D&D General Wizards of the Coast has its biggest Quarter Ever, with D&D down a smidge. From Comicbook.com

[darjr]

One small surprise was that Dungeons & Dragons actually had a down quarter compared to 2021. This isn't due to a decrease in tabletop game sales, but rather due to Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance coming out during 2Q2021.

Wizards of the Coast Had Its Biggest Quarter Ever

Hasbro announced that its Wizards of the Coast division had its biggest quarter ever, led by major growth in its tabletop gaming segment. Hasbro had its quarterly earnings report today, with news that Magic: The Gathering and higher prices has pushed its overall profit above estimates. Of note...

comicbook.com

 

[Reynard]

I don't get how these things are structured. Obviously Dark Alliance is a D&D branded thing, but it isn't a part of the tabletop market. Why would you organize things in such a way that an underperforming licensed property makes it look like the TTRPG had a down quarter?

 

[bedir than]

I don't get how these things are structured. Obviously Dark Alliance is a D&D branded thing, but it isn't a part of the tabletop market. Why would you organize things in such a way that an underperforming licensed property makes it look like the TTRPG had a down quarter?

Because it wasn't a licensed product, but an internally developed D&D game

 

[darjr]

I don't get how these things are structured. Obviously Dark Alliance is a D&D branded thing, but it isn't a part of the tabletop market. Why would you organize things in such a way that an underperforming licensed property makes it look like the TTRPG had a down quarter?

Because of the pre release plan of 5e still has a hold. To make D&D a license like property.

In the past it would have been mush worse news for WotC.

Edit: it wasn’t a license? OK then, see above post or following quotes post

 

[darjr]

Because it wasn't a licensed product, but an internally developed D&D game

Wait, it was? OK then.

 

[bedir than]

Tabletop D&D was up 15%. The only reason D&D as a whole was down was that they didn't release a gaming property.
D&D's worst year in 5e was 15% growth for the core game. And next year there's a video game and movie and licensed novels.
It's still growing

 

[bedir than]

Wait, it was? OK then.

The studio they bought in Montreal

 

[darjr]

Tabletop D&D was up 15%. The only reason D&D as a whole was down was that they didn't release a gaming property.
D&D's worst year in 5e was 15% growth for the core game. And next year there's a video game and movie and licensed novels.
It's still growing

All true. It’s amazing. I might change the title of the thread.

Edit: I’m not sure anymore. There is a reason I didn’t go into finance

 

[darjr]

The studio they bought in Montreal

So is some of that just the cost of buying that studio?

 

[Reynard]

Because it wasn't a licensed product, but an internally developed D&D game

I guess. I mean it started as a licensed property and then WotC bought the dev. So sure.

But it still seems strange to tie the TTRPG quarterlies to not TTRPG releases. Shouldn't WotC have a video game division instead?