D&D General Richard Whitters poll on twitter, "Will you be buying the newest edition of D&D?"


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darjr

darjr

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My opinion on how well it’ll do is that it’ll do great.

Initial sales will dwarf 5e initial sales. So many players now I don’t think it can do anything else.

I hope that long term sales continue and rise. I think it will, I’m just not as sure.
 

grimmgoose

grimmgoose

Adventurer
Parmandur said:
Look at the Mearls interview I posted earlier from 2012 laying out what WotC plan was after they did a post mortem on 4E...a plan they are still following now:

"We’re actually much better off creating a single, stable edition. It’s easier for fans, it’s better for continuity for writers and designers, and it’s much easier in terms of creating a long-term product strategy. It would be great if the playtest feedback was such that we felt comfortable dropping any reference to editions or numbers in the final game’s title."
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I've said this before, but imagine being the D&D lead in 2040, and being told, "yeah, so, you're actually not allowed to change anything. We think we really nailed it back in 2014."

There will be another edition. It will be when it is the most advantageous for WOTC/the brand to do it, but the idea that they are done with fundamental and structural changes to the game is silly, and really only PR talk.

I DO believe that they want longer edition timetables - that makes sense. Call of Cthulhu is pretty similar, in that they go 10+years before they launch another edition.
 

Zardnaar

Zardnaar

Legend
darjr said:
My opinion on how well it’ll do is that it’ll do great.

Initial sales will dwarf 5e initial sales. So many players now I don’t think it can do anything else.

I hope that long term sales continue and rise. I think it will, I’m just not as sure.
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That's more or less what I expect.
 

Reynard

Reynard

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Supporter
darjr said:
My opinion on how well it’ll do is that it’ll do great.

Initial sales will dwarf 5e initial sales. So many players now I don’t think it can do anything else.

I hope that long term sales continue and rise. I think it will, I’m just not as sure.
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The conditions that led to explosive growth in 5E are well behind us, and all fads tend to fade. D&D and RPGs are here to stay, for sure. If something lasts for 50 years, it will probably last 100. But I fully expect it diminish in popularity as something else captures the attention of the GenZ/Alpha. And that's okay -- the most creativity we have ever seen in D&D have been when the brand is down.
 



Micah Sweet

Micah Sweet

Level Up & OSR Enthusiast
UngainlyTitan said:
Steady as she goes will be a big success by historical standards. If the core books keep selling year on year and that continues it will constitute an amazing run for the game.
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But not by corporate standards. They don't see continuing steady revenue as a good thing over there.
 



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