WotC - Wizards Q1 2023 revenue up 12%
Why?1. They were starting from a massive base (for D&D)- in other words, the insane growth during the pandemic and directly afterwards. It's similar to the law of big numbers- after meteoric growth, it's hard to sustain continued high growth.
2. We're in that period where they've announced a new (revised? altered? backwards-compatible?) system, but haven't released to it yet, which often causes people to delay purchases.
3. A lot of people spent discretionary RPG money during those few stupid OGL days on other products.
4. Finally, between the inflation and uncertain economy, people have been somewhat cutting back on discretionary spending.
So yeah, it's a good sign. Just a little surprised.
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