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Message: <blockquote data-quote="overgeeked" data-source="post: 8546223" data-attributes="member: 86653">It depends. Most gamers seem utterly obsessed with the new and the fear of missing out (or FOMO as the kids say). So even minor changes will result in sales. Look at the Rules Expansion Gift Set Cash Grab. It's literally two reprinted books packaged with a book of reprints from two other books smashed under one cover with minor revisions. And that's selling. Like actually selling. It's the #13 bestseller right now under D&D on Amazon. Though admittedly the sales ranks are a bit weird because Amazon just did a 3 for 2 sale that included a few of the older D&D books, including Tasha's.Maybe. Maybe not. The sales of modules are not as good as books with rules. The sales of books with pure fluff are nowhere near as good as books with rules. So WotC's model has been to sell books with fluff and rules for years. Of the books they put out, the core books (main three) still sell far and away more copies than the PHB/DMG 2, 3, 4 style books (Xanathar's, Tasha's, etc). And people get bored. People find the loopholes, spot the problems with the system, and get tired of patching them. So they either jump ship to other games, stop playing...or WotC offers them a revised 5E that's so high percent compatible with what they already have, which sells like gangbusters because it fixes commonly discussed problems with the system and because most gamers are utterly obsessed with the new and the fear of missing out.</blockquote>

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