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<blockquote data-quote="Gadget" data-source="post: 6343683" data-attributes="member: 23716">You obviously have not been keeping up on the interviews MM has done about the future of D&amp;D.&nbsp; The whole point he made was that it was a mistake to rely on the PNP RPG releases to drive revenue when they could leverage the brand through board games, video games, toys, comics, movies, tee-shirts, etc.&nbsp; He has spoken several times about doing fewer, but 'big tent pole' type releases.&nbsp; This would theoretically allow them to use less people to produce more through other outlets.&nbsp; It has been established that pazio has more people working on Pathfinder, than WOTC does on D&amp;D.&nbsp; Whether they will stick to this strategy as time unfolds is, of course arguable, but I think the general direction is sound.&nbsp; It also implies that Pathfinder &amp; D&amp;D may not be in as much competition as many people seem to think, as it seems WOTC will depend much more on the D&amp;D brand as a whole to drive revenue this time around, and much less on P&amp;P RPG products.&nbsp; Personally, I see WOTC doing a lot more with licensing this time around, getting third parties to do much of the 'heavy lifting' while they produce.&nbsp; If they don't have a full scale OGL, they may have a tiered process where they have something like the d20 STL, then individual licenses for specific products.&nbsp; I could be that the license situation is such that Pazio may do some 5e work down the road.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gadget, post: 6343683, member: 23716"] You obviously have not been keeping up on the interviews MM has done about the future of D&D. The whole point he made was that it was a mistake to rely on the PNP RPG releases to drive revenue when they could leverage the [I]brand[/I] through board games, video games, toys, comics, movies, tee-shirts, etc. He has spoken several times about doing fewer, but 'big tent pole' type releases. This would theoretically allow them to use less people to produce more through other outlets. It has been established that pazio has more people working on [I]Pathfinder[/I], than WOTC does on D&D. Whether they will stick to this strategy as time unfolds is, of course arguable, but I think the general direction is sound. It also implies that [I]Pathfinder[/I] & D&D may not be in as much competition as many people seem to think, as it seems WOTC will depend much more on the D&D brand as a whole to drive revenue this time around, and much less on P&P RPG products. Personally, I see WOTC doing a lot more with licensing this time around, getting third parties to do much of the 'heavy lifting' while they produce. If they don't have a full scale OGL, they may have a tiered process where they have something like the d20 STL, then individual licenses for specific products. I could be that the license situation is such that Pazio may do some 5e work down the road. [/QUOTE]

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