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<blockquote data-quote="overgeeked" data-source="post: 8873146" data-attributes="member: 86653">Can you hear yourself? Do you know how tiny the amounts we're talking about are to WotC but how big they would be to those 3PP?This is a literal drop in an ocean. But, the effect that will have on those 20 3PP is hugely detrimental. Many will have to take a long, hard look at their own books and figure out where that money's supposed to come from. If they can't square that circle, they'll likely not come along with the new edition, which means they will get left behind by a huge section of their customers. Unless one of them magically lucks out and becomes 5E's Pathfinder. Most of those &quot;big&quot; 3PP are only &quot;big&quot; because they publish content for the latest edition of D&amp;D. Matt Colville's been asked about resurrecting and/or supporting 4E for years, since he likes it so much. But he's repeatedly said something to the effect of, &quot;It's hard enough to make money supporting the current edition of D&amp;D. Supporting a dead edition? Forget about it.&quot; This is WotC greed and malice pure and simple. They want free money and are going to intentionally tank several large 3PP to do it. Even if you hate every single one of those 3PP you cannot possibly think that's good for the community.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="overgeeked, post: 8873146, member: 86653"] Can you hear yourself? Do you know how tiny the amounts we're talking about are to WotC but how big they would be to those 3PP? This is a literal drop in an ocean. But, the effect that will have on those 20 3PP is hugely detrimental. Many will have to take a long, hard look at their own books and figure out where that money's supposed to come from. If they can't square that circle, they'll likely not come along with the new edition, which means they will get left behind by a huge section of their customers. Unless one of them magically lucks out and becomes 5E's Pathfinder. Most of those "big" 3PP are only "big" because they publish content for the latest edition of D&D. Matt Colville's been asked about resurrecting and/or supporting 4E for years, since he likes it so much. But he's repeatedly said something to the effect of, "It's hard enough to make money supporting the current edition of D&D. Supporting a dead edition? Forget about it." This is WotC greed and malice pure and simple. They want free money and are going to intentionally tank several large 3PP to do it. Even if you hate every single one of those 3PP you cannot possibly think that's good for the community. [/QUOTE]

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