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[–] Pistcow@lemm.ee 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] Moira_Mayhem@beehaw.org 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

WoTC might not sell its DND IP but Hasbro could easily sell the entirety of WoTC to Tencent if they wanted to.

[–] fushuan@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

Isn't MTG quite profitable? I don't think they will sell all of wotc.

[–] northendtrooper@lemmy.ca 9 points 7 months ago

Their track record of telling the truth doesn't help their case.

[–] 0xtero@beehaw.org 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's good that they're not selling to Tencent. But it's a shame they're not selling.

[–] Midnitte@beehaw.org 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

'To be clear: We are not looking to sell our D&D IP'

It sounds like they're not selling at all

[–] ursakhiin@beehaw.org 6 points 7 months ago

When I see "not looking to" in this context it just tells me Tencent hasn't offer enough money at this time.

[–] 0xtero@beehaw.org 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, that's a shame. Hasbro/WotC isn't the best of companies.

[–] Midnitte@beehaw.org 6 points 7 months ago

It could always be worse - as a potential sale to Tencent highlights...

[–] solitaire@infosec.pub 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I'm unironically disappointed. I'd take any new direction at the moment, I've already been pushed past the point where it wouldn't make a meaningful difference to me if it got worse. Even a change with a low chance of getting better is worth it over a guarantee of remaining shit.

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I thought it was Hasbro looking to sell?

[–] fushuan@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Hasbro owns wotc, wotc owns dnd. Hasbro can't sell dnd, they would need to sell wotc and that's not a good move because MTG is a money making machine afaik. If anything Hasbro could order wotc to sell dnd, but it would be wotc selling it.

[–] Overzeetop@beehaw.org 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Whether you take the stick out of your dog's mouth or you tell the dog to give it to you, you're the taking the stick. Breaking up and selling off IP is exceedingly commonplace.

We've already established they are whores, Tencent has simply been unsuccessful, so far, in negotiating their price.

[–] fushuan@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

Cool. I was explaining that hasbro and wotc are the same thing for this matter. They were apparently confused. Idk why you are making this point when I was clarifying them their confusion.

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

never, not for a second, did I think this could happen.

7/10 troll though

6 months from now: “We didn’t sell it, we granted them a non revocable permanent license to be the exclusive producers of D&D content, but we still receive a royalty fee and have no control over it”

[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago

That just means they have talked.