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<blockquote data-quote="GreyLord" data-source="post: 7493811" data-attributes="member: 4348">You realize how many years ago that those interviews occurred?&nbsp; WE are talking DECADES!I said it was for gaming and hobby magazines, but I truly can't recall which ones they were.&nbsp; It's like me asking who was the publisher for the mathbook you had in 10th grade?&nbsp;&nbsp; If you recall, kudos to you, you have a great memory.&nbsp; Most people aren't going to really recall it off the top of their head amongst all the other things.Some of them had some pretty good distribution so if they were reading them back then, I'd imagine someone might be able to name at least one of them.&nbsp; I think one was a game type magazine. I know another that I stumbled across in a store and remember reading it while there at the store which seemed to repeat a lot of the same information, and I think it was a computer gaming magazine like PC gamer or Computer Gamer or something like that.&nbsp; Article came out a while after the interview...didn't get a copy of that myself but if I had to guess on those it's going to be sometime between 1992 and 94.&nbsp; I wish I could tell you more, but it wasn't something I thought was super important at the time.&nbsp; Never thought I'd be defending the financials of TSR on some little board those many years ago.&nbsp; Why would I?That's about the most detail I can recall, and I actually consider that pretty good considering it was over 25 YEARS ago (that's older than some of the people that are playing today and probably several that are on these boards).One other thing to know, are the numbers I'm giving are NOT net profit.&nbsp; These are not the PROFIT that you think of, but gross profit, or overall income.&nbsp; So, even if TSR made 75 million, let's say, if they had expenses of 52 million, that only leaves an actual net profit of 23 million.&nbsp; With the 55 million people are stating I think that's probably referring to a gross of the industry, not the net profit everyone is making.&nbsp; Thus that 55 million gross would be more comparable to the gross rather than the net.&nbsp; Just my thoughts on these numbers tossed around.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GreyLord, post: 7493811, member: 4348"] You realize how many years ago that those interviews occurred? WE are talking DECADES! I said it was for gaming and hobby magazines, but I truly can't recall which ones they were. It's like me asking who was the publisher for the mathbook you had in 10th grade? If you recall, kudos to you, you have a great memory. Most people aren't going to really recall it off the top of their head amongst all the other things. Some of them had some pretty good distribution so if they were reading them back then, I'd imagine someone might be able to name at least one of them. I think one was a game type magazine. I know another that I stumbled across in a store and remember reading it while there at the store which seemed to repeat a lot of the same information, and I think it was a computer gaming magazine like PC gamer or Computer Gamer or something like that. Article came out a while after the interview...didn't get a copy of that myself but if I had to guess on those it's going to be sometime between 1992 and 94. I wish I could tell you more, but it wasn't something I thought was super important at the time. Never thought I'd be defending the financials of TSR on some little board those many years ago. Why would I? That's about the most detail I can recall, and I actually consider that pretty good considering it was over 25 YEARS ago (that's older than some of the people that are playing today and probably several that are on these boards). One other thing to know, are the numbers I'm giving are NOT net profit. These are not the PROFIT that you think of, but gross profit, or overall income. So, even if TSR made 75 million, let's say, if they had expenses of 52 million, that only leaves an actual net profit of 23 million. With the 55 million people are stating I think that's probably referring to a gross of the industry, not the net profit everyone is making. Thus that 55 million gross would be more comparable to the gross rather than the net. Just my thoughts on these numbers tossed around. [/QUOTE]

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