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<blockquote data-quote="Dedekind" data-source="post: 4403809" data-attributes="member: 63968"><p>(To pick one thing out of your response.)</p><p> </p><p>I disagree with the dire portents you throw out as a result of Gleemax. I think it <em>is</em> a bad sign -- someone, somewhere was too optimistic. However, Gleemax wasn't meant to be much of a revenue generator was it? Nothing I have seen indicates it was put up for direct revenue. Like OGL, the revenue effects should have been secondary.</p><p> </p><p>In fact, if WotC was going to cut just one thing, Gleemax should be it. It doesn't generate much revenue, it doesn't tie directly to the new edition and it wasn't getting a lot of community support. </p><p> </p><p>Also, if WotC only generates $70 million in sales a year, than my D&D sales estimate is way too high. I think I put WotC at $90-120 million a year of which I thought a 1/3 was D&D. If that's the case, then D&D only gets about $20-25 million. Which makes the success of DDI even more important (see my prior guesstimate of $7 million as target DDI sales). </p><p> </p><p>Regardless, considering the complete lack of a direct competitor of similar size, I have no idea why no one can give a firm sales number for D&D.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dedekind, post: 4403809, member: 63968"] (To pick one thing out of your response.) I disagree with the dire portents you throw out as a result of Gleemax. I think it [I]is[/I] a bad sign -- someone, somewhere was too optimistic. However, Gleemax wasn't meant to be much of a revenue generator was it? Nothing I have seen indicates it was put up for direct revenue. Like OGL, the revenue effects should have been secondary. In fact, if WotC was going to cut just one thing, Gleemax should be it. It doesn't generate much revenue, it doesn't tie directly to the new edition and it wasn't getting a lot of community support. Also, if WotC only generates $70 million in sales a year, than my D&D sales estimate is way too high. I think I put WotC at $90-120 million a year of which I thought a 1/3 was D&D. If that's the case, then D&D only gets about $20-25 million. Which makes the success of DDI even more important (see my prior guesstimate of $7 million as target DDI sales). Regardless, considering the complete lack of a direct competitor of similar size, I have no idea why no one can give a firm sales number for D&D. [/QUOTE]
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