Eh, I resisted replying to this thread because the first post seemed baity but, since the patch isn't here yet . . .
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You know why old companies go out of business all the time, when they had the market cornered? They fail to adapt to changes, and/or by the time they do it’s too late. D&D was the original, and yet it’s never been able get beyond a certain threshold.
That's just a weird point to be making now that DnD is more popular than ever, is growing in popularity and the alternative rulesets have largely been abandoned.