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D&D Having its best year ever according to Hasbro CEO

Started by tenbones, July 24, 2018, 11:41:36 AM

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#60
September 05, 2018, 01:56:51 AM
Well, I'm not talking about movies. I'm talking about T-Shirts and coffee table books about Youtube shows.
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#61
September 05, 2018, 02:43:11 AM
Quote from: rawma;1055030... It's more annoying to me that RPG means computer games to most people and we have to say TTRPG.

A cool thing though (IMO) is that at least in North America in the last couple years "D&D" and "DnD" have become more searched for terms than "Rpg".

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=D%26D,dungeons%20and%20dragons,dnd,rpg

Omega

#62
September 09, 2018, 04:20:27 AM
Quote from: RPGPundit;1055108Well, I'm not talking about movies. I'm talking about T-Shirts and coffee table books about Youtube shows.

So far theres been oddly little of it. D&D Kree-O, Hasbros knock off Lego bombed. The MMO is just kinda... there. There hasnt been a signifigant D&D PC or console game in a while far as I can tell.

The board games are doing well though and the latest Tomb of Annihilation had a board game adaption for the ongoing series from that that started some years ago. And a PC adaption of the board game on Steam.

Novels I am not sure on though? How well are those doing?

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#63
September 09, 2018, 04:21:41 AM
And D&D is apparently doing well enough the books are in at least their 9th print run as the discussion came up lately about the changes between print runs.

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#64
September 09, 2018, 12:21:25 PM
MMO seems to be doing well since they keep releasing new content for it eg Tomb of Annihilation, Barovia.

Omega

#65
September 09, 2018, 06:17:20 PM
Thats what one of my players said. But they eventually dropped off playing it as it just didnt work as D&D for them. My comp is not yet up to running it but hopefully will be getting an upgrade soon.

hedgehobbit

#66
September 10, 2018, 03:58:41 PM
Quote from: rawma;1055030I expect that Marvel movies make a lot more money than Marvel comic books. Would not making those movies help the comic books?
The entire comic book industry is around $1 billion of revenue. The Marvel movies, however, aren't really helping as marvel comics sales stalled around 2014 and have been dropping in sales over the last two years. Now, Marvel Comics is trying to rebrand itself as a "lifestyle brand" and even produces cooking shows.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKWPfouH9vc

Recently, IDW, which started as a comic company, fired their founder/CEO and replaced him with a man whose experience was entirely in TV show production.

It seems to me like Pundits fear that RPGers will soon be pushed aside by Hasbro isn't entirely a crazy conspiracy theory.

Ras Algethi

#67
September 10, 2018, 05:09:30 PM
Quote from: hedgehobbit;1055639It seems to me like Pundits fear that RPGers will soon be pushed aside by Hasbro isn't entirely a crazy conspiracy theory.

In the case of Marvel and comics, the comics income stream has been supplanted, by a lot, by other properties. When it comes to the D&D brand, what has equaled or surpassed the income generated by the RPG line?

Armchair Gamer

#68
September 10, 2018, 05:53:41 PM
Quote from: Ras Algethi;1055645In the case of Marvel and comics, the comics income stream has been supplanted, by a lot, by other properties. When it comes to the D&D brand, what has equaled or surpassed the income generated by the RPG line?

  The novels did in the 90s, I believe.

EOTB

#69
September 10, 2018, 06:34:18 PM
Quote from: Armchair Gamer;1055651The novels did in the 90s, I believe.

And that's just the modules, let alone the paperbacks.
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#70
September 10, 2018, 06:37:24 PM
Quote from: EOTB;1055652And that's just the modules, let alone the paperbacks.

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#71
September 10, 2018, 07:22:15 PM
Quote from: EOTB;1055652And that's just the modules, let alone the paperbacks.

Huh?

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#72
September 10, 2018, 09:34:02 PM
Quote from: Ras Algethi;1055645In the case of Marvel and comics, the comics income stream has been supplanted, by a lot, by other properties. When it comes to the D&D brand, what has equaled or surpassed the income generated by the RPG line?

The video games.  Neverwinter, mainly.  From what I understand, that game makes bank from its selling crates on PC, XBox One, and PlayStation 4.

happyhermit

#73
September 10, 2018, 09:40:14 PM
D&D novels haven't been any sort of massive revenue stream for a long time, which is probably why Wotc slowed/stopped publishing them and was looking for a better way to do it. Salvatore's novels sell well, Greenwood's sell ok, other authors were way down the list in terms of sales.

None of them are selling anywhere near what a 5e book does, and those are all $Hardbacks which they also release in multiple digital formats (D&D beyond, FG, etc.) for additional revenue.

Armchair Gamer

#74
September 10, 2018, 09:50:24 PM
Quote from: happyhermit;1055662D&D novels haven't been any sort of massive revenue stream for a long time, which is probably why Wotc slowed/stopped publishing them and was looking for a better way to do it. Salvatore's novels sell well, Greenwood's sell ok, other authors were way down the list in terms of sales.
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Oh, sure; the novels' day is long past, a pattern that extends beyond D&D to other franchises.
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