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<blockquote data-quote="Essafah" data-source="post: 7955083" data-attributes="member: 16472"><p>Yes. I am aware of Mearl's explanation. My point was I think Hasbro made that decision before Mearls and Mearls as a representative of the company had to give a reason to support the slow schedule production. Hasbro is in the business of making money and if the books made the profit margins Hasbro wanted to see (most RPG companies would be happy with the profit margins made by splatbooks but most RPG companies are not Hasbro) then I think splatbooks would be produced left and right. </p><p></p><p>I recall Ryan Dancey or some former WOTC employee stating that market research for RPGs shows that the audience will support a new edition every 5-6 years and consider it money left on the table not to produce a new edition within that time frame. Given that D&D has been behind the curves as far as new editions compared to other companies such as Chaosium which has CoC on 7th edition, Shadowrun has been out less tiime than D&D and is on a 6th ed etc. If RPG saw the levels of profits Hasbro wanted I think they would support this model also but RPG books don't and so Hasbro keeps D&D on a tight budget and focuses on games with generally higher profit margins such as MtG which in all honesty is the bread and butter sales of most game stores these days. I wish it were otherwise but it is what it is I guess.</p><p></p><p>I am glad the WOTC prepublished adventures sell. I want to see D&D economically vibrant. I love the game. I just wish they had products that I could spend my recreational income on but that is not the new Hasbro/WoTC model so we play D&D and give more support to other games too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Essafah, post: 7955083, member: 16472"] Yes. I am aware of Mearl's explanation. My point was I think Hasbro made that decision before Mearls and Mearls as a representative of the company had to give a reason to support the slow schedule production. Hasbro is in the business of making money and if the books made the profit margins Hasbro wanted to see (most RPG companies would be happy with the profit margins made by splatbooks but most RPG companies are not Hasbro) then I think splatbooks would be produced left and right. I recall Ryan Dancey or some former WOTC employee stating that market research for RPGs shows that the audience will support a new edition every 5-6 years and consider it money left on the table not to produce a new edition within that time frame. Given that D&D has been behind the curves as far as new editions compared to other companies such as Chaosium which has CoC on 7th edition, Shadowrun has been out less tiime than D&D and is on a 6th ed etc. If RPG saw the levels of profits Hasbro wanted I think they would support this model also but RPG books don't and so Hasbro keeps D&D on a tight budget and focuses on games with generally higher profit margins such as MtG which in all honesty is the bread and butter sales of most game stores these days. I wish it were otherwise but it is what it is I guess. I am glad the WOTC prepublished adventures sell. I want to see D&D economically vibrant. I love the game. I just wish they had products that I could spend my recreational income on but that is not the new Hasbro/WoTC model so we play D&D and give more support to other games too. [/QUOTE]
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