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<blockquote data-quote="Ydars" data-source="post: 4134823" data-attributes="member: 62992"><p>Zamkaiser; I mean "last time the company running D&D stopped listening to its customers and recognising that THEY are D&D, the game almost died" not "last time open gaming was shut down that game almost died".</p><p></p><p>TSR died because that women (I shall not speak her name), who hated gamers and gaming, got in control of TSR. I feel that the suits at Hasbro understand D&D about as well as she did and have much the same regard for us.</p><p></p><p>Don't be complacent; Games Workshop just pulled the plug on huge swaves of their gaming portfolio after years of corporate mismanagement. Some of those games were massive; Dark Heresy was the biggest seller in the UK, even beating WoTC by a mile according to my local gaming store. Yet it has gone down as well.</p><p></p><p>Think it could never happen to D&D, think again. D&D is small fry in the Hasbro world. If it doesn't pay, then they will dump it and I think they could be taking the first steps down the road to disaster.</p><p></p><p>Just look at how badly things have gone with Paizo. WoTC have basically set themselves up with a nice competitor. Everyone says "it doesn't matter". Well at my local store, 3.5E is still selling like hot cakes and the owner says all his customers are moving over to Paizo.</p><p></p><p>If OGL is scrapped as well, all the other 3PPs will do the same, and then we could have as much as 30% of gamers leaving D&D. If WoTC don't attract new gamers, D&D could be right up the creek.</p><p></p><p>I am just asking for people to show a little bit of vision and drop their pre-orders. If they make an announcement that GSL is safe, we can all order the books again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ydars, post: 4134823, member: 62992"] Zamkaiser; I mean "last time the company running D&D stopped listening to its customers and recognising that THEY are D&D, the game almost died" not "last time open gaming was shut down that game almost died". TSR died because that women (I shall not speak her name), who hated gamers and gaming, got in control of TSR. I feel that the suits at Hasbro understand D&D about as well as she did and have much the same regard for us. Don't be complacent; Games Workshop just pulled the plug on huge swaves of their gaming portfolio after years of corporate mismanagement. Some of those games were massive; Dark Heresy was the biggest seller in the UK, even beating WoTC by a mile according to my local gaming store. Yet it has gone down as well. Think it could never happen to D&D, think again. D&D is small fry in the Hasbro world. If it doesn't pay, then they will dump it and I think they could be taking the first steps down the road to disaster. Just look at how badly things have gone with Paizo. WoTC have basically set themselves up with a nice competitor. Everyone says "it doesn't matter". Well at my local store, 3.5E is still selling like hot cakes and the owner says all his customers are moving over to Paizo. If OGL is scrapped as well, all the other 3PPs will do the same, and then we could have as much as 30% of gamers leaving D&D. If WoTC don't attract new gamers, D&D could be right up the creek. I am just asking for people to show a little bit of vision and drop their pre-orders. If they make an announcement that GSL is safe, we can all order the books again. [/QUOTE]
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