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<blockquote data-quote="diceexmachina" data-source="post: 8892109" data-attributes="member: 69831"><p>The amazing part about this whole thing is the failure of Hasbro/WotC to understand their own business. But then again, that's basically the story of modern American corporate management: Short term gains over long-term gains, make as much money now as possible. The advantage of a corporation over a sole proprietorship or family business is allegedly that the corporation is more capable of long-term planning, but in reality, the executives get/keep their job by promising investors short-term returns rather than long-term growth. Everything is run like a gold mine: Extract all the easy money, then sell the leftovers for scrap.</p><p></p><p>The OGL was created by a group of forward-thinking people who knew that a healthier community and industry benefitted D&D and WotC in the long-term, and they understood that people who bought rules supplements from Mongoose, settings from Fantasy Flight, or adventures from Paizo were <u>also</u> buying the main rulebooks from WotC. That was the bargain, and it paid off big-time. Now, for the second time in 15 years, WotC leadership has let their delusion that they're "leaving money on the table" lead them off a cliff because they only see other people making money. They're idiots, and like every company run by dipshits from US Business schools, they'll keep doing stupid naughty word because they think it's how they are supposed to do iy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="diceexmachina, post: 8892109, member: 69831"] The amazing part about this whole thing is the failure of Hasbro/WotC to understand their own business. But then again, that's basically the story of modern American corporate management: Short term gains over long-term gains, make as much money now as possible. The advantage of a corporation over a sole proprietorship or family business is allegedly that the corporation is more capable of long-term planning, but in reality, the executives get/keep their job by promising investors short-term returns rather than long-term growth. Everything is run like a gold mine: Extract all the easy money, then sell the leftovers for scrap. The OGL was created by a group of forward-thinking people who knew that a healthier community and industry benefitted D&D and WotC in the long-term, and they understood that people who bought rules supplements from Mongoose, settings from Fantasy Flight, or adventures from Paizo were [U]also[/U] buying the main rulebooks from WotC. That was the bargain, and it paid off big-time. Now, for the second time in 15 years, WotC leadership has let their delusion that they're "leaving money on the table" lead them off a cliff because they only see other people making money. They're idiots, and like every company run by dipshits from US Business schools, they'll keep doing stupid naughty word because they think it's how they are supposed to do iy. [/QUOTE]
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