The Stray
Hero
My prediction: A year from now, WotC's slip into the Trust Thermocline will have accelerated after they push through an OGL 2.0 that attempts to de-authorize the 1.0a. They will try to launch several new MTG initiatives, but the wallet fatigue and general disgust the MTG player base has for them will lead to middling sales of flagship products, which will completely fail to right the ship. The ORC siphons off disgruntled creators while Youtubers and influencers make their plans for their own lines of Fantasy Heartbreakers, leading to a dearth of D&D-related content. In response, WotC will accelerate OneDnD playtests to maintain enthusiasm, which works right up until there comes a change that causes some major outcry. They will also try to launch a legal challenge to SRDs in the ORC to hamstring it (likely not by targeting Pathfinder, but a Fantasy Heartbreaker by a smaller and more vulnerable company) -- the outcome of this is uncertain.
After several bad quarter reports (possibly accelerated by a country-wide recession), Hasbro starts getting more rabid. If these quarter reports are bad enough to trigger a sell-off, one or more senior executives are threatened with the axe, and make even more drastic decisions. This triggers an irreversible deathspiral that drags Hasbro into bankruptcy, putting the future of D&D in doubt as Hasbro's asserts are carved up to satisfy creditors.
TL;DR: Hasbro drags D&D into a deathspiral, and takes the entire industry with it.
After several bad quarter reports (possibly accelerated by a country-wide recession), Hasbro starts getting more rabid. If these quarter reports are bad enough to trigger a sell-off, one or more senior executives are threatened with the axe, and make even more drastic decisions. This triggers an irreversible deathspiral that drags Hasbro into bankruptcy, putting the future of D&D in doubt as Hasbro's asserts are carved up to satisfy creditors.
TL;DR: Hasbro drags D&D into a deathspiral, and takes the entire industry with it.