Will there ever be new editions of the major systems?

[Parmandur]

Yea, I know it hasn't gone anywhere; I actually prefer a lot of the CoD lines to the original WoD.

90's era White Wolf is the only other time I remember D&D having a competitor that was a real challenger to the throne. (I don't count PF1 in the late 00s-early 10s because it's just D&D competing against D&D.)

I do remember Fate being the recommendation du jour for a "non-D&D" in the early-mid 10s, when the Dresden Files books and the Fate Core kickstarter happened. I'm fairly mid on Fate as a whole, so I can't say I'm shocked it didn't end up holding on to its #2 position.

Some of that is about perspective: Fate never reached number 2 status thst I can find, it was always behind Fantasy Flight Games house system games, Warhammer and then Star Wars. For a while it has seemed like Powered by the Apocalypse was The Thijg with the Avatar game even reaching Target shelves...but that has receded a bit.

 

[Aldarc]

No, I think the built-in setting thing is a thing. Even at the height of Fate's popularity, you weren't hearing about Fate Core as much as you were hearing about some of the licensed games based off of it, like Dresden Files or Leverage.

If you say so.

 

[Lord_Blacksteel]

There will always be a new edition if a game develops any kind of following - the only question is how long it will take.