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<blockquote data-quote="AlViking" data-source="post: 9739091" data-attributes="member: 6906980">So I did watch it (waiting for something else and I can replay at 1.5 speed).&nbsp; His whole spiel seems to be based on annoyingly implying that he has insider info and &quot;Taking an upfront payday just to continue to run the game they're already playing is a no brainer&quot; at around 4:40.&nbsp; Then he goes on to say other things like &quot;CR is responsible for how popular D&amp;D becomes.&quot; Really?&nbsp; Whether or not people enjoy playing the game has nothing to do with it? AL, support for gaming at schools, every other stream that uses D&amp;D has no impact?&nbsp; Towards the end he just throws in more speculation, ties in the franchise idea that doesn't really prove anything, on and on.But the funny thing is that he claims specific numbers of how CR is making tens of millions of dollars per year which, if true, why would they take the gamble of switching to DH?&nbsp; Why not have Matt take the lead of DH games, do separate streams for those, and pull in even more money?&nbsp; At this point it sounds like their stream and the deal with Amazon for their show are their main money-makers, DH is practically just a side gig for them.&nbsp; If DH takes off, fantastic!&nbsp; Now they have two potentially equally profitable streams.&nbsp; It would be a win-win for them.&nbsp; If DH doesn't take off, they've hedged their bets and maybe they do something else down the road.I guess I'm not surprised they're sticking with D&amp;D for campaign 4.&nbsp; Maybe WOTC is spending a big percentage of their D&amp;D advertising budget on CR, maybe they aren't.&nbsp; We simply don't know.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AlViking, post: 9739091, member: 6906980"] So I did watch it (waiting for something else and I can replay at 1.5 speed). His whole spiel seems to be based on annoyingly implying that he has insider info and "Taking an upfront payday just to continue to run the game they're already playing is a no brainer" at around 4:40. Then he goes on to say other things like "CR is responsible for how popular D&D becomes." Really? Whether or not people enjoy playing the game has nothing to do with it? AL, support for gaming at schools, every other stream that uses D&D has no impact? Towards the end he just throws in more speculation, ties in the franchise idea that doesn't really prove anything, on and on. But the funny thing is that he claims specific numbers of how CR is making tens of millions of dollars per year which, if true, why would they take the gamble of switching to DH? Why not have Matt take the lead of DH games, do separate streams for those, and pull in even more money? At this point it sounds like their stream and the deal with Amazon for their show are their main money-makers, DH is practically just a side gig for them. If DH takes off, fantastic! Now they have two potentially equally profitable streams. It would be a win-win for them. If DH doesn't take off, they've hedged their bets and maybe they do something else down the road. I guess I'm not surprised they're sticking with D&D for campaign 4. Maybe WOTC is spending a big percentage of their D&D advertising budget on CR, maybe they aren't. We simply don't know. [/QUOTE]

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