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With Respect to the Door and Expectations....The REAL Reason 5e Can't Unite the Base
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<blockquote data-quote="Ratskinner" data-source="post: 6019723" data-attributes="member: 6688937"><p>Network Externalities?<img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/angel.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":angel:" title="Angel :angel:" data-shortname=":angel:" /></p><p></p><p>Seriously, D&D (whatever version) has always been the 800lb gorilla. I mean, if I had my druthers, I probably wouldn't even be playing D&D, but right now refusing to play D&D is the equivalent of not role-playing for me. 3e/4e doesn't matter to me as a player (although I have some preferences as a DM, depending on the campaign.) The big problem (as I see it) is that currently there are (at least) three different "cultures" of D&D growing in the petri dish. The really big problem for Wizards right now is that this is the first time since probably the early '90s when "We're playing D&D" doesn't automatically mean "the current edition."</p><p></p><p>WotC has <em>got</em> to be in bit of a panic over losing that market dominator status (or at least its inviolability). I'm fairly certain that D&D losing its status as <strong>THE </strong>rpg would doom it as a Hasbro product line. 5e doesn't have to absolutely seduce the PF/3e players, but it has to get them back in line long enough to try it out. (This holds true for all the cultures in the petri dish.) If enough groups of all editions are playing Next, at least temporarily to try it out, then maybe it will get enough momentum going to become "the" game again.</p><p></p><p>If it fails in that regard, I expect this to be the "farewell" edition of D&D. I would expect a rather small catalog of the more profitable products/lines, followed by a shelving of D&D for Hasbro to use the IP and maybe resurrect the game later.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ratskinner, post: 6019723, member: 6688937"] Network Externalities?:angel: Seriously, D&D (whatever version) has always been the 800lb gorilla. I mean, if I had my druthers, I probably wouldn't even be playing D&D, but right now refusing to play D&D is the equivalent of not role-playing for me. 3e/4e doesn't matter to me as a player (although I have some preferences as a DM, depending on the campaign.) The big problem (as I see it) is that currently there are (at least) three different "cultures" of D&D growing in the petri dish. The really big problem for Wizards right now is that this is the first time since probably the early '90s when "We're playing D&D" doesn't automatically mean "the current edition." WotC has [I]got[/I] to be in bit of a panic over losing that market dominator status (or at least its inviolability). I'm fairly certain that D&D losing its status as [B]THE [/B]rpg would doom it as a Hasbro product line. 5e doesn't have to absolutely seduce the PF/3e players, but it has to get them back in line long enough to try it out. (This holds true for all the cultures in the petri dish.) If enough groups of all editions are playing Next, at least temporarily to try it out, then maybe it will get enough momentum going to become "the" game again. If it fails in that regard, I expect this to be the "farewell" edition of D&D. I would expect a rather small catalog of the more profitable products/lines, followed by a shelving of D&D for Hasbro to use the IP and maybe resurrect the game later. [/QUOTE]
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