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<blockquote data-quote="trancejeremy" data-source="post: 2803452" data-attributes="member: 924">Yeah, when the leading brand in a hobby is run by a company fairly indifferent to it, it's not a good thing.&nbsp; The biggest company usually expands the marketbase.&nbsp; And Hasbro isn't doing that.&nbsp; But because D&amp;D has value for related genres, like video games and such, it will never be sold off. There needs to be a new leading brand.&nbsp; Much like say video games. Atari dominated it for a while. Then Nintendo. Now it's pretty much Sony. Of course, they pretty much have a built in obsolesence.&nbsp; 4-5 years, and you need a new system. And on a more personal level, I often wonder why RPG companies are so stingy with review copies.&nbsp; Okay, yeah, maybe only a 1000 or so people will read it (that's pretty much my mininum at RPG.net). But then they give out prizes at chats and things where there are only 20-30 people. Or pulp them for almost nothing. Or sell them on ebay for $1 (or close to it).&nbsp; Seems to me, if they had just given out a few more review copies, maybe they wouldn't have to sell so many on ebay for cheap.&nbsp;&nbsp; (Just a pet peeve. I've bought several times from various companies, or heads of companies, on ebay for really low prices. Most of whom I had approached for review copies and been ignored, previously.)And on something related to that, I think the hobby really needs a central website. As it is, there's basically RPG.net, but that suffers from quite a few problems.&nbsp; Someplace more like ENworld would be better.&nbsp; (I know ENWorld is going beyond d20, but is still mostly d20 only)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="trancejeremy, post: 2803452, member: 924"] Yeah, when the leading brand in a hobby is run by a company fairly indifferent to it, it's not a good thing. The biggest company usually expands the marketbase. And Hasbro isn't doing that. But because D&D has value for related genres, like video games and such, it will never be sold off. There needs to be a new leading brand. Much like say video games. Atari dominated it for a while. Then Nintendo. Now it's pretty much Sony. Of course, they pretty much have a built in obsolesence. 4-5 years, and you need a new system. And on a more personal level, I often wonder why RPG companies are so stingy with review copies. Okay, yeah, maybe only a 1000 or so people will read it (that's pretty much my mininum at RPG.net). But then they give out prizes at chats and things where there are only 20-30 people. Or pulp them for almost nothing. Or sell them on ebay for $1 (or close to it). Seems to me, if they had just given out a few more review copies, maybe they wouldn't have to sell so many on ebay for cheap. (Just a pet peeve. I've bought several times from various companies, or heads of companies, on ebay for really low prices. Most of whom I had approached for review copies and been ignored, previously.) And on something related to that, I think the hobby really needs a central website. As it is, there's basically RPG.net, but that suffers from quite a few problems. Someplace more like ENworld would be better. (I know ENWorld is going beyond d20, but is still mostly d20 only) [/QUOTE]

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