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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 5287016" data-attributes="member: 7006">It all boils down to a very simple formula here...WotC ran out of product they could produce for 3E that most (if not all) current D&D players would buy to keep the cashflow in the company going.  Thus, their answer was to revamp the core books into 3.5 and hope their players would rebuy everything (which they mostly did).WotC expected to run out of product they could produce for 4E that most (if not all) current D&D players would buy to keep the cashflow in the company going.  However, instead of producing a revamped set of core books again, they instead created the DDI subscription system that they hoped most current players would buy (which many do).  Thus, they do not need to make 4.5 books anymore, because they have a constant stream of money already coming in.Simple as that.</blockquote>