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<blockquote data-quote="JacktheRabbit" data-source="post: 5389199" data-attributes="member: 525"><p>I can think of two possible answers.</p><p></p><p>The first is a licensing item. A company that wants to survive long term does not do so making all its money on license products, especially in a market where those costs can rapidly climb or be taken away from you. It can make for an unsteady business model.</p><p></p><p>The second is personal. TSR, as it was called before and even after the name change to a degree, was a rather rough place from some of the comments I have heard. Lots of big personalities and if what I read is true at one point a leader (or leadership) that did not even respect gamers. So the wrong money may have meant (depending on who said it) that the wrong credit would have to be given and the head of the company would rather not make the money as opposed to giving credit for sucess to someone he (or she) did not like. Basically your typical stab in the back approach to the political office environment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JacktheRabbit, post: 5389199, member: 525"] I can think of two possible answers. The first is a licensing item. A company that wants to survive long term does not do so making all its money on license products, especially in a market where those costs can rapidly climb or be taken away from you. It can make for an unsteady business model. The second is personal. TSR, as it was called before and even after the name change to a degree, was a rather rough place from some of the comments I have heard. Lots of big personalities and if what I read is true at one point a leader (or leadership) that did not even respect gamers. So the wrong money may have meant (depending on who said it) that the wrong credit would have to be given and the head of the company would rather not make the money as opposed to giving credit for sucess to someone he (or she) did not like. Basically your typical stab in the back approach to the political office environment. [/QUOTE]
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