VICTORY! D&D WON'T CHANGE ITS OGL!
I followed this whole mess via another forum I lurk on and while I'm glad that WotC blinked and wisely decided to back down, it shouldn't be forgotten that it was solely because the community forced them to back down.
As for the backlash, I know that Paizo (Pathfinder and Starfinder) organized the ORC (Open RPG Creative) alliance with the objective of creating a new OGL and was eventually joined by more than 1500 publishers around the globe. This bit was mentioned in the Polygon article above.
https://www.cbr.com/pathfinder-1500-ttrp...-alliance/
Most tabletop gamers in the forums I frequent as well as in Reddit say they will never come back to D&D again as there's no warranty that either WotC or Hasbro won't attempt a similar stunt in the future.
As for the backlash, I know that Paizo (Pathfinder and Starfinder) organized the ORC (Open RPG Creative) alliance with the objective of creating a new OGL and was eventually joined by more than 1500 publishers around the globe. This bit was mentioned in the Polygon article above.
https://www.cbr.com/pathfinder-1500-ttrp...-alliance/
Most tabletop gamers in the forums I frequent as well as in Reddit say they will never come back to D&D again as there's no warranty that either WotC or Hasbro won't attempt a similar stunt in the future.