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<blockquote data-quote="wingsandsword" data-source="post: 8885578" data-attributes="member: 14159">The thing is, that attitude really, REALLY misjudges the gaming community.I'm sure this is an outgrowth of that shareholder's conference call last year that was reported on, where a Hasbro exec said &quot;D&amp;D is under-monetized&quot;, and they're trying to find ways to extract more money from it.. . .but they're doing it in the most ham-fisted, inept, tone-deaf way that reflects no knowledge of the field.&nbsp; This sounds all like some exec with an MBA but zero knowledge of gaming going &quot;Companies are making add-ons to our products, or even competing products, from a license we put out?&nbsp; Revoke that license and replace it with one where we get royalties!&quot;They've got no clue how the OGL has helped the hobby grow over the last 22+ years, and just want to be able to tout the money coming in from those royalty clauses (or from contracts signed with 3pp's) as accomplishments to help them get promoted in the corporate hierarchy.. . .and the long term damage it does to the industry is something they don't care about both because it won't really show until after they're on to another job, and because it can't be as easily quantified.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wingsandsword, post: 8885578, member: 14159"] The thing is, that attitude really, REALLY misjudges the gaming community. I'm sure this is an outgrowth of that shareholder's conference call last year that was reported on, where a Hasbro exec said "D&D is under-monetized", and they're trying to find ways to extract more money from it. . . .but they're doing it in the most ham-fisted, inept, tone-deaf way that reflects no knowledge of the field. This sounds all like some exec with an MBA but zero knowledge of gaming going "Companies are making add-ons to our products, or even competing products, from a license we put out? Revoke that license and replace it with one where we get royalties!" They've got no clue how the OGL has helped the hobby grow over the last 22+ years, and just want to be able to tout the money coming in from those royalty clauses (or from contracts signed with 3pp's) as accomplishments to help them get promoted in the corporate hierarchy. . . .and the long term damage it does to the industry is something they don't care about both because it won't really show until after they're on to another job, and because it can't be as easily quantified. [/QUOTE]

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