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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celtavian" data-source="post: 681583" data-attributes="member: 5834">ReI understand the need for WotC to make money. That is why Hasbro purchased the company,to make money.Speaking from the perspective of a long-term gamer, I still find it disturbing that WotC/Hasbro is seeking to eliminate all other gaming systems from the marekt, and this is just one more step to accomplish this goal. Smart business decision, but just a little too monopolistic for my tastes. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that WotC wants to be the equivalent of Microsoft in the gaming world. Dominant, aggressive and ready to destroy the competition if necessary.I can seriously see why quite a few gamers don't like the way this sounds. Gaming  for most of its existence has been a fringe activity with little corporate influence, and now, a big corporation has  entered our little world and demanded that "profit" be the primary motivation behind product and marketing decisions. Though profit was always a motivation for creating games, I still believe most of the original game designers had a passion for what they were doing. They would do it even if they weren't making the most money possible. But Hey, what can you do. In the modern day, its all about the almighty dollar. WotC will do what they must to make the most money.I truly expect them to start charging license fees if some OGL book comes out that cuts into the sales of their Big 3 core books.</blockquote>

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