposes. They are concerned with selling products. I think a significant percentage of Greyhawk's fan base are not going to be interested in buying a 3rd edition product. They are playing with other versions of D&D (or maybe some of the D&D variations floating around now). They aren't realistically potential customers for future WotC Greyhawk products (at least long term). In fact, there is historical precedence for this. How many times were there attempts to resurrect Greyhawk that failed to generate long term success? I know that both TSR & WotC made at least one attempt. The Living Greyhawk Journal failed to last much more than a year and might count (although there are many side issues in this case). Still, it's obvious that WotC hasn't given up and is still periodically putting feelers out. [/QUOTE]

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