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<blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 5949819" data-attributes="member: 3400">Accountants may know quite a bit about various sorts of business decisions in general, but would they know more about the decision to make D&amp;D a loss-leader for the good of the pen and paper RPG community? I'm not so sure about that.I suspect your typical MBA wouldn't get it either. It would take an MBA with some real familiarity with the RPG scene and the market and mindshare dominance of D&amp;D. And that really isn't your typical MBA nor your typical large conglomerated corporation accountant. I wouldn't be surprised if the suits at Hasbro actually don't get it. I think I'd be much more surprised to find they have a clue about it. It's all well and good to be critical of an over-generalization like &quot;suits don't get it&quot; but we're also looking at a specific situation with a specific set of suits where the statement may actually be true.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="billd91, post: 5949819, member: 3400"] Accountants may know quite a bit about various sorts of business decisions in general, but would they know more about the decision to make D&D a loss-leader for the good of the pen and paper RPG community? I'm not so sure about that. I suspect your typical MBA [b]wouldn't[/b] get it either. It would take an MBA with some real familiarity with the RPG scene and the market and mindshare dominance of D&D. And that really isn't your typical MBA nor your typical large conglomerated corporation accountant. I wouldn't be surprised if the suits at Hasbro actually don't get it. I think I'd be much more surprised to find they have a clue about it. It's all well and good to be critical of an over-generalization like "suits don't get it" but we're also looking at a specific situation with a specific set of suits where the statement may actually be true. [/QUOTE]

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