But right after I spent another ton of money on v3 and v3.5 materials, they announce 4th edition! WTF?!? I resisted even touching that edition until last year when I caved in and bought a player handbook and rolled out a character for an impromptu game with a few friends one weekend. And now they want to roll out yet another new version?
Please... I know there's pressure to rev stuff in order to sell more copies of the core rulebooks, but WotC are - IMO - shooting themselves in the foot with the constant version changes. I'm sorry, but I'm not throwing out and replacing a big investment in D&D materials every 4 years or so.
Seriously Wizards, if you want more of my money, you'd be better served pushing out more material for an existing D&D version (preferably 3.5). Give us an updated Ravenloft campaign setting and related stuff, give us a modern Planescape, create entirely new realms (have you done anything completely new since Eberron?), etc.
OK, rant over. :-)