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<blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 5431100" data-attributes="member: 22424">I think it's not as simple as it being a success or being a failure. It may well have been successful, and indeed selling a ton of books, and still not been doing well enough to satisfy the needs of Hasbro. Especially if they sank a whole bunch of money into developing the DDI and it just hasn't brought in the return on investment that the team promised management when they sought the green light for it.Bear in mind that what would qualify as an awesome success for any other RPG company (including Paizo) may well be considered an Epic Fail by Hasbro. (Indeed, do I not recall an anecdote from just after the takeover, when the WotC guys were congratulating themselves that the brand-new &quot;Psionics Handbook&quot; for 3.0e had sold lot of copies, only to have the Hasbro rep ask, &quot;Why are we even producing this book?&quot;?)Do they threaten to eat your soul unless you play for them the greatest rock song ever?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="delericho, post: 5431100, member: 22424"] I think it's not as simple as it being a success or being a failure. It may well have been successful, and indeed selling a ton of books, and still not been doing well enough to satisfy the needs of Hasbro. [i]Especially[/i] if they sank a whole bunch of money into developing the DDI and it just hasn't brought in the return on investment that the team promised management when they sought the green light for it. Bear in mind that what would qualify as an awesome success for any other RPG company (including Paizo) may well be considered an Epic Fail by Hasbro. (Indeed, do I not recall an anecdote from just after the takeover, when the WotC guys were congratulating themselves that the brand-new "Psionics Handbook" for 3.0e had sold lot of copies, only to have the Hasbro rep ask, "Why are we even producing this book?"?) Do they threaten to eat your soul unless you play for them the greatest rock song ever? [/QUOTE]

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