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<blockquote data-quote="RyanD" data-source="post: 5454718" data-attributes="member: 3312"><p>Matt, I left CCP in November. I can't talk about the major project I'm currently working on except to say that I am working on one. In addition I'm doing some side projects like judging the 2011 edition of RPG Superstar for Paizo, writing this column, and doing some consulting work for MMO publishers.</p><p></p><p>Is D&D in a death spiral? Well I have seen some things that would tend to say yes, and some that would tend to say no. In the affirmative column is product cancellations and what appears to be a very confused product offering. In the negative column is the continued commitment Wizards is showing to the DDI project and to RPGA activities.</p><p></p><p>Wizards just hired a new executive who is in charge of the marketing for all its brands. I suspect that there's a period of introspection underway while strategies undergo a top-to-bottom reassessment.</p><p></p><p>I also know that D&D except for tabletop gaming (and DDI) has been put into some kind of intra-company working group to better manage it as a license. D&D makes Hasbro an astonishing amount of money from licenses, most of which appears without much direct work on their part - companies come out of the woodwork with ideas for licensed D&D products and Hasbro pretty much has to just work to pick the best ideas and then impose some brand discipline on its licensors. Those matters are confused further by the fact that the D&D movie rights are in play (always), and the D&D videogame rights are (or were) a part of the Hasbro/Infogrames/Atari/Whateverthehell tie-up which seems to undergo periodic revisions. Anyway, a little bit of focus in this area probably is a good thing in terms of making Hasbro happy with the return on its D&D investments, regardless of what the tabletop game does.</p><p></p><p>Lets revisit this topic in February of 2012. I think the matter will be decided by then. The current state is just too murky to make a determination.</p><p></p><p>RyanD</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RyanD, post: 5454718, member: 3312"] Matt, I left CCP in November. I can't talk about the major project I'm currently working on except to say that I am working on one. In addition I'm doing some side projects like judging the 2011 edition of RPG Superstar for Paizo, writing this column, and doing some consulting work for MMO publishers. Is D&D in a death spiral? Well I have seen some things that would tend to say yes, and some that would tend to say no. In the affirmative column is product cancellations and what appears to be a very confused product offering. In the negative column is the continued commitment Wizards is showing to the DDI project and to RPGA activities. Wizards just hired a new executive who is in charge of the marketing for all its brands. I suspect that there's a period of introspection underway while strategies undergo a top-to-bottom reassessment. I also know that D&D except for tabletop gaming (and DDI) has been put into some kind of intra-company working group to better manage it as a license. D&D makes Hasbro an astonishing amount of money from licenses, most of which appears without much direct work on their part - companies come out of the woodwork with ideas for licensed D&D products and Hasbro pretty much has to just work to pick the best ideas and then impose some brand discipline on its licensors. Those matters are confused further by the fact that the D&D movie rights are in play (always), and the D&D videogame rights are (or were) a part of the Hasbro/Infogrames/Atari/Whateverthehell tie-up which seems to undergo periodic revisions. Anyway, a little bit of focus in this area probably is a good thing in terms of making Hasbro happy with the return on its D&D investments, regardless of what the tabletop game does. Lets revisit this topic in February of 2012. I think the matter will be decided by then. The current state is just too murky to make a determination. RyanD [/QUOTE]
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