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<blockquote data-quote="Neonchameleon" data-source="post: 6288610" data-attributes="member: 87792">The short version is they'd gone about as far as they could go -&nbsp; with the setting and with the metaplot.&nbsp; By the time they started&nbsp; working on the nWoD the oWoD was piled so high and so deep it was almost&nbsp; impossible for a new player to get into it at the same table at an old&nbsp; player.&nbsp; Too much was established, so they were in the trap the current&nbsp; DCU was in - everything published was being published for fans, and so&nbsp; they might be selling as much stuff but it was to fewer and fewer&nbsp; people.They needed to try something radical (Exalted on its own&nbsp; wasn't enough).&nbsp; Some entry ramp for people to join in with.&nbsp; A new PC&nbsp; monster type wouldn't cut it.&nbsp; They already had enough.&nbsp; They needed a&nbsp; new approach to the World of Darkness, and so the obvious thing was a&nbsp; reboot as the only way forward was osssification.&nbsp; Some of the nWoD was&nbsp; an improvement (Changeling), some wasn't (Mage) - but all of it pissed&nbsp; off a lot of their die hard fans because it reset the old one, and by&nbsp; that point White Wolf were in their niche strongly enough that they&nbsp; basically didn't have many people who'd buy things from them that&nbsp; weren't die hard fans.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Neonchameleon, post: 6288610, member: 87792"] The short version is they'd gone about as far as they could go - with the setting and with the metaplot. By the time they started working on the nWoD the oWoD was piled so high and so deep it was almost impossible for a new player to get into it at the same table at an old player. Too much was established, so they were in the trap the current DCU was in - everything published was being published for fans, and so they might be selling as much stuff but it was to fewer and fewer people. They needed to try something radical (Exalted on its own wasn't enough). Some entry ramp for people to join in with. A new PC monster type wouldn't cut it. They already had enough. They needed a new approach to the World of Darkness, and so the obvious thing was a reboot as the only way forward was osssification. Some of the nWoD was an improvement (Changeling), some wasn't (Mage) - but all of it pissed off a lot of their die hard fans because it reset the old one, and by that point White Wolf were in their niche strongly enough that they basically didn't have many people who'd buy things from them that weren't die hard fans. [/QUOTE]

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