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<blockquote data-quote="The Little Raven" data-source="post: 5327478" data-attributes="member: 10095">Ryan Dancey looked at the books and the inventory and he flat out said that supporting a dozen plus settings helped put TSR in their grave. Yeah, Buck Rogers, Dragon Dice, and buying a needlepoint company certainly helped with that death march, but he also explicitly called out the settings (and the fact that there were products they made for them that cost them more than they could ever make back).If they were making a &quot;pretty good profit&quot; like you claim, they wouldn't have up and cancelled pretty much all of them shortly after purchase, since the books would have told them they were profitable. For example, their market research told them that a majority of their fans didn't like the jargon-filled world of Planescape (I was one of them). I know you'd disagree with that claim, but yours is anecdote, and his is actual research conducted by the company to help them make plans.So, when it comes down to dude who had the facts (Dancey) and dude who totally doesn't (you), I invariably side with the guy who had the facts.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Little Raven, post: 5327478, member: 10095"] Ryan Dancey looked at the books and the inventory and he flat out said that supporting a dozen plus settings helped put TSR in their grave. Yeah, Buck Rogers, Dragon Dice, and buying a needlepoint company certainly helped with that death march, but he also explicitly called out the settings (and the fact that there were products they made for them that cost them more than they could ever make back). If they were making a "pretty good profit" like you claim, they wouldn't have up and cancelled pretty much all of them shortly after purchase, since the books would have told them they were profitable. For example, their market research told them that a majority of their fans didn't like the jargon-filled world of Planescape (I was one of them). I know you'd disagree with that claim, but yours is anecdote, and his is actual research conducted by the company to help them make plans. So, when it comes down to dude who had the facts (Dancey) and dude who totally doesn't (you), I invariably side with the guy who had the facts. [/QUOTE]

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