That's not true. The entire reason that TSR failed in the first place can be pinned down to that exact reason. An increasinlgy large amount of low quality products was not enough for them to survive. WotC taking an attitude that leads to them cutting back quality for immediate financial gain seems to just be setting them on the same road as TSR.
They started off so very well with 3rd Edition DnD, but now they have started making cutbacks because of lowered income from other licenses. This may not have the immediate effect of lowering their financial and publication holdings, but it will follow if it means that quality suffers because of it.
That's why I don't think it can be in any way construed as a good thing. It may not be too bad, but it is certainly far from good.
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Breadwinner? Last year was the first time ever that Shadowrun earnt more money than Mechwarrior/BT. And this was just counting the actual games themselves. The BT licenses still bring in FAR more money than Shadowrun could even hope to by itself. Hardly what I'd call "FASA's breadwinner for years".
Ever growing isn't really the correct phrase. Even the mighty WotC recently slashed staff positions from numerous departments, owing to diminishing returns on the pokemon license. Admittedly, this didn't have a huge impact on them, but it's definately a step backwards, not forwards
MS owns the domain shadowrun.com because it was meant to be the home page of an upcoming Shadowrun computer game by FASA Interactive. However, MS bought FASA interactive out to gain access to the Battletech license, and subsequently scrapped the Shadowrun computer game.
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Gave up our rights? I didn't notice that our opinions were asked on the matter...
That's not true. The entire reason that TSR failed in the first place can be pinned down to that exact reason. An increasinlgy large amount of low quality products was not enough for them to survive. WotC taking an attitude that leads to them cutting back quality for immediate financial gain seems to just be setting them on the same road as TSR. They started off so very well with 3rd Edition DnD, but now they have started making cutbacks because of lowered income from other licenses. This may not have the immediate effect of lowering their financial and publication holdings, but it will follow if it means that quality suffers because of it. That's why I don't think it can be in any way construed as a good thing. It may not be too bad, but it is certainly far from good.
Breadwinner? Last year was the first time ever that Shadowrun earnt more money than Mechwarrior/BT. And this was just counting the actual games themselves. The BT licenses still bring in FAR more money than Shadowrun could even hope to by itself. Hardly what I'd call "FASA's breadwinner for years".
Ever growing isn't really the correct phrase. Even the mighty WotC recently slashed staff positions from numerous departments, owing to diminishing returns on the pokemon license. Admittedly, this didn't have a huge impact on them, but it's definately a step backwards, not forwards
That country would be Freedonia IIRC
MS owns the domain shadowrun.com because it was meant to be the home page of an upcoming Shadowrun computer game by FASA Interactive. However, MS bought FASA interactive out to gain access to the Battletech license, and subsequently scrapped the Shadowrun computer game.