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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sunshadow21" data-source="post: 7657187" data-attributes="member: 6667193"><p>For now, but they have long since hit a plateau that growing beyond is going to be tough. The novels are a good example of this; the novel line exists now mostly because of a few legacy characters and authors, not because the line as a whole is doing that well. Remove Drizzt and maybe one or two other characters and suddenly WotC is a lot closer to Paizo's level of success. In the end, for all that they have decent name recognition, they don't really have much in the way of current product, and haven't for some time. A few novels and some boardgames isn't a failure, but it's not anything close to the level of success they keep saying they want to achieve; in the end, they have had some success, but have never really capitalized on any of it. The D&D brand may have more history than Pathfinder or any other rpg in that department, but going forward, I would be hesitant to give the brand any kind of an edge. WotC has brand history, but Paizo has a solid history of making solid business decisions that lead to solid products and the rest of the rpg market in general is far more in tune with the new electronic tools and media than WotC is or will be in the near future. The D&D brand isn't going away any time soon, but it's not very well positioned to sustain it's current position or see any significant growth unless WotC very quickly learns how to capitalize on the successes they do get and make them into something even bigger.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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