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<blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 8619167" data-attributes="member: 18"><p>I mean, that's one interpretation. I don't think it's &quot;proof&quot; or the only interpretation. I think equally until the last few years there wasn't much of an appetite to invest in D&amp;D, and the popularity took them by surprise. I suspect that ever since that happened they've been looking at new settings, because Winninger implied they'd rejected a few (IIRC), but just hadn't found the right one. Indeed he was somewhat circumspect even in talking about the fact that they did have one now, and seemed to indicate it might not make the cut. So it seems like whilst playing to nostalgia and using D&amp;D as a cross-marketing tool was an initial goal with 5E (as an &quot;apology edition&quot; - note Blizzard are doing a similar &quot;apology expansion&quot; with World of Warcraft after deviating too far from what people actually enjoyed with that game), and they're still interested in that, they are interested in doing more and have been for at least a little while.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Ruin Explorer, post: 8619167, member: 18"] I mean, that's one interpretation. I don't think it's "proof" or the only interpretation. I think equally until the last few years there wasn't much of an appetite to invest in D&D, and the popularity took them by surprise. I suspect that ever since that happened they've been looking at new settings, because Winninger implied they'd rejected a few (IIRC), but just hadn't found the right one. Indeed he was somewhat circumspect even in talking about the fact that they did have one now, and seemed to indicate it might not make the cut. So it seems like whilst playing to nostalgia and using D&D as a cross-marketing tool was an initial goal with 5E (as an "apology edition" - note Blizzard are doing a similar "apology expansion" with World of Warcraft after deviating too far from what people actually enjoyed with that game), and they're still interested in that, they are interested in doing more and have been for at least a little while. [/QUOTE]

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