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Message: <blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 6683941" data-attributes="member: 22424">While it's absolutely true that 5e has been, and continues to be, a huge success, this hasn't been the pattern for the 15 years Hasbro have owned the IP, and of course there's no guarantee that it will continue to enjoy that same level of success.So while it is indeed currently "on a tear", it would be much more normal to consider the D&D-RPG to be small change when considered against the likes of Transformers, My Little Pony, or even Magic. Or, indeed, the potential licensing benefits from a movie, video game, or other uses.I was responding to a sub-thread where it had been suggested Hasbro might sell D&D as a whole, hence my comment about not being aware of them selling any IP of the sort of size of D&D.(Of course, if they were thinking about selling then now would actually be about the best time to do so, what with 5e doing exceptionally well and them getting the movie rights back. That means value of the IP is high, and may be more likely to go down than further up. But since I don't think they're planning to sell, or indeed ever would sell for anything less than silly money, it's rather a moot point.)As regards any commercial argument for releasing 5e under the OGL: I'm not sure there is one. I rather suspect that if they do such a thing it will be more about garnering goodwill than about a solid business case. I have no idea if or when they would do such a thing - though we can be sure they won't if they think it would be harmful (rather than beneficial or neutral) to the numbers.</blockquote>

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