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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GreyLord" data-source="post: 9784788" data-attributes="member: 4348">I think what they mean is that their words on D&D do not really mean anything.For example, I knew before the Core books were even released that they would boost Hasbro Sales of D&D for at least the next. year (I believe if you look far enough back you can even see my predictions on it in these very forums).  That was predictable.  With the numbers that had been shown prior and stated about the increasing numbers of players, if it had not boosted sales it would have indicated something had gone seriously wrong (as in absolutely disastrous).  It's going to be over the next year or two that tells the investors healthy D&D really is.  Any heavy (or serious) investor in Hasbro already knew this.  It was obvious.  Hasbro didn't state anything that had not been obvious to these types of investors for months prior to the actual corebooks release (so, literally, this has been known for over a year, even before it actually occurred).  It would only be news to a casual investor or someone not really doing their homework or really serious about these things.I'm far more worried about this Christmas season and the impact certain things occurring (which I cannot talk about here as these are forbidden topics) in the world will have on sales.  Currently, things look like they may not be as bad as many have been worried about (Halloween, for example, seems to be having good sales right now).  However, there are many that are predicting a great deal of doom and gloom on the Horizon and due to the way Hasbro publishes (not just games, toys, etc) and ships, they may be in the very heart of the storm.  Nothing they said in the call or otherwise has reassured me in that arena of concern yet.  It's more a wait and see what happens type of situation, or I feel it's that way. Hopefully it's over fears of what could happen, and it turns out that instead the Consumer spends a lot more money and we have a record breaking Christmas, but there are also indications that there is an incoming hurricane of trouble on the horizon that will break either this Christmas or sometime next year.</blockquote>

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