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<blockquote data-quote="humble minion" data-source="post: 8259084" data-attributes="member: 5948">They don't give a breakdown between D&amp;D and Magic revenues, so it's hard to tell exactly where the growth is coming from.&nbsp; It's really striking that WotC is 75% of the profits but only 22% of the sales though - D&amp;D/Magic must be seriously high-margin products to get that sort of ratio.&nbsp; Vindication for people who rant about how money-grubbing and overpriced they are?What this does mean though, is that WotC is now a Big Deal in the context of Hasbro's financial viability.&nbsp; It's probably a more prestigious role for a manager etc seeking advancement in the company, and it's probably going to get watched more closely because it's so critical now.&nbsp; When Hasbro initially bought WotC we all comforted ourselves that D&amp;D was too small a part of a huge company to get interfered with by higher management, and panicked that D&amp;D was so insignificant to the huge company that it might just get absentmindedly wound up in some larger corporate restructure and D&amp;D would never be heard of again.&nbsp; Neither of those two possibilities is true any more.&nbsp; D&amp;D is here to stay, but Hasbro is reliant on WotC now, so will be watching like a hawk.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="humble minion, post: 8259084, member: 5948"] They don't give a breakdown between D&D and Magic revenues, so it's hard to tell exactly where the growth is coming from. It's really striking that WotC is 75% of the profits but only 22% of the sales though - D&D/Magic must be seriously high-margin products to get that sort of ratio. Vindication for people who rant about how money-grubbing and overpriced they are? What this does mean though, is that WotC is now a Big Deal in the context of Hasbro's financial viability. It's probably a more prestigious role for a manager etc seeking advancement in the company, and it's probably going to get watched more closely because it's so critical now. When Hasbro initially bought WotC we all comforted ourselves that D&D was too small a part of a huge company to get interfered with by higher management, and panicked that D&D was so insignificant to the huge company that it might just get absentmindedly wound up in some larger corporate restructure and D&D would never be heard of again. Neither of those two possibilities is true any more. D&D is here to stay, but Hasbro is reliant on WotC now, so will be watching like a hawk. [/QUOTE]

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