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<blockquote data-quote="Pragmatic" data-source="post: 6768380" data-attributes="member: 6804583"><p>It's been awhile since I've used accounting jargon, but there's a term (which of course I've forgotten <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> where companies set minimum returns on investment. Something to do with "if I'm getting less than this, I should just put my money on the stock market and get a better return."</p><p></p><p>WotC could put $1M into producing Dark Sun (my fave non-FR setting...). And they could make $1M+1 in revenue, netting a profit of $1.</p><p></p><p>Or they could put that $1M into some bonds, and net $30k in profit.</p><p></p><p>If their bean counters don't see <strong>ENOUGH</strong> profit in a book, they won't create it, even if it might make them <strong>SOME</strong> profit.</p><p></p><p>It's why, in 3E, WotC let other companies take the majority of the risk. They partnered to make the setting core book (IIRC, Rokugan/Oriental Adventures and DragonLance?), then left the supplements (with much lower print runs and much lower profits) to be risked by the partners. They even let the adventures (MUCH lower print runs and MUCH lower profits) be made by dozens of third-party companies.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pragmatic, post: 6768380, member: 6804583"] It's been awhile since I've used accounting jargon, but there's a term (which of course I've forgotten :) where companies set minimum returns on investment. Something to do with "if I'm getting less than this, I should just put my money on the stock market and get a better return." WotC could put $1M into producing Dark Sun (my fave non-FR setting...). And they could make $1M+1 in revenue, netting a profit of $1. Or they could put that $1M into some bonds, and net $30k in profit. If their bean counters don't see [b]ENOUGH[/b] profit in a book, they won't create it, even if it might make them [b]SOME[/b] profit. It's why, in 3E, WotC let other companies take the majority of the risk. They partnered to make the setting core book (IIRC, Rokugan/Oriental Adventures and DragonLance?), then left the supplements (with much lower print runs and much lower profits) to be risked by the partners. They even let the adventures (MUCH lower print runs and MUCH lower profits) be made by dozens of third-party companies. [/QUOTE]
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