| From: | Shane Courtrille <hardware@*******.DATANET.AB.CA> |
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| Subject: | Re: FASA Being Sold? Semi-OOC? |
| Date: | Mon, 7 Jul 1997 01:59:42 +0000 |
> <hardware@*******.DATANET.AB.CA> writes:
> >Then you really do not understand the amount of money WOTC is
> >bringing in through sales of Magic, and now Legend of the five rings,
> >and soon TSR items. WOTC has already bought TSR and then another
> >company. Money is not the issue for them.. they are planning on
> >taking over the people that make Warhammer.. which is a pretty
> >massive company...
>
> What other company? I haven't been paying atttention lately.
> TSR was an easy buy because the company was bankrupt.
<snip>
> crushing competing companies. I don't see them selling out to a softy
> company like WotC.
WOTC bought out AEG, who AFAIK own'ed Shadis magazine, and Legend of
the 5 Rings which is another fairly large card game.. biggest
competition Magic had at least... and if you think WotC is a softly..
*chuckle* I betcha they said the same thing about Microsoft when it
first started :)
Shane Courtrille - hardware@*******.ab.ca
Being in love... What a trip...
