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Message: <blockquote data-quote="charlesatan" data-source="post: 9819104" data-attributes="member: 20870">I think right now they have a mix of third party studios (which is where their successful hits can be attributed to) and internal video game studios (which is unfortunately where their current flops come from)--which at first glance would seem like a good investment, as per Adkinson's original plans--but the problem is Wizards of the Coast management or their board has no patience or endurance to weather the storm, as internal game development needs time (and money) to develop (and even produce some flops), and Wizards of the Coast is not shy of killing projects (or not devoting enough resources to it) before said studio has time to mature (e.g. Sigil and other projects).A similar trend can be seen in Wizards of the Coast's digital initiatives outside of D&D, such as Magic: The Gathering.So while the strategy is sound, the execution so far is not optimistic.</blockquote>