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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 3711408" data-attributes="member: 19675">If 4Ed is a flop because we don't like it and we don't buy it, the following (non-exclusive) possibilities exist:1) 5Ed gets released earlier than Hasbro/WotC would normally do for business reasons.&nbsp; The accelerated production schedule means the form it takes could be a retro 1Ed/2Ed/3.X release or a new but incompletely playtested form.&nbsp; (This, BTW, is something like what I believe was the motivation for the unusual release of 3.5 so soon after 3.0- 3.0 was rushed to production due to market pressures, but 3.5 is more like what was originally intended.)2) 4Ed product development gets killed, making it the last published version of the game.&nbsp; Hasbro/WotC continue with M:tG, DDM and other games.3) As above, but some other company (Paizo? White Wolf? FFI? Mongoose?) successfully wrangles the rights to D&amp;D from Hasbro/WotC, and release a new version...or if they get all the rights, perhaps an old version.4) Because of the OGL, 3rd party publishers keep 3.X strong, leading to its possible revival or continued success as the hobby leader.&nbsp; A potential VHS/Betamax type war could erupt in the industry/hobby.5) Hasbro/WotC lets 4Ed limp along until 5Ed is actually ready to be produced (learning from all or most of the mistakes of the past editions) and its so good the new edition lets D&amp;D regain the throne.6) Hasbro/WotC gives everyone who purchased 4Ed a full refund and a pony.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 3711408, member: 19675"] If 4Ed is a flop because we don't like it and we don't buy it, the following (non-exclusive) possibilities exist: 1) 5Ed gets released earlier than Hasbro/WotC would normally do for business reasons. The accelerated production schedule means the form it takes could be a retro 1Ed/2Ed/3.X release or a new but incompletely playtested form. (This, BTW, is something like what I believe was the motivation for the unusual release of 3.5 so soon after 3.0- 3.0 was rushed to production due to market pressures, but 3.5 is more like what was originally intended.) 2) 4Ed product development gets killed, making it the last published version of the game. Hasbro/WotC continue with M:tG, DDM and other games. 3) As above, but some other company (Paizo? White Wolf? FFI? Mongoose?) successfully wrangles the rights to D&D from Hasbro/WotC, and release a new version...or if they get all the rights, perhaps an old version. 4) Because of the OGL, 3rd party publishers keep 3.X strong, leading to its possible revival or continued success as the hobby leader. A potential VHS/Betamax type war could erupt in the industry/hobby. 5) Hasbro/WotC lets 4Ed limp along until 5Ed is actually ready to be produced (learning from all or most of the mistakes of the past editions) and its so good the new edition lets D&D regain the throne. 6) Hasbro/WotC gives everyone who purchased 4Ed a full refund and a pony. [/QUOTE]

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