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OGL and ORC; A Marriage made in Heaven?
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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 8903390" data-attributes="member: 7006"><p>I think this is the crux of the issue for the disagreements we are seeing here on the boards-- whether or not being the "EA of the TTRPG industry" is actually a bad thing from HasbrotC's point of view?</p><p></p><p>Because sure EA's reputation sucks with the hardcore players within the industry... but they have and will continue to <em>dominate the market</em>. So what has that loss of face actually cost EA? It sure hasn't been money these past 40 years they've been in existence.</p><p></p><p>For all we know... HasbrotC is banking on their new 3DVTT system to so dominate the online roleplaying sphere that the loss of all the OGL people will be small potatoes compared to the influx of new players they expect to capture. A risk? Sure. We all have no idea whether this new program of theirs will actually work worth a damn. But if it <em>does</em>? Then there's quite the potential for all the bad rep they garnered from revoking the OGL not amounting to a hill of beans when all is said and done.</p><p></p><p>Of course, if HasbrotC botches their 3DVTT release? Then all bets are off and woe be to they in the company who will be beholden to answer to the shareholders.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 8903390, member: 7006"] I think this is the crux of the issue for the disagreements we are seeing here on the boards-- whether or not being the "EA of the TTRPG industry" is actually a bad thing from HasbrotC's point of view? Because sure EA's reputation sucks with the hardcore players within the industry... but they have and will continue to [I]dominate the market[/I]. So what has that loss of face actually cost EA? It sure hasn't been money these past 40 years they've been in existence. For all we know... HasbrotC is banking on their new 3DVTT system to so dominate the online roleplaying sphere that the loss of all the OGL people will be small potatoes compared to the influx of new players they expect to capture. A risk? Sure. We all have no idea whether this new program of theirs will actually work worth a damn. But if it [I]does[/I]? Then there's quite the potential for all the bad rep they garnered from revoking the OGL not amounting to a hill of beans when all is said and done. Of course, if HasbrotC botches their 3DVTT release? Then all bets are off and woe be to they in the company who will be beholden to answer to the shareholders. [/QUOTE]
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