Impossible.



People were saying 5e is vaporware. That 5e might not even see the light of day, and if it did it would probably be in a close out sell for the brand. That it would be the 'Duke Nuke'em' of PnP RPGs, and even if it ever did come out, by the time it did no one would care. That the D&D brand was dead. That all the Wizard's horses and all the Wizard's men aren't going to be able to put the brand back together again no matter what they say or do. That what's done is done. That WOTC would sell a few copies to people who _want_ it, but that no one is going to open up a 5E book and say, "Yeah, I _need_ this. This is what my table is missing." That the potential demand just didn't exist. That the game will go on without WOTC, but it's not likely to be called 'D&D'.



How can this news be true, given what people were saying?