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<blockquote data-quote="Derren" data-source="post: 6579672" data-attributes="member: 2518">Sad, but that hardly is the reason all of WotC online plans fail. If it is then it means there is some really bad management happening at WotC digital department.I rather think WotC failing online is a self fulfilling prophecy. Hasbro/WotC is reluctant to do online tools. Various reasons have been cited like not having any experience with online tools or in later cycles bad experiences and also a fear of piracy (at least thats what they say). So when they contract out to do a tool they want to spend as little money as possible and they get a small, inexperienced and sometimes even downright shoddy team to do it which usually leads to failure.As for simply licensing D&amp;D and let others take the risk, Hasbro has still adapt to the fact that D&amp;D is not an IP everybody desperately wants so that they can dictate terms. Hasbro is quite a control freak but since years now the gaming industry has shown that it is quite possible to create good video games without basing it on D&amp;D (Dragon Age, Mass Effect, Witcher, Pillars of Eternity) so they retain full control and don't have to pay fees. Now WotC/Hasbro would have to actively market D&amp;D that someone would take it instead of waiting for developers/publishers to knock at their door throwing money in their face for the D&amp;D license.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Derren, post: 6579672, member: 2518"] Sad, but that hardly is the reason all of WotC online plans fail. If it is then it means there is some really bad management happening at WotC digital department. I rather think WotC failing online is a self fulfilling prophecy. Hasbro/WotC is reluctant to do online tools. Various reasons have been cited like not having any experience with online tools or in later cycles bad experiences and also a fear of piracy (at least thats what they say). So when they contract out to do a tool they want to spend as little money as possible and they get a small, inexperienced and sometimes even downright shoddy team to do it which usually leads to failure. As for simply licensing D&D and let others take the risk, Hasbro has still adapt to the fact that D&D is not an IP everybody desperately wants so that they can dictate terms. Hasbro is quite a control freak but since years now the gaming industry has shown that it is quite possible to create good video games without basing it on D&D (Dragon Age, Mass Effect, Witcher, Pillars of Eternity) so they retain full control and don't have to pay fees. Now WotC/Hasbro would have to actively market D&D that someone would take it instead of waiting for developers/publishers to knock at their door throwing money in their face for the D&D license. [/QUOTE]

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