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<blockquote data-quote="JVisgaitis" data-source="post: 2591893" data-attributes="member: 4177"><p>I must admit, I myself was kinda caught in the whole 4e conspiracy theory thing until Monte gave me a reality check and I started thinking exactly what Charles confirmed above. How can D&D possibly not be one of the most lucrative licenses to own? Especially considering the millions it makes just through video game sales (look at Diablo II) and book sales (need I mention Drizzt?).</p><p></p><p>When I hear about print runs of WotC products, and look at the failure of other popular licenses that didn't do well as RPGs (Star Wars, Star Trek, Lord of the Rings), I can only come to the conclusion that D&D is doing exceedingly well for itself, especially since last year was the biggest year for D&D ever.</p><p></p><p>Another thing about D&D, is it has a lot of market penetration throughout other areas and excels in many of them. Miniatures, books, movies, comics, video games, etc. Even MageKnight is now defunct. There is something in D&D where it has an 18 Constitution and it never dies. D&D really is everywhere the more I thought about it, and I came to the conclusion that it can only be very healthly considering they are doing a sequel to a movie which didn't do very well. I don't know about anyone else, but I sleep easy at night knowing D&D is fine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JVisgaitis, post: 2591893, member: 4177"] I must admit, I myself was kinda caught in the whole 4e conspiracy theory thing until Monte gave me a reality check and I started thinking exactly what Charles confirmed above. How can D&D possibly not be one of the most lucrative licenses to own? Especially considering the millions it makes just through video game sales (look at Diablo II) and book sales (need I mention Drizzt?). When I hear about print runs of WotC products, and look at the failure of other popular licenses that didn't do well as RPGs (Star Wars, Star Trek, Lord of the Rings), I can only come to the conclusion that D&D is doing exceedingly well for itself, especially since last year was the biggest year for D&D ever. Another thing about D&D, is it has a lot of market penetration throughout other areas and excels in many of them. Miniatures, books, movies, comics, video games, etc. Even MageKnight is now defunct. There is something in D&D where it has an 18 Constitution and it never dies. D&D really is everywhere the more I thought about it, and I came to the conclusion that it can only be very healthly considering they are doing a sequel to a movie which didn't do very well. I don't know about anyone else, but I sleep easy at night knowing D&D is fine. [/QUOTE]
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