Now WotC has taken Dragonlance (merged)

Hobo said:
Not even. Games Workshop is in a world of financial hurt lately. Have been for a good five years or so now.

I heard some other folks talking about Blizzard. Granted, that was pure speculation without the tiniest crumb of confirming evidence, but it was an intriguing idea anyway.

I can't see Blizzard doing anything like this. They stand to make far more money if they just put out Starcraft 2 or Diablo 3, yet they refuse to provide resources to such projects.
 

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I'm drifting away from the idea of Hasbro being interested in selling WotC. WotC put out a press release on Friday that they were doing a Transformers battle-card game, to be published this summer (just a bit before the Transformers movie). I doubt Hasbro would have a subsidiary making that game, which will use Hasbro licenses, up for sale.
 




Hasbro might sell D&D if an offer is presented, it won't be selling WoTC...


Afterthought:

I'm not sure wether WoTC is a Cash Cow or a Dog for Hasbro...
M:TG is a Cash Cow on its own (but I don't know wether it complies with Hasbro's profit objectives).

Also, I'm not sure about where D&D fits in the Boston Matrix for WoTC... But I'd risk to say 'tis a dog.

Just in case you wonder why I'm speaking of Cash Cows and Dogs:
http://marketingteacher.com/Lessons/lesson_boston_matrix.htm
 
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mhensley said:
Games Workshop is probably the only game company rich enough to buy D&D. And if you think things are bad now... :confused:

I think Elevation Partners (BioWare Corp.'s parent) is well able to buy D&D if they wanted to.

If Atari's license was at an early end or otherwise could be brought to an end - that might not be such a stretch.

I am not sure they want to, mind you.
 

Land Outcast said:
Also, I'm not sure about where D&D fits in the Boston Matrix for WoTC... But I'd risk to say 'tis a dog.
The advantage matrix is better for this - WotC fits the criteria of a "specialized" business to a T.

Otherwise you have a hard time defining just who their competitors are.
 

Note that a sale would come with an attendant tax burden. Also not sure who would be on a buyer list.

If anything, I would think a spin-off which alleviates any tax hit and spins the company into it's own entity. It could do this in whole or in part.

The only reason I would even contemplate this would happen is that some Hasbro exec on high got his hands on one of the Fiendish Codex's and had a fit.
I mean, its a little far afield from "So Soft Pony Pinkie Pie" (http://hasbro.com/).

~D
 


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