Big News from WotC

[bdunn91]

WotC made the official announcement today that what everyone thought was going on is going on and will begin play testing soon - 5th edition D&D. This is pretty huge news in the role-playing game industry and has even made it out to the New York Times. WotC must feel that 4e is really taking a beating out there to turn around on it after only 3 and

Comments

[masahide]

How much of that do you think really is "we've lost market share" as opposed to the "we need to pump new things in the market to keep sales cycle"? I got the feeling with 3.5 and then the 4e releases that they had more to do with a perpetual sales market idea than the necessity for an actual new version.

[bdunn91]

I don't think it's just the sales cycle. They've been working on ways to even that out already with 4e and the online subscription to the tools. That should generate a nice steady flow of a half million a month. Plus, they already had the push for the mid-cycle revenue boost last year with Essentials. If they're already announcing work and play testing on a new edition, there's something bigger going on. I really think they're try to find a way to stop Paizo from eating their lunch by working on a more unifying D&D.