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<blockquote data-quote="embee" data-source="post: 8186633" data-attributes="member: 7026827">And this is why I take declarations of &quot;Well, I won't buy 6e if it doesn't have X&quot; with a grain of salt. WOTC has been in the business for three decades. They didn't just fall off of the turnip truck. They know (a) when an edition is tapped out and (b) scifi and fantasy fans talk a big game but they come around eventually.They hit a real sweet spot with 5e. They put out a pair of really good beginner boxes and have been tracking gameplay data to see what players are actually playing. 5e falls apart at very high level play. But that doesn't really matter all that much as most PCs retire by level 15. There isn't a lot of that high level play. And the truth is that high level play doesn't sell PHBs. Starter boxes sell PHBs. They have a really nice machine running right now. The starter boxes grab entry level players. That sells the core three. And from there, they can sell that player a few modules and maybe a sourcebook or two. If that is all the player buys before putting away the game, that's fine. WOTC can turn a tidy profit off of that. And if not, each module has up to a year of gameplay in it. I'm not seeing a reason for WOTC to mess with 5e. A lot of newer players don't have a couple editions under their belt and might be turned off by the notion of needing to reinvest in a new edition. One thing that I suspect WOTC has learned from video games is that backwards-compatibility and future-proofing are key selling points. No one wants to buy into something that isn't going to be supported in a couple of years. If and when 6e comes out, it may very well just be Advanced 5e. Better to build onto than to rebuild.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="embee, post: 8186633, member: 7026827"] And this is why I take declarations of "Well, I won't buy 6e if it doesn't have X" with a grain of salt. WOTC has been in the business for three decades. They didn't just fall off of the turnip truck. They know (a) when an edition is tapped out and (b) scifi and fantasy fans talk a big game but they come around eventually. They hit a real sweet spot with 5e. They put out a pair of really good beginner boxes and have been tracking gameplay data to see what players are actually playing. 5e falls apart at very high level play. But that doesn't really matter all that much as most PCs retire by level 15. There isn't a lot of that high level play. And the truth is that high level play doesn't sell PHBs. Starter boxes sell PHBs. They have a really nice machine running right now. The starter boxes grab entry level players. That sells the core three. And from there, they can sell that player a few modules and maybe a sourcebook or two. If that is all the player buys before putting away the game, that's fine. WOTC can turn a tidy profit off of that. And if not, each module has up to a year of gameplay in it. I'm not seeing a reason for WOTC to mess with 5e. A lot of newer players don't have a couple editions under their belt and might be turned off by the notion of needing to reinvest in a new edition. One thing that I suspect WOTC has learned from video games is that backwards-compatibility and future-proofing are key selling points. No one wants to buy into something that isn't going to be supported in a couple of years. If and when 6e comes out, it may very well just be Advanced 5e. Better to build onto than to rebuild. [/QUOTE]

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