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<blockquote data-quote="Kobold Boots" data-source="post: 5900536" data-attributes="member: 92239"><p>So, a few things - </p><p></p><p>1. I apologize if anything I wrote came off as if I was standing on a soapbox or speaking down to anyone. I have a generally strong writing voice and it comes off the wrong way at times. </p><p></p><p>2. Wasting IP can be a competitive advantage to a firm if they believe the property would do more damage to their firm in the hands of another firm. Case in point would be TSR buying DJ: Mythus or if (god forbid) Hasbro ever tried to buy Paizo outright to control the PF property.</p><p></p><p>3. You're never going to see a game company get hit with any kind of anti-competition lawsuit because of the ease of entry to the business. Competition is everywhere. (I know you didn't go as far as mentioning a lawsuit but I'm writing it in this context because businesses look at what's appropriate business through the lens of "will we be sued".)</p><p></p><p>Last, I do believe the D&D property has more value to the fan base than it does to the company that owns it and a lot of that value is intangible or goodwill value. The company that would do it best at the moment is Paizo, but they have no reason to do so as their own brand is doing quite well.</p><p></p><p>Oddly (and off topic), I find I enjoy each product/edition more when I've spent a bunch of time playing the other one. It's like they're both flawed but you only appreciate one when you've been exposed to the flaws in the other.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kobold Boots, post: 5900536, member: 92239"] So, a few things - 1. I apologize if anything I wrote came off as if I was standing on a soapbox or speaking down to anyone. I have a generally strong writing voice and it comes off the wrong way at times. 2. Wasting IP can be a competitive advantage to a firm if they believe the property would do more damage to their firm in the hands of another firm. Case in point would be TSR buying DJ: Mythus or if (god forbid) Hasbro ever tried to buy Paizo outright to control the PF property. 3. You're never going to see a game company get hit with any kind of anti-competition lawsuit because of the ease of entry to the business. Competition is everywhere. (I know you didn't go as far as mentioning a lawsuit but I'm writing it in this context because businesses look at what's appropriate business through the lens of "will we be sued".) Last, I do believe the D&D property has more value to the fan base than it does to the company that owns it and a lot of that value is intangible or goodwill value. The company that would do it best at the moment is Paizo, but they have no reason to do so as their own brand is doing quite well. Oddly (and off topic), I find I enjoy each product/edition more when I've spent a bunch of time playing the other one. It's like they're both flawed but you only appreciate one when you've been exposed to the flaws in the other. [/QUOTE]
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