I don't think they'll be going back to how the DC universe was prior to Flashpoint but I could see them splintering the various characters into different realities following whatever happens regarding Pandora.
At the end of Flashpoint she stated that the DC, Wildstorm, and Vertigo realities were separated intentionally to weaken them against an outside force (maybe the universe ship seen in New Guardians? probably not but its a good theory starting point) and that because of Thawne and Barry's messing with the timeline she's merged them all back together to confront this threat. Given that, I definitely see a huge DC-wide event coming down the line where the collected heroes face this threat and in the wake of it DC, Wildstorm, and Vertigo are broken up again but with lingering affects in all three. For example, Superman would remain how he is now (Kryptonian armor, new attitude, new origin, etc...) whereas Superboy may return to his previous personality but with his more telekinetic leaning powers and kryptonian armor. This would allow DC to split up duplicate characters (such as Superman and Apollo or Batman and Midnighter) and drop series that weren't doing very well after a year of "testing the waters" (so to speak).
The only reason I can see this working in DC's favor is because old readers are feeling a bit overwhelmed by not knowing what drastic changes have been made to canon and are being presented with a huge number of titles to maintain in order to find out, while new readers are simply seeing a huge number of titles to maintain in order to become involved and understand the DC universe as a whole. By using a company-wide event to re-break into three distinct realities it would benefit old readers knowing the majority of canon has been maintained but old characters have new looks and personalities, while new readers will be given the chance to narrow down their choice of characters to follow and increase their interest in continuing to invest in a series that they may have only dabbled in before.
Comic book profits would probably rise as a result of this move because DC would be dropping titles that weren't making a profit anyways and those they keep would now have a dedicated following of old and new readers.
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