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<blockquote data-quote="primarchone" data-source="post: 6017481" data-attributes="member: 26826"><p>Hi!</p><p></p><p>This.</p><p></p><p>While all the RPG forums love arguing about why this version of D&D is better than another the most probable observation that can be made is that since Hasbro has owned D&D edition lifespan has been getting shorter and shorter and have included "reboots" in the form of half-editions (3.5) or "parallel" products (essential).</p><p></p><p>This tells me that D&D is not hitting whatever elusive dollar amount is desired for that brand. It's probably not hitting it because the "goal" is unrealistic and unobtainable by ANY RPG.</p><p></p><p>5e will be no different. Not because it will be a bad game, but because it has the burden of hitting a sales mark I believe no RPG can ever reach.</p><p></p><p>I also believe this is the last shake Hasbro will give the brand in RPG form (they'll use the IP for video games, boardgames and maybe even movies). It's had over a decade to prove to Hasbro it can hit that unattainable goal. I don't think they'll accept any spin or excuses when 5e also fails to reach it.</p><p></p><p>D&D in any version has had sales that would make any RPG publisher ecstatically happy. But its a question of scale and the scale of the RPG industry as a whole is a scale I believe Hasbro will soon deem "inconsequential".</p><p></p><p>Millions in sales is a lot, but when you expecting TENS of millions or even more than 100 million, anything less is called failure. I'm afraid that's where we are with D&D and its IP owner Hasbro.</p><p></p><p>Primarch</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="primarchone, post: 6017481, member: 26826"] Hi! This. While all the RPG forums love arguing about why this version of D&D is better than another the most probable observation that can be made is that since Hasbro has owned D&D edition lifespan has been getting shorter and shorter and have included "reboots" in the form of half-editions (3.5) or "parallel" products (essential). This tells me that D&D is not hitting whatever elusive dollar amount is desired for that brand. It's probably not hitting it because the "goal" is unrealistic and unobtainable by ANY RPG. 5e will be no different. Not because it will be a bad game, but because it has the burden of hitting a sales mark I believe no RPG can ever reach. I also believe this is the last shake Hasbro will give the brand in RPG form (they'll use the IP for video games, boardgames and maybe even movies). It's had over a decade to prove to Hasbro it can hit that unattainable goal. I don't think they'll accept any spin or excuses when 5e also fails to reach it. D&D in any version has had sales that would make any RPG publisher ecstatically happy. But its a question of scale and the scale of the RPG industry as a whole is a scale I believe Hasbro will soon deem "inconsequential". Millions in sales is a lot, but when you expecting TENS of millions or even more than 100 million, anything less is called failure. I'm afraid that's where we are with D&D and its IP owner Hasbro. Primarch [/QUOTE]
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