01-01-2012, 08:17 PM
Let us also remember the economy still sucks and people have less money to spend on extras like gaming. Production costs are rising and I am sure Wizards is feeling the bite. You add that into a company seriously compeating with them and an edition that may not be performing as Wizards had hoped. With this you end up with a situation that is less than ideal for any company.
I'd say they are looking at what worked in the past and are trying to apply that to future products. Hopefully they will come up with something that works. As for trying to please everyone, that is not possible. Just look at our corner of the 'net. You have guys that think the game is some sort of holy writ that should not be changed. You also have guys that act like the staff of WOTC robbed their house, slept with their wife and killed their dog. If WOTC released something close to an older edition those guys would not like it for some reason or another. If WOTC was to reprint AD&D there would be guys that wouldn't buy it because it may have a WOTC logo instead of a TSR logo or they used the Wizard Logo instead of the Lizardman one.
WOTC needs to come up with something that can appeal to the broadest set of players and bring in the new blood the hobby needs to keep going. I hope we see this and I hope they succeed as the continuation of the D&D name may just hinge on what WOTC does.
I'd say they are looking at what worked in the past and are trying to apply that to future products. Hopefully they will come up with something that works. As for trying to please everyone, that is not possible. Just look at our corner of the 'net. You have guys that think the game is some sort of holy writ that should not be changed. You also have guys that act like the staff of WOTC robbed their house, slept with their wife and killed their dog. If WOTC released something close to an older edition those guys would not like it for some reason or another. If WOTC was to reprint AD&D there would be guys that wouldn't buy it because it may have a WOTC logo instead of a TSR logo or they used the Wizard Logo instead of the Lizardman one.
WOTC needs to come up with something that can appeal to the broadest set of players and bring in the new blood the hobby needs to keep going. I hope we see this and I hope they succeed as the continuation of the D&D name may just hinge on what WOTC does.