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<blockquote data-quote="ZeshinX" data-source="post: 8900197" data-attributes="member: 6793656"><p>To me, they were apologizing for the wrong thing. They're sorry they got caught.</p><p></p><p>I mean WotC has really stepped in it. They've endangered their two main revenue streams; MtG and D&D (at least, I assume that's their two main revenue streams, I could be quite wrong).</p><p></p><p>The MtG community has been quite upset (as I understand it) with WotC for some time, culminating lately with Magic 30. I'm very much an outsider there, but looking at it...they really are flooding that market with too much product too fast (a mistake TSR made...which I would've thought WotC would spot a mile away, since that is what in large part got them TSR/D&D).</p><p></p><p>Their relationship with the TTRPG community...well, they've practically obliterated that. 20+ years of goodwill and trust, destroyed in a matter of days. They blew up the house and are now trying to extinguish the smoldering ruins by urinating on them. I mean it's <em>something, </em>I suppose.</p><p></p><p>Still, Hasbro is likely none too pleased, given the percentage of revenue WotC contributes (which is likely to see some serious to severe downward trends). I wouldn't be at all shocked if we see them, sometime in the next week or two, offer up a sacrificial scapegoat in the form of a departing leader (or several) closely attached to this debacle. I think we'll be seeing Cynthia Williams (at least) offered up in that role, as her "under-monetized" quote is likely ringing quite loudly along with that exceedingly poor statement from Friday.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ZeshinX, post: 8900197, member: 6793656"] To me, they were apologizing for the wrong thing. They're sorry they got caught. I mean WotC has really stepped in it. They've endangered their two main revenue streams; MtG and D&D (at least, I assume that's their two main revenue streams, I could be quite wrong). The MtG community has been quite upset (as I understand it) with WotC for some time, culminating lately with Magic 30. I'm very much an outsider there, but looking at it...they really are flooding that market with too much product too fast (a mistake TSR made...which I would've thought WotC would spot a mile away, since that is what in large part got them TSR/D&D). Their relationship with the TTRPG community...well, they've practically obliterated that. 20+ years of goodwill and trust, destroyed in a matter of days. They blew up the house and are now trying to extinguish the smoldering ruins by urinating on them. I mean it's [I]something, [/I]I suppose. Still, Hasbro is likely none too pleased, given the percentage of revenue WotC contributes (which is likely to see some serious to severe downward trends). I wouldn't be at all shocked if we see them, sometime in the next week or two, offer up a sacrificial scapegoat in the form of a departing leader (or several) closely attached to this debacle. I think we'll be seeing Cynthia Williams (at least) offered up in that role, as her "under-monetized" quote is likely ringing quite loudly along with that exceedingly poor statement from Friday. [/QUOTE]
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