Re: WOTC pulls plug on Dragon & Dungeon mag

On Apr 20, 2007, at 1:11 AM, Steven wrote:

> I am so mad about this, I won’t speak the words of hate and disgust  
> I feel
> towards WOTC over this issue.
> Every Dragon back to about 127.
>
> Been in Polyhedron 4 times, mentioned in Dragon…so, yes I rather  
> love D&D as
> I’m sure we all do.
> This is greedy, short term profit driven foolishness.

I think that it's certainly profit-driven, like everyone else that  
any business tends to do, but I don't think it's a "short term"  
decision.  Printing costs continue to rise;  the number of people who  
are interested in taking periodicals (as opposed to web content)  
continues to fall.  (Especially considering that WOTC is undoubtedly  
trying hard to reach younger gamers and "crossover" gamers who  
ordinarily would play only video games, for the long-term health of  
the gaming industry.)  "Dragon" and "Dungeon" might have been losing  
money for years, for all we know.

I don't work for WOTC, but I'm just mystified at the vitriol.  I'm  
sad to see "Dragon" go, but I'm not angry.  I doubt they're killing  
it for fun.

- Benjamin Winkler