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<blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 9108308" data-attributes="member: 18182"><p>The folks complaining about WotC's "failure" to properly tie the TTRPG to the movie and video game are missing a few things . . . .</p><p></p><p>Coordinating a book release to a movie release, or to a video game release, isn't easy. Both movies and video games get delayed, all the time. BG3 certainly was delayed. WotC used to try harder back in the day, and the tie-in releases never lined up well as things on one side or another got delayed.</p><p></p><p>More importantly, there are a handful of posters here who seem to think more explicit movie/game tie-ins are a must-do, that WotC is foolishly incompetent and/or leaving money on the table . . . . while WotC shrugs. WotC has done the marketing tie-in with games and movies before, and it didn't seem to really work out for them. I assume they haven't done so this year because . . . they don't feel its worth the effort. And, I agree.</p><p></p><p>What exactly do you guys want to see? What kind of game product tying in to the movie, Honor Among Thieves, would you want to see . . . . that lots of other folks would want to buy? What kind of tie-in product for Baldur's Gate III?</p><p></p><p>For Honor Among Thieves . . . I picked up the tie-in novels, and I really wanted that AMC popcorn bucket . . . but beyond that, I can't imagine what WotC or their partners could have delivered that I would want. Perhaps that's a failure of imagination on my part.</p><p></p><p>For the game, BG3 . . . I wouldn't mind a mini-release for some character rules for having a tadpole in your head . . . but that might spoil the game's plot a bit, so maybe down the road. Other than that . . . .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dire Bare, post: 9108308, member: 18182"] The folks complaining about WotC's "failure" to properly tie the TTRPG to the movie and video game are missing a few things . . . . Coordinating a book release to a movie release, or to a video game release, isn't easy. Both movies and video games get delayed, all the time. BG3 certainly was delayed. WotC used to try harder back in the day, and the tie-in releases never lined up well as things on one side or another got delayed. More importantly, there are a handful of posters here who seem to think more explicit movie/game tie-ins are a must-do, that WotC is foolishly incompetent and/or leaving money on the table . . . . while WotC shrugs. WotC has done the marketing tie-in with games and movies before, and it didn't seem to really work out for them. I assume they haven't done so this year because . . . they don't feel its worth the effort. And, I agree. What exactly do you guys want to see? What kind of game product tying in to the movie, Honor Among Thieves, would you want to see . . . . that lots of other folks would want to buy? What kind of tie-in product for Baldur's Gate III? For Honor Among Thieves . . . I picked up the tie-in novels, and I really wanted that AMC popcorn bucket . . . but beyond that, I can't imagine what WotC or their partners could have delivered that I would want. Perhaps that's a failure of imagination on my part. For the game, BG3 . . . I wouldn't mind a mini-release for some character rules for having a tadpole in your head . . . but that might spoil the game's plot a bit, so maybe down the road. Other than that . . . . [/QUOTE]
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