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<blockquote data-quote="Winterthorn" data-source="post: 680014" data-attributes="member: 1702"><p>I think a visit here, if one's curious, will help to refine one's speculations:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=dnd/br/br20010323a" target="_blank">WotC's Business Plan...</a> </p><p></p><p>Note how their research seems focused more upon DM's rather than players. (Do you, if you are a DM, spend 5 times more $$ than your players?) Additionally, there seems to be, research to support "crunch" over "story"...</p><p></p><p>So what does that mean? It seems, probably confirming much of what we have observed, that WotC is only interested in putting to market rules heavy products (and whatever may support those products I suppose). WotC is not really interested in supporting a setting beyond the "crunchy bits"! They've made that rather clear; look what happened to Wheel of Time--seems to confirm their business plan...</p><p></p><p>I think it most probable that the new setting will feature new and revised rules, possibly a rules support book, maybe an adventure module. And... That's <strong><em>all</em></strong>... Then? Off to the next rules heavy product--or revision <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>Thus it seems the upcoming new setting <em>exists solely to market game rules that would attract DM's--and the type of player who would push a DM into buy the setting to access those rules</em>! The core books are the "meat & potatoes" of RPG profits. Settings with "funky" rules are just gravy <em>if</em> they sell well...</p><p></p><p>My guess: a psionic fantasy setting <em>sans</em> arcane and divine magic is a very real possibility. Then it'll be dropped within a year for something else--after a few more "quick" surveys.</p><p></p><p>[rant]I know WotC is a business... But why do they pander to the idea we are fools? I'm tired of being treated like a stupid consumer. "Hey! WotC! <em>Gamers</em> have <em>brains</em>! Sell to our intellect!" BTW: I like what has happened to D&D beause of the pre-Hasbro efforts by the folks at WotC. I don't like the assanine marketing gurus at Hasbro dictating WotC's business strategy so as to keep the Hasbro stockholders happy... Big business is "bad business" for businesses involved in hobbies. I wish WotC was more "upfront" with their subordinate relationship <em>under</em> Hasbro...[/rant]</p><p></p><p>Sorry, corporate culture rubs me the wrong way today...</p><p></p><p>But, <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />, if WotC were to mine old material for 3E, I might be interested :grin:</p><p></p><p>-W.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Winterthorn, post: 680014, member: 1702"] I think a visit here, if one's curious, will help to refine one's speculations: [URL=http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=dnd/br/br20010323a]WotC's Business Plan...[/URL] Note how their research seems focused more upon DM's rather than players. (Do you, if you are a DM, spend 5 times more $$ than your players?) Additionally, there seems to be, research to support "crunch" over "story"... So what does that mean? It seems, probably confirming much of what we have observed, that WotC is only interested in putting to market rules heavy products (and whatever may support those products I suppose). WotC is not really interested in supporting a setting beyond the "crunchy bits"! They've made that rather clear; look what happened to Wheel of Time--seems to confirm their business plan... I think it most probable that the new setting will feature new and revised rules, possibly a rules support book, maybe an adventure module. And... That's [b][i]all[/i][/b]... Then? Off to the next rules heavy product--or revision ;) Thus it seems the upcoming new setting [i]exists solely to market game rules that would attract DM's--and the type of player who would push a DM into buy the setting to access those rules[/i]! The core books are the "meat & potatoes" of RPG profits. Settings with "funky" rules are just gravy [i]if[/i] they sell well... My guess: a psionic fantasy setting [i]sans[/i] arcane and divine magic is a very real possibility. Then it'll be dropped within a year for something else--after a few more "quick" surveys. [rant]I know WotC is a business... But why do they pander to the idea we are fools? I'm tired of being treated like a stupid consumer. "Hey! WotC! [i]Gamers[/i] have [i]brains[/i]! Sell to our intellect!" BTW: I like what has happened to D&D beause of the pre-Hasbro efforts by the folks at WotC. I don't like the assanine marketing gurus at Hasbro dictating WotC's business strategy so as to keep the Hasbro stockholders happy... Big business is "bad business" for businesses involved in hobbies. I wish WotC was more "upfront" with their subordinate relationship [i]under[/i] Hasbro...[/rant] Sorry, corporate culture rubs me the wrong way today... But, :), if WotC were to mine old material for 3E, I might be interested :grin: -W. [/QUOTE]
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