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<blockquote data-quote="Emerikol" data-source="post: 6014451" data-attributes="member: 6698278"><p>Another reminder. D&D makes millions of dollars. Millions. They are not going to shelve it. They may cut staff and release less often but thats the worst of it. I'm not sure that would be so bad.</p><p></p><p>Also, they could easily license a company to produce only the roleplaying game for some limited time (like 5 years or 10). The license fee would be pure profit. So they won't ever turn that down. So if they are unhappy with the margins, they can do the licensing route. </p><p></p><p>In my opinion WOTC is pretty fat. And if D&D is highly profitable even now, I suspect their bookkeeping. For example they are in a very nice expensive office building. How much of that gets charged against D&D's overhead? A small town like Lake Geneva, WI would a very inexpensive location for some small proprietor to rent a few offices and churn out D&D.</p><p></p><p>Even though 4e sales were a lot lower (IMHO) they were still great compared to most companies. There are tons of rpg companies out there and not a one of them is competing with D&D other than Pathfinder. And honestly folks that's D&D competing with itself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Emerikol, post: 6014451, member: 6698278"] Another reminder. D&D makes millions of dollars. Millions. They are not going to shelve it. They may cut staff and release less often but thats the worst of it. I'm not sure that would be so bad. Also, they could easily license a company to produce only the roleplaying game for some limited time (like 5 years or 10). The license fee would be pure profit. So they won't ever turn that down. So if they are unhappy with the margins, they can do the licensing route. In my opinion WOTC is pretty fat. And if D&D is highly profitable even now, I suspect their bookkeeping. For example they are in a very nice expensive office building. How much of that gets charged against D&D's overhead? A small town like Lake Geneva, WI would a very inexpensive location for some small proprietor to rent a few offices and churn out D&D. Even though 4e sales were a lot lower (IMHO) they were still great compared to most companies. There are tons of rpg companies out there and not a one of them is competing with D&D other than Pathfinder. And honestly folks that's D&D competing with itself. [/QUOTE]
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