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<blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 6205214" data-attributes="member: 3400">The brand has been successful and will be regarded as successful for some time. All you have to do is see how it sometimes gets referred to in mainstream television and movies to reach that conclusion. But will parts of the D&amp;D brand fail if D&amp;D Next tanks? I think any video games that might be spawned off the D&amp;D system will probably keep enough independence that they'll be successful (or not) on their own. That's probably where D&amp;D will see its next area of seriously profitable success (if any is coming). Movies? I think that well has already been poisoned and will remain so for a few more years. The important question for me will be in table-top RPGs. If D&amp;D Next tanks or even significantly under-performs and develops a sales trajectory that looks bad, I think that may be it for D&amp;D as a table-top RPG for the foreseeable future. Fortunately, the OGL ultimately makes it impossible for a very D&amp;D-like game to be kept off the market so D&amp;D fans will always have something close to play even if it can't actually bear the D&amp;D trademark. However, as a result of not bearing the trademark, I don't think any RPG will really ever achieve the same degree of cultural presence as D&amp;D achieved.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="billd91, post: 6205214, member: 3400"] The brand has been successful and will be regarded as successful for some time. All you have to do is see how it sometimes gets referred to in mainstream television and movies to reach that conclusion. But will parts of the D&D brand fail if D&D Next tanks? I think any video games that might be spawned off the D&D system will probably keep enough independence that they'll be successful (or not) on their own. That's probably where D&D will see its next area of seriously profitable success (if any is coming). Movies? I think that well has already been poisoned and will remain so for a few more years. The important question for me will be in table-top RPGs. If D&D Next tanks or even significantly under-performs and develops a sales trajectory that looks bad, I think that may be it for D&D as a table-top RPG for the foreseeable future. Fortunately, the OGL ultimately makes it impossible for a very D&D-like game to be kept off the market so D&D fans will always have something close to play even if it can't actually bear the D&D trademark. However, as a result of not bearing the trademark, I don't think any RPG will really ever achieve the same degree of cultural presence as D&D achieved. [/QUOTE]

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