Now WotC has taken Dragonlance (merged)

[Rodrigo Istalindir]

It's also quite possible that wotC doesn't have their plans finalized, but Paizo does -- which is why Paizo made the announcement. That's just supposition, though.

I suspect Paizo was under the gun to make an announcement. When you're selling a product that won't be delivered until months or years into the future, and trying to sell advertising space in the mag, there are legal and financial concerns that come into play if the product isn't going to, you know, exist.

 

[coyote6]

Can I license stuff from you?

Sure! What did you want to license, and how many multiples (whole numbers only, please) of my yearly salary will you pay for the honor?

I've got some old socks that I could let the rights go for a song.

[size=-2](Publishing rights on a Beatles song, that is.)[/size]

 

[VictorC]

As a huge DL fan I kind of wish this wasn't happening, but it is. MW and crew has done some fantastic work. All I hope is that Wizards does something with the license. Also if they do, that it is at least good it doesn't have to be as good (I don't think they have it in them) just so it isn't absolute crap.

 

[I'm A Banana]

 

[Cabled]

The D&D brand is worth a lot more on the auction block with all these other IP's attached and included too.

 

[pawsplay]

A loss of communications can mean only one thing: invasion.

Err, I mean: WotC is a corporation, corporations do different things at different times. I'm sure they have their reasons, and it wasn't because people hated the recent DL stuff. You can conjecture all kinds of things, many of them exclusionary.

For instance: WotC is going to kill the OGL and wants to bring the cows all home.
Versus: WotC wants to support 4e aggressively through the OGL, viewing their valuable IPs as the real money makers.

 

[teitan]

Not to sound hysterical or anything, but is this all the pre-cursor to an all out assault on D20, OGL, and the SRD in preparation for 4th Ed?

The OGL can't be withdrawn. once the cat was out of the bag, it was out of the bag.

 

[caudor]

A loss of communications can mean only one thing: invasion.

Err, I mean: WotC is a corporation, corporations do different things at different times. I'm sure they have their reasons, and it wasn't because people hated the recent DL stuff. You can conjecture all kinds of things, many of them exclusionary.

For instance: WotC is going to kill the OGL and wants to bring the cows all home.
Versus: WotC wants to support 4e aggressively through the OGL, viewing their valuable IPs as the real money makers.

I imagine the folks at WotC are dying to let us know all about the Digital Initiative. With all the big changes that have taken place recently, it is not a stretch to say they are taking the DI very seriously.

Being a corporation, I'm sure they can't spill the beans until they have all the ducks lined up. Like they said, 'We have a plan'.

 

[teitan]

WotC's activities lately are shameful (IMO).

We will probably see Oriental Adventures join the ranks of 'license not renewed', although personally I would like to see a new treatment of that material (especially if revamped for Kara-Tur).

They can't pull that one either as it was produced in conjunction with AEG and used THEIR world, not a WOTC world.

 

[Mistwell]

You know...if you are considering selling a company, you usually first consolidate intellectual property under you wing first. That way, you don't give a third party veto power over the transaction.

I doubt this is the plan, but it's possible.

And they posted record sales today:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18272397/