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<blockquote data-quote="GregoryOatmeal" data-source="post: 5690091" data-attributes="member: 6667661">Is there any evidence D&amp;D has been profitable for WOTC since 4E? It seems to have resulted in a shrinking staff, aimless products (fortune cards, power cards), diminished release schedule, fewer revenue streams (the miniatures line), a fractured community, a damaged brand, etc. When you've alienated three quarters of your customers it's time to set aside ego and give people what they want.This seems a lot like New Coke. Releasing 5E would be like Coke, 3 years after releasing New Coke, releasing &quot;Newer Coke! Since you loved New Coke so much&quot;. I can't imagine how marketing would have any credibility in proposing Newer Coke when the off-brand is doing so well by blatantly stealing the idea the marketing department thought needed replaced. Pathfinder, 4E and the instant nostalgia for 3.5 have made the 3.5 brand very strong. Nothing WOTC could do could match match the existing affection gamers have for 3.5. Call it &quot;Classic 3.5 Edition&quot;, &quot;3E Renaissance Edition&quot;, &quot;3E Reborn&quot;. Gamers would eat that up. WOTC would immediately solve its image problem.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GregoryOatmeal, post: 5690091, member: 6667661"] Is there any evidence D&D has been profitable for WOTC since 4E? It seems to have resulted in a shrinking staff, aimless products (fortune cards, power cards), diminished release schedule, fewer revenue streams (the miniatures line), a fractured community, a damaged brand, etc. When you've alienated three quarters of your customers it's time to set aside ego and give people what they want. This seems [B]a lot [/B]like New Coke. Releasing 5E would be like Coke, 3 years after releasing New Coke, releasing "Newer Coke! Since you loved New Coke so much". I can't imagine how marketing would have any credibility in proposing Newer Coke when the off-brand is doing so well by blatantly stealing the idea the marketing department thought needed replaced. Pathfinder, 4E and the instant nostalgia for 3.5 have made the 3.5 brand very strong. Nothing WOTC could do could match match the existing affection gamers have for 3.5. Call it "Classic 3.5 Edition", "3E Renaissance Edition", "3E Reborn". Gamers would eat that up. WOTC would immediately solve its image problem. [/QUOTE]

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