'most would just stop';

'>>92621682
the vast majority of the pay piggies want WARHAMMEEERRRRR, not wargaming. you really think the half buzz blue hair chick is going to buy up some historical wwi prussians? ask yourself: could the average Warhammer fan even handle the industry standard of scales (1/56, etc)? Just look at Fagik: The Cuckening. most players who left stopped card games entirely, they didn't move to Yu-Gi-Oh, Pokemon, or Lorcana. Games Workshop is a 3 billion dollar company now. it's not going anywhere.';

'>>92621682
I'd just start printing my own minis and playing my own wargames with my buddies';

'>>92621754
>According to Games Workshop Group's latest financial reports the company's current revenue (TTM) is $0.58 B. In 2023 the company made a revenue of $0.58 B an increase over the years 2022 revenue that were of $0.52 B.
Ok retard.';

'Just stop. All video games are Skyrim. All ttrpgs are D&D. All wargames are Warhammer. They’re in it for the lore, aesthetics, community, etc, same as most people in any hobby - the mechanics of any hobby, which would drive exploration and migration, are a lot more niche/specialist. Not that there’s inherently something wrong with that attitude (I watch movies without much interest in cinematography or film studies, and I mostly keep to my preferred genres) but it would mean the collapse of Warhammer would lift few other boats.';

'>>92621682
Depends entirely on the "for whatever reason" in your question. Which is obvious. You fucking retard.';

'>>92621754';

'Why are you assuming they'd act as one giant uniform mass? These are people you're talking about, not cellular slime molds.';

'Tencent would buy em';

'>>92624260
We're talking about GW consoomers here, not people';

'>>92621682
Just stop. Bootstrapping your own wargaming scene is a lot of time and emotional investment that's rarely reciprocated. GWslop bypassing that because it's everywhere is their killer feature.';

'People who have a broad interest in miniatures wargaming usually don't spend their time sitting on the internet complaining about the fact that GW is not a charity.';

'>>92621682
If a magic force would somehow delete 40k out of existence then 99% of the scifi wargaming scene would also be deleted. It would not "move" to some other game systems.
40k is popular because it's good. Other games are impopular because they suck.
We're not talking about food and clothes here. No one needs toy soldiers to survive.';

'>>92624872
>40k is popular because it's good.
The lore? Well, I can see the appeal.
The spinoff games? They are hit and miss.
The wargame itself? It was never good in any edition.';

'>>92625011
And like clockwork we have an NPC that posts the same old delusional "40k is not good"';

'>>92621682
The fall of 40K would probably kill wargaming as a hobby for good. The IP would be picked up by another company, but they wouldn't make models or rules for it, just use it for shit like video games.
Although hey, with 3D printing being what it is, wargamers would probably just move over to fan rules with free models.

>>92621807
>Yearly revenue = valuation
You are retarded';

'>>92625071
>Implying a "40k is good" post doesn't go off like clockwork either.
A conversation with ChatGPT is more interesting than with you.';

'>>92621682
They'd go to Battletech, I imagine. Ironic really, things going full circle.
(Sadly, Battletech is also getting pozzed out)';

'>>92621682
I made my own using Gundam models and other comparably sized toys.
Shit's fun. Need a lot more playtesting';

'>>92624872
>>92625071
People like 40k because of the setting and the models. Nobody likes the game itself.';

'>>92621682
What's the point of speculating about something that will never happen? The piggies may squeal but they'll always go back to the trough.';

'>>92625208
It could certainly do unfortunate things to the hobby very long term unless someone else successfully took up GW's mantle as the gateway drug/recruiting sergeant, though "kill" is a bit strong.';

'>>92621682
I think the commercial pull of GW is making minis games more popular than they otherwise would be. For starters, it's the subsidizes spaces (i.e GW stores), but it's also the hype from new releases and the way that youtubers have been groomed to amplify that hype and the way it grows to be more than the sum of its parts, people play Warhammer because other people play Warhammer, no one would ever pick up this hobby if they knew they were the only person in their town doing it.
But I also think a lot of people would just move on to other minis games, especially games that let them use their GW miniatures, and it's hard to predict the longterm outcome of that because I think that most other games are generally better than Warhammer, and other sellers of plastic are certainly better than GW. I can see a scenario where the death of GW kicks off a weird renaissance in minis combat. Hell, a lot of people would just keep playing Warhammer, it would stop getting new players but a lot of the old players would prefer that.
But if I had to guess, I would say that GW sells the Warhammer license to a major videogame studio which fucks it all up, and minis games become less popular overall, but also a lot of Warhammer players go on to have more fun than they did before GW sank.';