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Pen & Paper Roleplaying Central => Pen and Paper Roleplaying Games (RPGs) Discussion => Topic started by: Rhymer88 on July 19, 2024, 02:44:09 AM

Title: WotC gets new president
Post by: Rhymer88 on July 19, 2024, 02:44:09 AM
John Hight from Blizzard will now head Wizards of the Coast. This seems to be further evidence that WotC wants to go fully digital. Interesting that they hired an "old white guy" for the job.
https://www.geekwire.com/2024/longtime-world-of-warcraft-leader-john-hight-named-president-at-wizards-of-the-coast/ (https://www.geekwire.com/2024/longtime-world-of-warcraft-leader-john-hight-named-president-at-wizards-of-the-coast/)
Title: Re: WotC gets new president
Post by: World_Warrior on July 19, 2024, 06:42:24 AM
Sounds about right, considering WOTC's plans for D&D and MTG. It did make me stop and finally realize, "Who DO you really hire to run a brand like this?" Anyone in the tabletop industry is going to have a major increase in job title. The RPG industry isn't like film or video games where there's piles of companies of comparable size. Paizo is probably the closest. After that, the size of companies start dropping. So, based on their digital plans, this probably makes sense. I'm also glad I haven't bought anything WOTC in almost a decade.