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<blockquote data-quote="wingsandsword" data-source="post: 7950099" data-attributes="member: 14159"><p>My understanding is that a huge problem with WotC running ANY new games of any kind, and why they basically stick to D&D and M:tG, is that WotC is a subsidiary of Hasbro, and Hasbro thinks entirely in terms of "brands", and a "brand" MUST make a certain amount of money each year to be allowed to operate, and the standard that Hasbro has for a successful "brand" is so high that the only things in the whole industry that could meet that standard are M:tG and D&D. Games that would be massive smash hits for any other company in the industry and would be highly profitable, would be seen as unimportant and too small to save by Hasbro.</p><p></p><p>They can't plain just make side-project games anymore, like they could before they were a Hasbro subsidiary or when it was TSR, everything has to fall into the corporate mindset of "brands". </p><p></p><p>It's my understanding that this is why WotC discontinued d20 Modern (which makes me sad, I really liked that), and why they didn't renew the license on the Star Wars RPG (the license being signed before WotC was bought by Hasbro, so they had to continue it due to contractual obligations, and in the best of years I vaguely remember hearing it could hit those numbers that Hasbro wanted, but it couldn't do it constantly, and I guess LFL wanted a lot of money to renew the license in 2010 when it was running out).</p><p></p><p>I'd love it if WotC could revive d20 Modern and use that as a platform to bring back Star Frontiers, Dark*Matter, and all the other vintage Sci-Fi settings they had in the 80's and 90's. . .but unless Hasbro has made a significant change in internal policy, it's improbable that will happen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wingsandsword, post: 7950099, member: 14159"] My understanding is that a huge problem with WotC running ANY new games of any kind, and why they basically stick to D&D and M:tG, is that WotC is a subsidiary of Hasbro, and Hasbro thinks entirely in terms of "brands", and a "brand" MUST make a certain amount of money each year to be allowed to operate, and the standard that Hasbro has for a successful "brand" is so high that the only things in the whole industry that could meet that standard are M:tG and D&D. Games that would be massive smash hits for any other company in the industry and would be highly profitable, would be seen as unimportant and too small to save by Hasbro. They can't plain just make side-project games anymore, like they could before they were a Hasbro subsidiary or when it was TSR, everything has to fall into the corporate mindset of "brands". It's my understanding that this is why WotC discontinued d20 Modern (which makes me sad, I really liked that), and why they didn't renew the license on the Star Wars RPG (the license being signed before WotC was bought by Hasbro, so they had to continue it due to contractual obligations, and in the best of years I vaguely remember hearing it could hit those numbers that Hasbro wanted, but it couldn't do it constantly, and I guess LFL wanted a lot of money to renew the license in 2010 when it was running out). I'd love it if WotC could revive d20 Modern and use that as a platform to bring back Star Frontiers, Dark*Matter, and all the other vintage Sci-Fi settings they had in the 80's and 90's. . .but unless Hasbro has made a significant change in internal policy, it's improbable that will happen. [/QUOTE]
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