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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GVDammerung" data-source="post: 3748528" data-attributes="member: 33060">Wotc made a Faustian bargin when they released 3.5E so soon after 3.0 and now 4.0 so soon after 3.5.  They got a cash infusion but they demonstrated that there is very little barrier to releasing editions in fairly quick succession.  Gamers for the most part went along and Wotc is clearly betting they will go along again when 4.0 is released.  Given this success and likely future success (gamers going along), why wouldn't Wotc release 4.5 (or whatever they would choose to call it) in 4 to 6 years after 4.0?  What logic would advise against this that didn't apply to 3.5 or 4.0?Bet.  4.5 (or whatever they choose to call it) is already scheduled (not begun, just scheduled) and that schedule will see it arrive in less time than the move from 3.0 to 4.0.  Wotc is a business and it wants maximum cash as regularly as it can get it.  Given the 3.0/3.5/4.0 history and this maxum, it doesn't take a great stretch to understand that 4.5 (or whatever they choose to call it) will be along and comparatively shortly.Wotc will make all the aguments why this is a Good Thing and why you should not wait but rush right out and adopt 4.0.  It is the RPG publishing treadmill model turned up all the way. And if 4.0 suits you, you don't mind that all 3x rules material you own is substantially invalidated and your wallet can handle the 4.0 load, Wotc's strategy will be great fot you. If any of the above three factors fails, you may not be quick to adopt 4.0, if at all.  Therein, Wotc has gone "all in" with its release of 4.0.  Time will tell if they take the pot or bust.Ironically, if Wotc's bet on 4.0 does bust, it will only mean they will release another new edition that much sooner. So either way, gamers are getting another new edition after 4.0 in pretty quick time.</blockquote>

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