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<blockquote data-quote="Zardnaar" data-source="post: 7325010" data-attributes="member: 6716779"><p>Depends though generally you sell a business for X2-X5 of its yearly income. </p><p></p><p> Sometimes you can't monetize it properly or don't want to (Lucas is old now a new trilogy would take 10 years). Or you have to sell TSR in 1997 to WotC). Or you can use that money selling some properties to fund something else that hopefully makes you more money. Selling D&D for example to fund a movie or triple AAA video game might cost 100-200 million dollars, how much is D&D worth? They got it for around 27 million in 1997 and its doing well so you would around double that number at least ( would have been worth less say 7 years ago). D&D is probably worth something like 50-100 million range. Back then the novel range was worth more than the RPG and now the novel range is dead.</p><p></p><p> Something like Grand Theft Auto V make 4-6 million dollars per day. </p><p></p><p> I don't think D&D is popular enough to reach that kind of level via a game or movie. Everyone gets excited about WotC plans for a movie or new game, I don't think one will happen anytime soon that will do much of anything.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zardnaar, post: 7325010, member: 6716779"] Depends though generally you sell a business for X2-X5 of its yearly income. Sometimes you can't monetize it properly or don't want to (Lucas is old now a new trilogy would take 10 years). Or you have to sell TSR in 1997 to WotC). Or you can use that money selling some properties to fund something else that hopefully makes you more money. Selling D&D for example to fund a movie or triple AAA video game might cost 100-200 million dollars, how much is D&D worth? They got it for around 27 million in 1997 and its doing well so you would around double that number at least ( would have been worth less say 7 years ago). D&D is probably worth something like 50-100 million range. Back then the novel range was worth more than the RPG and now the novel range is dead. Something like Grand Theft Auto V make 4-6 million dollars per day. I don't think D&D is popular enough to reach that kind of level via a game or movie. Everyone gets excited about WotC plans for a movie or new game, I don't think one will happen anytime soon that will do much of anything. [/QUOTE]
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