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<blockquote data-quote="ExploderWizard" data-source="post: 4534425" data-attributes="member: 66434">The Bad in this case was not bad overall for the game just bad in hindsight for profitability. &nbsp;As far as an RPG goes, yes 3E was about as good as one could expect, sales wise. The question becomes, good enough for whom?&nbsp;A small independent company in the RPG business can be satisfied with the kind of profit that would make a large company like Hasbro see it as something barely worth thier time.&nbsp;Shareholders don't get excited about a product that simply makes a bit of money, they get excited about products with huge profits that help drive up the stock price. &nbsp;The company has a duty to shareholders to invest in those products that produce the revenue and abandon or change those that don't.&nbsp;This is why RPG's and large publicly traded companies are a poor mix. Do you honestly think that a non-gamer shareholder of Hasbro cares if the spirit of the original D&amp;D is maintained when doing otherwise would drive up the stock price?&nbsp;Its not evil. Its just business.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ExploderWizard, post: 4534425, member: 66434"] The Bad in this case was not bad overall for the game just bad in hindsight for profitability. As far as an RPG goes, yes 3E was about as good as one could expect, sales wise. The question becomes, good enough for whom? A small independent company in the RPG business can be satisfied with the kind of profit that would make a large company like Hasbro see it as something barely worth thier time. Shareholders don't get excited about a product that simply makes a bit of money, they get excited about products with huge profits that help drive up the stock price. The company has a duty to shareholders to invest in those products that produce the revenue and abandon or change those that don't. This is why RPG's and large publicly traded companies are a poor mix. Do you honestly think that a non-gamer shareholder of Hasbro cares if the spirit of the original D&D is maintained when doing otherwise would drive up the stock price? Its not evil. Its just business. [/QUOTE]

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