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<blockquote data-quote="an_idol_mind" data-source="post: 3043259" data-attributes="member: 43749"><p>I own several Realms novels, and none of them mention any other publishing house rights that do not belong to WotC. I have similarly noticed no notations in the game material. If there was a rights issue, I imagine it could be found at least in the fine print of the material somewhere.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The Realms is the only setting to have survived all three editions of AD&D. It is also one of the biggest marketing names that WotC has. Its novels are consistently best sellers, and it also benefits from many successful translations in other areas -- most notably computer games, where franchises like Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale, and Neverwinter Nights have cleaned up.</p><p></p><p>As far as actual sales numbers, the game material seems to be selling well on Amazon (which is unfortunately one of the only places I can get hard sales numbers for these things). Given the amount of marketing and longevity of the Realms, I would say that one would have to more to disprove its success than to prove it. If the Realms were ever doing poorly, it would not have survived this long, especially considering the many other settings that got axed when WotC took over TSR.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="an_idol_mind, post: 3043259, member: 43749"] I own several Realms novels, and none of them mention any other publishing house rights that do not belong to WotC. I have similarly noticed no notations in the game material. If there was a rights issue, I imagine it could be found at least in the fine print of the material somewhere. The Realms is the only setting to have survived all three editions of AD&D. It is also one of the biggest marketing names that WotC has. Its novels are consistently best sellers, and it also benefits from many successful translations in other areas -- most notably computer games, where franchises like Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale, and Neverwinter Nights have cleaned up. As far as actual sales numbers, the game material seems to be selling well on Amazon (which is unfortunately one of the only places I can get hard sales numbers for these things). Given the amount of marketing and longevity of the Realms, I would say that one would have to more to disprove its success than to prove it. If the Realms were ever doing poorly, it would not have survived this long, especially considering the many other settings that got axed when WotC took over TSR. [/QUOTE]
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