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Originally Posted by Dannyalcatraz  It was both bad marketing and PR. |
Interestingly enough most of those points would not have been under the control of the marketing department.
Marketing works with what they are given as much as any other department. If they are given lemons, they'll try to make lemonade, but they sure ain't gonna start handing out delicious cake and champagne.
I think
WotC could have done a lot better for the marketing for D&D, but I'm not so sure that marketing people themselves are the chief suspects here.
Admittedly, being in marketing myself I must admit some bias.
/M
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