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<blockquote data-quote="Man in the Funny Hat" data-source="post: 4667004" data-attributes="member: 32740">All my answers were oriented around a desire for support of past editions.&nbsp; Not just 3rd either.&nbsp;I really can't get a solid handle on just what the split is for people playing older editions.&nbsp; Polls on ENworld, WotC's site or anywhere else just don't provide accurate data.&nbsp; I suspect, however, given that WOTC is asking what edition you're playing in the survey that they want better numbers on this as well.&nbsp; I suspect, just suspect, that they realize that 4E has put a significant split in the customer base with far more people than they like to think about going back to 3E or older versions, or even jumping ship to different games entirely and thus NOT being able to sell as much 4E product as they want to.&nbsp;Recent economic times also factors in I'm sure.&nbsp;Also, don't forget that a comprehensive online-game package was what they thought they were creating c. 2000 after the release of 3E.&nbsp; What resulted was Etools after they dropped their pie-in-the-sky hopes.&nbsp; WotC doesn't have a good track record with software.&nbsp; Not at all.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Man in the Funny Hat, post: 4667004, member: 32740"] All my answers were oriented around a desire for support of past editions. Not just 3rd either. I really can't get a solid handle on just what the split is for people playing older editions. Polls on ENworld, WotC's site or anywhere else just don't provide accurate data. I suspect, however, given that [U]WOTC[/U] is asking what edition you're playing in the survey that they want better numbers on this as well. I suspect, just suspect, that they realize that 4E has put a significant split in the customer base with far more people than they like to think about going back to 3E or older versions, or even jumping ship to different games entirely and thus NOT being able to sell as much 4E product as they want to. Recent economic times also factors in I'm sure. Also, don't forget that a comprehensive online-game package was what they thought they were creating c. 2000 after the release of 3E. What resulted was Etools after they dropped their pie-in-the-sky hopes. WotC doesn't have a good track record with software. Not at all. [/QUOTE]

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