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<blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 6597344" data-attributes="member: 18182">Sorry Mistwell, wasn't my intent to goad you, and in retrospect, my post does sound that way.Still, I think we're focusing on details that are somewhat less important . . . especially when none of us really know the real details and we're all armchair quarterbacking here. I may be misunderstanding Iosue's point, and perhaps your rebuttal, but this is the way I'm looking at it . . .To continue to be published, D&amp;D needs to be profitable. At one point perhaps, profits had to reach a specific target number ($50,000?), at another the game itself stood alone in the accounting, later the game and brand stood together. Now perhaps D&amp;D plus Magic together need to hit a certain target number. Any way you look at it, D&amp;D needs to turn a profit to continue to exist. Many fans seem to think the current publishing model for the game isn't going to earn a reasonable &quot;WotC-sized&quot; profit, and that the game is &quot;in trouble&quot;. I highly doubt that is the case. I'm very confident in WotC's decision-making that have given us the new game and its new publishing model, and that it will give us a sustainable, and profitable (for WotC), run for D&amp;D. Perhaps I'm so confident because this slow release schedule lines up very well with my own desires for D&amp;D, and I'm also tired of the negativity and nitpicking among the online fan base.Also, not all of us follow the developments of D&amp;D's business side as closely as you seem to. So again, relax a bit if several of us aren't up to speed and have missed or forgotten previous developments.EDIT: Upon a smidge more reflection, I'm not so sure that &quot;many&quot; fans are upset and worried that D&amp;D is &quot;in trouble&quot;. More like &quot;some&quot; fans who happen to be very vocal and repetitive! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dire Bare, post: 6597344, member: 18182"] Sorry Mistwell, wasn't my intent to goad you, and in retrospect, my post does sound that way. Still, I think we're focusing on details that are somewhat less important . . . especially when none of us really know the real details and we're all armchair quarterbacking here. I may be misunderstanding Iosue's point, and perhaps your rebuttal, but this is the way I'm looking at it . . . To continue to be published, D&D needs to be profitable. At one point perhaps, profits had to reach a specific target number ($50,000?), at another the game itself stood alone in the accounting, later the game and brand stood together. Now perhaps D&D plus Magic together need to hit a certain target number. Any way you look at it, D&D needs to turn a profit to continue to exist. Many fans seem to think the current publishing model for the game isn't going to earn a reasonable "WotC-sized" profit, and that the game is "in trouble". I highly doubt that is the case. I'm very confident in WotC's decision-making that have given us the new game and its new publishing model, and that it will give us a sustainable, and profitable (for WotC), run for D&D. Perhaps I'm so confident because this slow release schedule lines up very well with my own desires for D&D, and I'm also tired of the negativity and nitpicking among the online fan base. Also, not all of us follow the developments of D&D's business side as closely as you seem to. So again, relax a bit if several of us aren't up to speed and have missed or forgotten previous developments. [I]EDIT: Upon a smidge more reflection, I'm not so sure that "many" fans are upset and worried that D&D is "in trouble". More like "some" fans who happen to be very vocal and repetitive! :)[/I] [/QUOTE]

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