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<blockquote data-quote="Philotomy Jurament" data-source="post: 3493057" data-attributes="member: 20854">Personally, I don't care if they make money or not; I care about having fun with the hobby.&nbsp; I already stepped off the treadmill, and I'm off the &quot;new edition&quot; carousel, too (that happened when 3.5 came out -- I never bought 3.5, but stuck with house-ruled 3.0).&nbsp; I'm going to stick with the systems I've got, run what I enjoy, and not worry about what's new on the release schedule.&nbsp; If something new catches my eye and I want it, then I'll buy it, but I'm not interested in buying new stuff because it's good business for WotC, or good for the hobby, or anything like that.&nbsp; &nbsp; I know the &quot;as goes Wizards, so goes the industry/hobby&quot; argument.&nbsp; And the &quot;where will you find players/modules/etc.&quot;&nbsp; And the &quot;what about gaming for the next generation -- what if the hobby dies&quot; argument.&nbsp; They don't sway me.&nbsp; I've never had a problem recruiting players, and most of them were non-gamers.&nbsp; I've got shelves full of systems and material -- enough to last me years, and I'm playing both in-print and out-of-print games right now, anyway, so a lack of new published material doesn't make me shudder or worry.&nbsp; As to the future of gaming, I guess I'm not worried about that, either.&nbsp; If the hobby has value and people enjoy it, it will continue at whatever level of popularity is sustainable.&nbsp; All that said, I don't see anything wrong with WotC churning out lots of new material, new editions, et cetera.&nbsp; And I don't think there's any cause to complain about it, either.&nbsp; I'm just not interested.:shrugs:</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Philotomy Jurament, post: 3493057, member: 20854"] Personally, I don't care if they make money or not; I care about having fun with the hobby. I already stepped off the treadmill, and I'm off the "new edition" carousel, too (that happened when 3.5 came out -- I never bought 3.5, but stuck with house-ruled 3.0). I'm going to stick with the systems I've got, run what I enjoy, and not worry about what's new on the release schedule. If something new catches my eye and I want it, then I'll buy it, but I'm not interested in buying new stuff because it's good business for WotC, or good for the hobby, or anything like that. I know the "as goes Wizards, so goes the industry/hobby" argument. And the "where will you find players/modules/etc." And the "what about gaming for the next generation -- what if the hobby dies" argument. They don't sway me. I've never had a problem recruiting players, and most of them were non-gamers. I've got shelves full of systems and material -- enough to last me years, and I'm playing both in-print and out-of-print games right now, anyway, so a lack of new published material doesn't make me shudder or worry. As to the future of gaming, I guess I'm not worried about that, either. If the hobby has value and people enjoy it, it will continue at whatever level of popularity is sustainable. All that said, I don't see anything wrong with WotC churning out lots of new material, new editions, et cetera. And I don't think there's any cause to complain about it, either. I'm just not interested. :shrugs: [/QUOTE]

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