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<blockquote data-quote="Gizzard" data-source="post: 262734" data-attributes="member: 527">&gt; I think we are being hoodwinked by the RPG sales &gt; are exceeding expectations party line and that we &gt; are to believe that D&amp;D is doing well. You dont think D&amp;D is doing well saleswise?&nbsp; If Seans post is to be taken at face value, sales are doing just fine - even &quot;unsuccessful&quot; products like Lords of Rumness are selling greatly better than &quot;successful&quot; products were just 2-3 years ago.The problem, as I see it, is the definition of &quot;unsuccessful&quot;.&nbsp; WotC has already said they want to publish only high-margin titles and leave the low-margin products to the small d20 publishers.&nbsp; So, theres bound to be some friction between Hasbro execs (who probably consider all of D&amp;D to be low margin compared to Star Wars toys, etc) and WotC regulars who are much more grounded in the RPG industry.&nbsp; I think over the next year this conflict will play out, with the Hasbro execs inevitably winning out.&nbsp; Theres no need for a conspiracy theory here.&nbsp; Its pretty clear what Hasbro wants and the only thing they are concealing is proprietary business information, like how much the margin is on a successful product.&nbsp; OTOH, I do think that their strategy is extremely shortsighted.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gizzard, post: 262734, member: 527"] > I think we are being hoodwinked by the RPG sales > are exceeding expectations party line and that we > are to believe that D&D is doing well. You dont think D&D is doing well saleswise? If Seans post is to be taken at face value, sales are doing just fine - even "unsuccessful" products like Lords of Rumness are selling greatly better than "successful" products were just 2-3 years ago. The problem, as I see it, is the definition of "unsuccessful". WotC has already said they want to publish only high-margin titles and leave the low-margin products to the small d20 publishers. So, theres bound to be some friction between Hasbro execs (who probably consider all of D&D to be low margin compared to Star Wars toys, etc) and WotC regulars who are much more grounded in the RPG industry. I think over the next year this conflict will play out, with the Hasbro execs inevitably winning out. Theres no need for a conspiracy theory here. Its pretty clear what Hasbro wants and the only thing they are concealing is proprietary business information, like how much the margin is on a successful product. OTOH, I do think that their strategy is extremely shortsighted. [/QUOTE]

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