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Message: <blockquote data-quote="shadzar" data-source="post: 5431596" data-attributes="member: 6667746">No, I just think with a company in which money is the ONLY driving force, then the game itself will not be as important as it might be those those who play it.I thought we were talking about WotC business decisions? Gary didn't sell the game, it was taken from him by trying to get investors and selling shares of the company...he just brought in the wrong people. It isnt like Adkinson deciding to sell WotC to HASBRO.The developers of MANY recent editions have been controlled, by those seeking to use the game for ONE purpose. Under such high stress and control, you don't expect those artisans to be at there best (See D&D books gutted and DDi scheduling/calendar changes).I don't think some of the developers of the past, or the current ones should be anywhere near gaming. That doesn't mean others that should be have any real say or control. Didn't HASBRO force a direction of something in regards to "number of books sold" related to a comparison of children's books and the differences in revenue each was getting and D&D had to start meeting a quota?The consumer doesn't buy things because they want to help you make money as a business. They buy things that they think are quality products. So the best way to get the consumer to willingly hand over their money so you get more, is to give them a quality product, and bean-counters look only at the revenue stream and ways to increase it rather than care if the product has any quaility.So it has to be someone that cares about the product (not brand), in order to remove the good money after bad element.I could mention other good examples related to banks TARP funds, etc...but that would probably divert too much into politics, but shows where the idea of a smaller group of focused people could probably do better than putting all your eggs in one basket so you save money on buying extra baskets. So it depends on what type of omelet you are wanting to make, but either way, you still have to break a few of those eggs.</blockquote>

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