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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GreyLord" data-source="post: 6263503" data-attributes="member: 4348">On the first two items1) You are looking at last years fiscal report.  ON that report, Gaming did have higher profits.  No contest.  However, whether it brings in more revenue is more subjective.  There were substantial development costs tossed into Gaming last year, in particular, one of those areas was MtG, from what we can see.  Looking at the trends, Boys Toys do bring in more than Gaming, and with that history, Boys Toys has been more reliable in the recent terms.  It may be that we are seeing something switch around, or it could just be a momentary slump.   We'll have to see if it continues in 2014 and 2015, OR, if with movie releases and other exciting items coming up, whether a new status has come, or not.  Irregardless, as Hasbro has remained healthy, and Gaming is up, it would still be best if Boys Toys also went back up in profits rather than having it remain as it was in 2013.  An increase of 200 million does not make up for a loss of 400 million.  It's bad not just for Hasbro and Boys Toys, but also for gaming because as profits go down, they affect the entire company.2) That's a difficult question to answer.  Once again, there were substantial development costs sunk into MtG and WotC.  However, in regards to being one of the biggest money making companies under the Hasbro umbrella in the gaming market, I might say you could perceive it as that way.  In simple terms, I can see how it is viewed that way.  In more complex terms...the best I could say is...that depends.On the next four questions.1) Last year, Gaming did make more money than any other single division, in regards to overall profits.  I can agree with that from what I can see.  However, once again, you are only looking at one year's worth of information instead of the whole picture.  It currently has a slight edge over the next highest section of Hasbro.  That's both good and bad.  It shows a decrease in what has been traditionally one of the more profitable areas.  It may need a look at Boys Toys.  Crowing over a decrease so that a section you enjoy has higher profits may not be necessarily a good thing for the company as a whole.  Gaming is doing well.  That is good.  It increased it's profits, that is good.  I'm sure every effort will be made to ensure the Gaming section continues to do well, if not better, while at the same time improving Boys Toys to it's historic highs as well.  Both doing and increasing profits is in the best interest of Hasbro.2) For last year...looks like it.3) I disagree.  That would get into the more particulars of each brand and company under the umbrella.4)  I'd say that's pretty debatable.  Do they have more representatives at the table all of a sudden?  Do they have more votes all of a sudden?  Are you suggesting that they will have more influence over monopoly, or the Transformers brand simply because they are doing well?  What type of influence do you think has increased?  Over whom and what?  Perhaps  they were already given somewhat autonomy...how do they get more influence than their own autonomy they already had?  In what way do you think their influence has increased?  Do you think it's going to mean that the board won't have a say anymore, or do you think it means that just because MtG is doing well, that if D&DN hits massive problems, the board won't be able to have a say into it?</blockquote>

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