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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 9095124" data-attributes="member: 22779">So, the fact that they turned around, a couple of years later, and sold the company to Hasbro for fantastic money means that 3e was nothing but fan service and had absolutely nothing to do with making a profit?&nbsp; Frankly, that seems to be the definition of &quot;cash grab&quot;.&nbsp; Any business venture that hopes to be profitable is a &quot;cash grab&quot;.&nbsp; No matter what, WotC is only ever allowed to lose money, otherwise, it's a &quot;cash grab&quot;.&nbsp; Think of how much money they are investing in D&amp;Done.&nbsp; We're talking millions and more millions of dollars.&nbsp; Years of engagement with the fandom.&nbsp; HUGE amounts of outreach.&nbsp; They are pouring a TON of money into this.&nbsp; Probably far, far more money than has ever been invested in D&amp;D previously.&nbsp; Heck, the purchase of D&amp;D Beyond makes it a much larger investment in the hobby than at any point previous.&nbsp; Let's put this in perspective shall we?WotC purchases TSR for $25 millionHasbro purchases WotC for $325 million.&nbsp; Not a bad turnaround on a what, two year investment.&nbsp; WotC purchases D&amp;DBeyond for 146.3 million.But, yeah, WotC only interested in the cash grab?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 9095124, member: 22779"] So, the fact that they turned around, a couple of years later, and sold the company to Hasbro for fantastic money means that 3e was nothing but fan service and had absolutely nothing to do with making a profit? Frankly, that seems to be the definition of "cash grab". Any business venture that hopes to be profitable is a "cash grab". No matter what, WotC is only ever allowed to lose money, otherwise, it's a "cash grab". Think of how much money they are investing in D&Done. We're talking millions and more millions of dollars. Years of engagement with the fandom. HUGE amounts of outreach. They are pouring a TON of money into this. Probably far, far more money than has ever been invested in D&D previously. Heck, the purchase of D&D Beyond makes it a much larger investment in the hobby than at any point previous. Let's put this in perspective shall we? WotC purchases TSR for $25 million Hasbro purchases WotC for $325 million. Not a bad turnaround on a what, two year investment. WotC purchases D&DBeyond for 146.3 million. But, yeah, WotC only interested in the cash grab? [/QUOTE]

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