[Industry] Escapist: State of D&D Present

[Havard]

New versions of D&D are made mostly to attract new gamers, not to please people who already play D&D. To that end, they will try to appeal to a market share they do not already have.

While this makes sense, do they always have to choose? Why not try to make a game that can appeal both to your existing fan base and to newcomers? I think the success of Pathfinder is good evidence that they failed this, if they even tried. Winning over the oldschoolers might not be worthwhile, but it seems a waste to at least not try to win over the 3E folks...


-Havard