painandgreed
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There's also the D&D license. While the game may not make that uch money, if it ever becomes profitable to make a movie or toys based off that movie with the D&D license, they're already in position like Star Wars.
I wasn't comparing. The question was, Why keep the company? "They're only making a decent profit - Let's dump them!!!" - makes no sense to me.BiggusGeekus said:Not nearly in the same ballpark as Pokemon. There's just no comparism.
Len said:I wasn't comparing. The question was, Why keep the company? "They're only making a decent profit - Let's dump them!!!" - makes no sense to me.
It often makes sense if the capital gained from the sale of a company or property can be used to acquire other resources/companies that might improve your organization's aggregate profit margin.Len said:I wasn't comparing. The question was, Why keep the company? "They're only making a decent profit - Let's dump them!!!" - makes no sense to me.
painandgreed said:There's also the D&D license. While the game may not make that uch money, if it ever becomes profitable to make a movie or toys based off that movie with the D&D license, they're already in position like Star Wars.
Well, that's something I can't judge. To be fair, I don't even know if WotC's products are profitable, I was just hypothesizing hopefully that Hasbro might not feel they have to dump them like a load of ripe manure.Campbell said:It often makes sense if the capital gained from the sale of a company or property can be used to acquire other resources/companies that might improve your organization's aggregate profit margin.
Steel_Wind said:Lightning does strike twice for CCGs. While CCGs are not doing terribly well right now, the return on CCGs is very substantial when you manage a hit. In fact - it's massive.
WotC also handles Avalon Hill strategy boardgames, so basically they got the top two selling product types in the market lining their pockets, with RPGs falling in a distant third place.mythusmage said:Wizards handles TCGs for Hasbro, including the GI Joe and Kids Next Door TCGs. Then you have all the RPGs and RPG material that either came with Wizards or were assigned to Wizards after the purchase. WotC has a niche in the Hasbro world and fills that niche rather well.