LuisCarlos17f
Legend
D&D has failed a lot of times with the videogame adaptations, but if today Forgotten Realms is the most famous setting is thanks Baldur's Gate and Newerwinter Nights. And D&D has enjoyed indirect advertising thanks World of Warcraft and other fantasy videogames, because those gamers were more willing to try the tabletop role-play, (at least to be the trope of horny bard).
The digital market is the main goal of Hasbro/WotC, but videogame projects need time, money and the right workers. The tabletop version can be useful as a "ideas factory".
My theory is Hasbro wants to sell D&D sourcebooks based in other franchises. Do you rebember the starter set of "Stranger Things" and "Rick & Morty"? Well, you can imagine D&D based in Legend of Zelda, for example. Maybe Warcraft d20 could be published by WotC themself in the 5th Ed, thanks the good contacts between Hasbro and Microsoft, the new owner of Blizzard.
And the brands help to sell more, for example toys based in famous cartoons (Pepa Pig, PJMasks, etc..). And we can't forget the "crossovers" in other videogames, for example Transformers as skins in "World of Warships" or "Smite". I am really surprised we haven't seen more G.I.Joe characters as skins in Fortnite beside Snake Eyes.
The digital market is the main goal of Hasbro/WotC, but videogame projects need time, money and the right workers. The tabletop version can be useful as a "ideas factory".
My theory is Hasbro wants to sell D&D sourcebooks based in other franchises. Do you rebember the starter set of "Stranger Things" and "Rick & Morty"? Well, you can imagine D&D based in Legend of Zelda, for example. Maybe Warcraft d20 could be published by WotC themself in the 5th Ed, thanks the good contacts between Hasbro and Microsoft, the new owner of Blizzard.
And the brands help to sell more, for example toys based in famous cartoons (Pepa Pig, PJMasks, etc..). And we can't forget the "crossovers" in other videogames, for example Transformers as skins in "World of Warships" or "Smite". I am really surprised we haven't seen more G.I.Joe characters as skins in Fortnite beside Snake Eyes.