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<blockquote data-quote="kenmarable" data-source="post: 4607237" data-attributes="member: 40359">Well, yes and no. There isn't much of a real choice, but technically WotC isn't forcing them to kill their 3.x products. The only real restriction in the GSL concerning this is that you can't sell 3.x and 4e products of the same product line. But given a company like Goodman with their DCC line being a strong brand, the only real choice is to stop selling the 3.x DCCs in order to sell 4e DCCs. So WotC isn't outright forbidding them, but the smart business choice is pretty obvious (unless of course the brand in question is Paizo's Pathfinder and is still thriving in the 3.x market). If Goodman had decided to keep the 3.x DCCs around and start a new 4e brand that would have been foolish (or the 3.x sales were still strong enough to justify it). So, in a backhanded way, less successful companies with weaker brands are more flexible because it's easier for them to leave the 3.x material out there (assuming they yank the d20 logo) and build up a new brand for 4e. But a successful company like Goodman that has built a powerful brand have their hands tied. The business world can be messed up like that, rewarding weak companies and restricting strong ones.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kenmarable, post: 4607237, member: 40359"] Well, yes and no. There isn't much of a real choice, but [b]technically[/b] WotC isn't forcing them to kill their 3.x products. The only real restriction in the GSL concerning this is that you can't sell 3.x and 4e products of the same product line. But given a company like Goodman with their DCC line being a strong brand, the only real choice is to stop selling the 3.x DCCs in order to sell 4e DCCs. So WotC isn't outright forbidding them, but the smart business choice is pretty obvious (unless of course the brand in question is Paizo's Pathfinder and is still thriving in the 3.x market). If Goodman had decided to keep the 3.x DCCs around and start a new 4e brand that would have been foolish (or the 3.x sales were still strong enough to justify it). So, in a backhanded way, less successful companies with weaker brands are more flexible because it's easier for them to leave the 3.x material out there (assuming they yank the d20 logo) and build up a new brand for 4e. But a successful company like Goodman that has built a powerful brand have their hands tied. The business world can be messed up like that, rewarding weak companies and restricting strong ones. [/QUOTE]

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