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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mokona" data-source="post: 4617167" data-attributes="member: 24891">Actually no.  Hasbro already paid for Wizards of the Coast.  Hasbro reports profit according to accounting rules that treated Wizards of the Coast as if it cost $29 million each year through 2009.  In fact there is no cash that goes out the door in 2009 towards that $29 million.  Tax laws are a little different but Hasbro may get a tax writeoff in 2009 from the amortized expense.I seem to recall a press release that Wizards of the Coast reached the 1/2 million mark (500,000) in units sold of the 3rd edition Player's Handbook.  That would be ~$7 million for just one book or approximately $1 million per year all by itself before they sold their first copy of the Dungeon Master's Guide; Monster Manuals 1, 2, 3, and 4; Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting; Eberron Campaign Setting; Star Wars Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook, Revised, and Saga Edition; Savage Species; Sword & Fist, Defenders of the Faith, Tome & Blood, Song & Silence, Masters of the Wild, and the Complete Series clones of each splat book; Psionics Handbook and Expanded version; Manual of the Planes; Deities and Demigods; Draconomicon; all the other 3rd edition and v.3.5 roleplaying books.For a while Wizards of the Coast produced 2-3 roleplaying supplements every single month.  Over the coarse of eight years from 2000-2008 that amounts to almost 200 products (including D&D Dice).Reality check: if 200 products sold only 15,000 units each for $10 (to Wizards) thats $30 million.  Most Dungeons & Dragons books cost $30 or even $40 which would fetch $15-$20 for WotC.  I also find it laughable that D&D RPG products averaged less than even 30,000 units sold.</blockquote>

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