I don't think we're going to see new versions of modules, and I think settings will be updated in expansions (like Forge of the Artificer) rather then reprints. So I don't see Curse of Strahd 2024 or Van Richten's Guide 2024, but I do see a new Ravenloft book or module that updates mechanics in...
It's a chicken or the egg scenario. As mentioned later, D&D absorbed a lot of myth and fantasy and regurgitated it into other media. For example, the monk class is clearly based on all manner of kung fu pop culture, but unarmed Eastern fighting types being common in all manner of RPGs from Final...
I mean, so is a utterly incompatible 6e that forces you to start your collection over again. 5.5 was a compromise between trying to innovate enough to justify a new PHB without sacrificing sales of their settings and supplements.
Where do you start?
The warrior/healer/mage/sneak dynamic of classes. The shape changing druid. Death knights. Color coded elemental dragons. D&D was unique that it was a shameless rip off of so much media but itself became the backbone of adventures gaming (both TT and video) that it's hard...
That was a a NEVER going to fly. Reprint the core books with new art and it would be labeled a soulless cash grab. You'd have to change the book to account for the new art and the minute you touch the PHB, people are going to demand functional errata. Races at the very least would need to be...
I think the issue is that you are equating your opinion of 5.24 (that you have little interest) into a general status (WotC is in spaghetti mode while developing a D&D you'd prefer) and that doesn't jive with what others are seeing. It's fine to not like 5.24 or 5e altogether, but that's not...
The beauty of a cynics perspective is that you can rationalize away pesky facts that get in your way.
Not releasing new stuff? Working on 6e.
Releasing new stuff? Trial balloons for 6e.
Crunch light? Filler while busy working on 6e.
Crunch heavy? Testing new stuff/throwing stuff at the wall for...
Three D&D Beyond exclusives. They aren't the only Beyond or Digital exclusives. The Mortuary for Planescape is one, there are four Monster mini books, the Vecna book and the HoT tie ins. And they were doing digital supplements as far back as The Tortle Package.
Oh yeah, such as rush job to put...