Wizards of the Coast dispels rumours that Tencent wants to gobble up D&D like a tarrasque: 'To be clear: We are not looking to sell our D&D IP'
www.pcgamer.com
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  • Odigo2020@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Reading the article, I see WotC are saying this, but nothing from Hasbro. With them being the parent company, does WotC even have a say in if DnD is sold to Tencent?

  • Kichae@kbin.social
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    10 months ago

    I was under the impression that the whole thing has been about Tencent wanting to license the digital product rights to D&D, not the actual game. I’m not sure why that’s caused an uproar over the actual IP ownership.

  • JohnBrownsBussy2 [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Kinda sicko-wistful.

    I don’t think Tencent would be a particularly great owner for the D&D brand, but they might have been more hands-off than Hasbro went it comes to mucking with the business model, and a major shakeup for D&D could be good. Honestly, WotC (or just D&D) could be doing better if it was an independent operation as opposed to subsidizing the Hasbro revenue sink.

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      10 months ago

      they might have been more hands-off than Hasbro went it comes to mucking with the business model,

      Hasbro was extremely hands off for a long while. But then their toy lines fell apart and their board game revenue just became “How many times can we sell you the same box of Monopoly pieces?”

      Suddenly WotC was their revenue stream, and the head managers decided they needed to apply their magic touch to the franchise.

      I don’t really care, because D&D is more a style of playing than a product for sale. Sucks to see Faerun or Eberon cannibalized by these ghouls, but there’s just so much fucking material out there that’s never going away.

      It’s just not a game you can ruin (and 4e fucking tried, let me tell you). Too much of it is bound up in what you and your friends bring to the table.