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Hasbro Seeks to Sell IP “DND” and Has Had Preliminary Contact with Tencent (pandaily.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Rumours, speculation and hearsay? "Interesting" at least.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Not every big conglomerate is just a relentless fuckup machine

Do you have any examples?

[+] [email protected] -9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I mean, just a quick glance at this list shows some things that seem at least competently managed. They're not a relentless crew of counterproductive own-dick-trippers-over like Hasbro.

That said, the point that they may turn it into a microtransactions bonanza that makes them money but in no way resembles what DND should be is a pretty good one, yes. I was envisioning this future where they realize that the way to make money with it long-term is to just let it be its own thing, but I think there's a pretty good chance that that idea is as absurd as everyone here seems to think it is.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Most of those are just minority investments rather than directly ran by Tencent

[–] [email protected] -3 points 9 months ago

Hm, you are right. The story described it as "owns and has huge holdings," but that is wrong -- for Blizzard it's 10%, Bluehole 5%, etc.