Now WotC has taken Dragonlance (merged)

[mhensley]

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.

 

[billd91]

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.

 

[Ghendar]

Sounds like a good plan for the evil overlord.

Steinbrenner?

 

[Ghendar]

Nah, nobody wants a war. Let them have Poland. I'm sure they'll be satisfied with that and leave everyone else alone.

What's your name? Chamberlain?

 

[Piratecat]

(my apologies for adding yet another thread...but, well, they are taking it back!).

If you know a thread is redundant, please don't make extra work for the mods. I'll merge this.

 

[Land Outcast]

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

 

[Steel_Wind]

Games Workshop is probably the only game company rich enough to buy D&D. And if you think things are bad now...

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.

 

[freebfrost]

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.

 

[daemonslye]

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

 

[Land Outcast]

I mean, its a little far afield from "So Soft Pony Pinkie Pie" (http://hasbro.com/).

~D

2 answers to that:

Option A) Mmmm, Pony Pie

Option B) "So Soft Phony Pinkie Pie" Fixed fer ye