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<blockquote data-quote="Badapple" data-source="post: 5997391" data-attributes="member: 71811">BECMI existed side by side with AD&amp;D for years and years.&nbsp; It's entirely possible for WotC to support more than one edition.&nbsp;Especially digitally.&nbsp; There have been a lot of misstarts, but eventually a lot of time and labor has resulted in the current Insider, and it would only take a minimal amount of maintenance to keep this recurring revenue stream going for the 4e crowd.&nbsp; Most of the 4e gamers I know (including myself) have more or less burned out of buying more books for the system, even though we all still love to play the game, but we still keep DDI accounts going.&nbsp; I'd love to see DDI expanded to include previous editions, even if it's primarily just having the monsters and rules and character classes online as references.&nbsp;I don't really think it would be practical, cost effective to support previous editions with printed materials, but one very clever thing WotC did was to get (many) of the 4e customers hooked on the DDI to run the game.&nbsp; Now the business model can be:&nbsp; Release a new edition.&nbsp; Cash in on the huge sales of the core books.&nbsp; Let the splatbooks and campaign settings and adventures and rules modules provide some extra sales until they eventually start trickling away and the system gets bloated.&nbsp; Errata and rules bloat finally push 5e customers to stop buying new books and get online subscriptions...&nbsp; Then repeat with 6e.&nbsp;And it really doesn't have to be such a sininster/cynical model... Occasionally contract writers can produce a module or some extra source material converted to an old edition that is uploaded and accessible to DDI customers.&nbsp; I see it as a workable business model that can keep more of their customers happy and playing their games of choice.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Badapple, post: 5997391, member: 71811"] BECMI existed side by side with AD&D for years and years. It's entirely possible for WotC to support more than one edition. Especially digitally. There have been a lot of misstarts, but eventually a lot of time and labor has resulted in the current Insider, and it would only take a minimal amount of maintenance to keep this recurring revenue stream going for the 4e crowd. Most of the 4e gamers I know (including myself) have more or less burned out of buying more books for the system, even though we all still love to play the game, but we still keep DDI accounts going. I'd love to see DDI expanded to include previous editions, even if it's primarily just having the monsters and rules and character classes online as references. I don't really think it would be practical, cost effective to support previous editions with printed materials, but one very clever thing WotC did was to get (many) of the 4e customers hooked on the DDI to run the game. Now the business model can be: Release a new edition. Cash in on the huge sales of the core books. Let the splatbooks and campaign settings and adventures and rules modules provide some extra sales until they eventually start trickling away and the system gets bloated. Errata and rules bloat finally push 5e customers to stop buying new books and get online subscriptions... Then repeat with 6e. And it really doesn't have to be such a sininster/cynical model... Occasionally contract writers can produce a module or some extra source material converted to an old edition that is uploaded and accessible to DDI customers. I see it as a workable business model that can keep more of their customers happy and playing their games of choice. [/QUOTE]

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