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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 7300593" data-attributes="member: 22779"><p>Why would all of this not have applied to 3e and 4e then as well? I mean, LotR is 15 years old now, as are the Harry Potter movies. Even the explosive growth of the Marvel movies was in the 2000's. </p><p></p><p>All of these factors equally apply to 3.5 and to 4e, yet, neither of those editions lasted as well as 5e has done. Remember, by 3 plus a bit years into every WotC edition, sales had dropped to the point where a new edition was on the horizon. None of the editions was coming anywhere near close to the success of 5e.</p><p></p><p>Is the slow release schedule the only factor? No, of course not. But, it is a pretty big shift from what was done in the past and it appears to be working extremely well.</p><p></p><p>It appears like they want a 10 year edition cycle. At least, that seems to be the goal. Every splat shortens the lifespan of an edition. I mean, good grief, we HAVE core plus 2 splats already. For most other RPG's, other than D&D, that's actually a pretty healthy release schedule. If you were getting into D&D today, you'd have enough material, on the market right now, to play for the next several years without any problems.</p><p></p><p>Then again, to be fair, this release schedule does suit me very, very well. I'm not a book collector anymore. Haven't been for many years. I didn't buy about 99% of the material for 3e, 3.5 and 4e. I bought maybe one book per year. Maybe. </p><p></p><p>So, really, this is tailored specifically for me, which makes me pretty darn happy. I can understand why those who want more books might be a bit peeved though. In any case, it's very hard to argue with success.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 7300593, member: 22779"] Why would all of this not have applied to 3e and 4e then as well? I mean, LotR is 15 years old now, as are the Harry Potter movies. Even the explosive growth of the Marvel movies was in the 2000's. All of these factors equally apply to 3.5 and to 4e, yet, neither of those editions lasted as well as 5e has done. Remember, by 3 plus a bit years into every WotC edition, sales had dropped to the point where a new edition was on the horizon. None of the editions was coming anywhere near close to the success of 5e. Is the slow release schedule the only factor? No, of course not. But, it is a pretty big shift from what was done in the past and it appears to be working extremely well. It appears like they want a 10 year edition cycle. At least, that seems to be the goal. Every splat shortens the lifespan of an edition. I mean, good grief, we HAVE core plus 2 splats already. For most other RPG's, other than D&D, that's actually a pretty healthy release schedule. If you were getting into D&D today, you'd have enough material, on the market right now, to play for the next several years without any problems. Then again, to be fair, this release schedule does suit me very, very well. I'm not a book collector anymore. Haven't been for many years. I didn't buy about 99% of the material for 3e, 3.5 and 4e. I bought maybe one book per year. Maybe. So, really, this is tailored specifically for me, which makes me pretty darn happy. I can understand why those who want more books might be a bit peeved though. In any case, it's very hard to argue with success. [/QUOTE]
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