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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SBMC" data-source="post: 2760982" data-attributes="member: 30040">I agree; in many industries that deal volume sales - things get ugly for the managers at all levels if the numbers don’t turn up regardless of the experience levels of such managers. “Failure” is not handled lightly.They could be turning to a new development strategy; such as using more contract work as opposed to full time employees (they probably do that a lot already; but perhaps now more so). Charles Ryan may find himself self employed doing almost the same job from home! (maybe not?). I have no idea what the numbers are here – this is all opinion:However think about this: Hasbro is really stuck here; D&D gives them more clout than they already had; it is a legend in and of itself - if they nixed D&D they would go down in history as the ones who destroyed a legacy – like when Pan Am air went down the tubes, or AT&T was split up (not that the dollar figures or social impact are as big as those were of course). Think about the “hatred” toward TSR for fouling DnD? People (I know I would) might even boycott Hasbro! (and I got plenty of kids to buy stuff for!)D&D is one of those things, like Monopoly, that they will keep onboard for eternity because to stop will hurt the Hasbro Brand as a whole; they are staples of the gaming world (not just RPG) psyche. If they sell off WoTC (or just D&D) some competitor will pick it up; for the same reason – exposure and be the one who “saved” the D&D name. And even if WoTC stopped altogether and D&D did go away, Mongoose, Atlas and others would pick up the slack and feed the demand…where there is demand a supplier will show up sooner or later if not already there.So even if the worst happened there would be gaming out there for us to enjoy and partake in.</blockquote>

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