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<blockquote data-quote="ssampier" data-source="post: 3285187" data-attributes="member: 10205">I think the next best thing will be business as usual.In the future, Wizards of the Coast will continue to rule the RPG world. I think more distribution of 3.0/d20 books will be online. Somewhere there will be someone who successfully produces pdfs in large numbers (Monte Cook's former numbers). Third party d20 companies come back, spurred by this success.There will be a new gaming system that rocks the game company boat, surpassing Tier 4 and nearly edging out Tier 3 gaming companies, respectively. This system easily edges out D&amp;D in foreign and growing markets. This competition is healthy and forces Wizards and the 3rd party to produce some interesting products.Miniatures remain a bread-and-butter strategy, but fail to produce any sizable long-term gains. CCG remain popular, but there is not significant RPG-CCG market cross-over.Electronic games remain popular. The New Gaming System uses its name recognition to produce a popular online game unit that keeps its cash-flow healthy.Finally, a major RPG executive of a popular gaming company retires, leaving the company in scandal.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ssampier, post: 3285187, member: 10205"] I think the [b]next best thing[/b] will be [i]business as usual[/i]. In the future, Wizards of the Coast will continue to rule the RPG world. I think more distribution of 3.0/d20 books will be online. Somewhere there will be someone who successfully produces pdfs in large numbers (Monte Cook's former numbers). Third party d20 companies come back, spurred by this success. There will be a new gaming system that rocks the game company boat, surpassing Tier 4 and nearly edging out Tier 3 gaming companies, respectively. This system easily edges out D&D in foreign and growing markets. This competition is healthy and forces Wizards and the 3rd party to produce some interesting products. Miniatures remain a bread-and-butter strategy, but fail to produce any sizable long-term gains. CCG remain popular, but there is not significant RPG-CCG market cross-over. Electronic games remain popular. The New Gaming System uses its name recognition to produce a popular online game unit that keeps its cash-flow healthy. Finally, a major RPG executive of a popular gaming company retires, leaving the company in scandal. [/QUOTE]

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