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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 6942436" data-attributes="member: 22779">Ahh, so, your evidence requires redefining what &quot;edition&quot; means?&nbsp; I'm sorry, but, if you bang out a new core 3, then that's a new edition.&nbsp; Obviously sales of the 3e core three died after 3.5 was released.&nbsp; OTOH, if we go by the typical definition of edition - release of a core 3 or version thereof (Essentials for example) - then your evidence falls apart.&nbsp; Obviously we're working with considerably different definitions of &quot;edition&quot;.&nbsp; But, just for S&amp;G's, is eight years between massive investments (an investment that actually failed to succeed in the case of 4e) actually a healthy model?&nbsp; I think WotC is saying no.&nbsp; It's not.&nbsp; They are looking at a much, much longer cycle.&nbsp; I mean, how many games completely rewrite their entire game every ten years?&nbsp; To the point where the new version is unrecognizable as the same game from the previous version.&nbsp; Hand a 3e character sheet to an AD&amp;D player who has never seen 3e and do you really think they'd recognize it as a D&amp;D character sheet?&nbsp; I'd be far happier with a much longer cycle.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 6942436, member: 22779"] Ahh, so, your evidence requires redefining what "edition" means? I'm sorry, but, if you bang out a new core 3, then that's a new edition. Obviously sales of the 3e core three died after 3.5 was released. OTOH, if we go by the typical definition of edition - release of a core 3 or version thereof (Essentials for example) - then your evidence falls apart. Obviously we're working with considerably different definitions of "edition". But, just for S&G's, is eight years between massive investments (an investment that actually failed to succeed in the case of 4e) actually a healthy model? I think WotC is saying no. It's not. They are looking at a much, much longer cycle. I mean, how many games completely rewrite their entire game every ten years? To the point where the new version is unrecognizable as the same game from the previous version. Hand a 3e character sheet to an AD&D player who has never seen 3e and do you really think they'd recognize it as a D&D character sheet? I'd be far happier with a much longer cycle. [/QUOTE]

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