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<blockquote data-quote="EpicureanDM" data-source="post: 9030904" data-attributes="member: 6996003">They are trying to save face internally, not with the fans.Right, so why is the current D&amp;D team trying to blame the printers more than a year in advance? Their second justification in the Polygon article is more consistent with their PR messaging: these editions are interchangeable, so it's no big deal if the releases are staggered. That's all you need to say to the fans. This Polygon article - a story fed to Charlie Hall by the D&amp;D team - is effectively a soft, backhanded, slightly contrite way of announcing a staggered release. If they had a good story for why the release is staggered, they could have framed it that way. The second justification is a good story in theory if not fact. The first justification, the one that the D&amp;D team leads with, is about logistics. That's the one that they feel is strongest internally and probably the one they sold to Dan Rawson. They're just weren't clever enough to remove it from the public-facing story.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EpicureanDM, post: 9030904, member: 6996003"] They are trying to save face internally, not with the fans. Right, so why is the current D&D team trying to blame the printers more than a year in advance? Their second justification in the Polygon article is more consistent with their PR messaging: these editions are interchangeable, so it's no big deal if the releases are staggered. That's all you need to say to the fans. This Polygon article - a story fed to Charlie Hall by the D&D team - is effectively a soft, backhanded, slightly contrite way of announcing a staggered release. If they had a good story for why the release is staggered, they could have framed it that way. The second justification is a good story in theory if not fact. The first justification, the one that the D&D team leads with, is about logistics. That's the one that they feel is strongest internally and probably the one they sold to Dan Rawson. They're just weren't clever enough to remove it from the public-facing story. [/QUOTE]

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