[DL] Re: Fw: [HOE] Long time lurker sharing position

["travis lide" <sinisterdexter@mindspring.com>]

----- Original Message -----
 >     The game industry, unfortunately, is a relatively
 > small thing. Except for
 > WOTC,  all the companies experience financial
 > difficulties, often severe
 > ones, from time to time --

heh.. Hasbro's (who owns WotC) stock dropped from around $45 a share to $8 a
share during November/December. Hasbro laid off 150 WotC employees around
Dec. 20 and Peter left in a show of disgust (plus all his friends were
fired). Hasbro was reporting their first 4th quarter loss in 10 years. Every
CCG WotC has put out to date since Pokemon has lost them money (with the
exception of various Magic expansions). It's fully expected within some
sections of the gaming industry that if the Harry Potter card game (to be
released in the Spring) doesn't produce Pokemon-level sales that Hasbro will
sell off the various WotC licenses and shut them down.

Even the giants have occasional financial woes. And sometimes they fall.
Hard.

Sinister Dexter
sinisterdexter@mindspring.com