There have been sub-sets of the same product forever in the biz - like Taboo Jr is an offshoot of regular Taboo. Things like Electric Jeopardy, Deluxe Wheel, Taboo Jr and others are called line extensions, and those are logical. They come out when the original product (like both the old Pressman WOF and J! games) are still available and hot. My comment was more along this line: if you were a retailer and ordered Password today from Endless Games, they would probably not send you their first or second edition. You'd get the new 4th edition. If you even wanted copies of the older editions (and the question would be-why? You would look out of step with the stores carrying the new merchandise), they may no longer be available, or you'd have to place a special order. I know warehouses occasionally hang on to older leftover merchandise (we did a radio promotion with Endless recently, and they shipped us a leftover case of $25K instead of the Osmond), but why promote obsolete merchandise? You'll probably still find copies of $25K around through liquidation channels, but I imagine all the attention is being focused on the new Pyramid.
