That's not even including people currently playing other editions of D&D. My point was, 5e D&D has a bigger player base than this game will. So I am suspicious that the decision to deviate so much from the 5e core rules will actually generate larger appeal and sales than just staying faithful to 5e and attracting that audience, along with people not familiar with 5e who enjoy a more balanced game.
Thats why the most popular video games of DnD are ones that deviated from the core rules by a lot right? Oh wait.... BG1 and BG2 didnt. Neverwinter Nights 1 & 2 didnt either.... hmmm. The most faithful games were by far the most successful DnD games.
All the older DnD video games were faithful to their ruleset and were, for the most part, successful. Name one 5e game fully licensed by WotC that was successful in the slightest. Ill wait.
