Well, in terms of how things worked out for Global the company,Inferno complicated things in ways we didn't expect.
On the other hand...A lot of people had a lot of fun playing it, and we produced/created some mighty nice figures and artwork.
In my opinion, the team managed to display a huge improvement in teh "finished" quality of the product, and, had ANY of the "wtf" events not gone bad...those lessons would have made for some serious nice releases.
I think some people have a bit of a misguided opinion of Marco's decisions and actions - Without his sheer energy and optimism, and sales/marketing talents, a lot less would have happened. Some events simply can't be predicted.
West End's fall, and the Star Wars line are a great example? The real reason that failed? West End's owner had 2 companies, the other did import/export of fine leather goods. They switched from carrying a certain line of shoes and purses...
Hillary Clinton did an interview with Barbara Walters, where Barb oohed and awwed over her shoe/purse combo.
Yeah, turns out it was the line that had just been dropped, meaning the leathergoods business owned by West End's owner went down, taking his other stuff with it.
So, yeah - Barbara Walters and her big mouth are the reason it didn't happen.
How the hell can a person plan for that crap?
On the other hand...who the hell expected Derek to be out in the parking lot when Clark desperately called from the customs impound?