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If Paizo bought Greyhawk could they make their money back?
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<blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 3410499" data-attributes="member: 37579"><p>I doubt they'd make any money. </p><p></p><p>White Wolf, a *slightly* larger company than Paizo, tried the licensed products route and gave up after a few years. The amount of money WotC was asking to renew the license was enough for the profits they were making. </p><p></p><p>But, you say, WW only licensed <em>Ravenloft</em> and <em>Gamma World</em> not <em>Greyhawk</em> which is clearly winning on a Paizo poll so it should sell better than both put together!</p><p>Of course we're talking about a poll where <em>Dragonlance</em> has yet to score a single %; I think it may be skewered and a tad off. </p><p></p><p>So, if WotC licenses it to Paizo for the same amount they licensed <em>Ravenloft</em> then all they have to do is outsell that. Easy, right? </p><p>Well, firstly there's no chance they'd lend <em>Greyhawk</em> out for the same amount as one of their niche settings. Second, as has been mentioned before on these forums, you'd have to release a book that appeals to all four major fangroups of <em>Greyhawk</em>, a nigh impossible feat. No matter what you did the book would be ignored by the fans of Gygax, the GH Wars, LG or Mona. </p><p></p><p>Besides, <em>Greyhawk</em> is tied into the PHB. They wouldn't want to licence out something that would affect the core game.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jester David, post: 3410499, member: 37579"] I doubt they'd make any money. White Wolf, a *slightly* larger company than Paizo, tried the licensed products route and gave up after a few years. The amount of money WotC was asking to renew the license was enough for the profits they were making. But, you say, WW only licensed [i]Ravenloft[/i] and [i]Gamma World[/i] not [i]Greyhawk[/i] which is clearly winning on a Paizo poll so it should sell better than both put together! Of course we're talking about a poll where [i]Dragonlance[/i] has yet to score a single %; I think it may be skewered and a tad off. So, if WotC licenses it to Paizo for the same amount they licensed [i]Ravenloft[/i] then all they have to do is outsell that. Easy, right? Well, firstly there's no chance they'd lend [i]Greyhawk[/i] out for the same amount as one of their niche settings. Second, as has been mentioned before on these forums, you'd have to release a book that appeals to all four major fangroups of [i]Greyhawk[/i], a nigh impossible feat. No matter what you did the book would be ignored by the fans of Gygax, the GH Wars, LG or Mona. Besides, [i]Greyhawk[/i] is tied into the PHB. They wouldn't want to licence out something that would affect the core game. [/QUOTE]
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