I hope Disney buys Hasbro and sells off D&D.
Even though I like 4e, WotC is a company that can't make anything but bad decisions and companies like that don't deserve to survive in the marketplace.
I hope Disney buys Hasbro and gives D&D to JJ Abrams.
Hope springs eternal, once Hasbro is out of the picture...
Honestly, listening to 'autie Lisa' tell stories of WoTC is pretty intriguing. And she'd probably back up a lot of where you're going, but I wonder how much is them and how much is Hasbro. I don't remember MtG being in bad shape, back in the day.
Oh, and yet another dull fantasy MMO that's slipped a few times, and should probably be out this year.
This is genuinely all the farther anyone need go for the reason there are no non-MMO D&D games worth a damn. Take a look at Blizzard, for example. With their WoW cash cow, we may well likely never see another Warcraft game, period. And that was their bread and butter before the MMO monster took over. Likewise, when we did finally get Diablo III, it was an MMO without the depth. And I do appreciate the irony in that statement...
Maybe I'm just nostalgic, but I remember the gold box products, Baldur's Gate, and the like being a huge deal among my friends. They really fumbled something big here, particulary with Hasbro cash behind them.