Hasbro had big problems: layoffs, bad results

[darjr]

There may be pressure on WotC but from all credible reports the OGL thing is from within WotC.

 

[raniE]

Chris Cocks, the new Hasbro CEO, was president of WotC up until a year ago. So this isn’t so much Hasbro coming down hard on WotC, this is more WotC leadership being put in charge of the whole company because they’re the only division that’s making money. Of course Cocks’s plan for strengthening Hasbro involves WotC, it’s what he knows at the company.

 

[Aspirinsmurf]

This seems to have had some effect on their stock price.

Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Intel, Visa, Hasbro and more

These are the stocks posting the largest moves in after-hours trading.

www.cnbc.com

 

[Myrdin Potter]

"
Wizards of the Coast, which includes Dungeons and Dragons, Magic: The Gathering and digital gaming, will remain a bright spot, the toymaker said. The company expects the division to have generated $339 million in revenue during the fourth quarter, up 22% compared to last year, and reach $1.33 billion in revenue for the full year, up 3% from 2021.

The division recently came under fire from fans after Hasbro attempted to rewrite a two-decade-old open game license for Dungeons and Dragons in order to boost revenue. Earlier this month, the Rhode Island-based toymaker postponed its update of its licensing terms in order to address mounting concern from the D&D community, which largely viewed the proposed changes as overreaching and unfair to third-party content creators.

Hasbro said it still intends to create a new open game license, or OGL, but that it will not include a royalty structure or give itself access to intellectual property made by third-party content creators."

From the CNBC article linked above.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

"
Wizards of the Coast, which includes Dungeons and Dragons, Magic: The Gathering and digital gaming, will remain a bright spot, the toymaker said. The company expects the division to have generated $339 million in revenue during the fourth quarter, up 22% compared to last year, and reach $1.33 billion in revenue for the full year, up 3% from 2021.

The division recently came under fire from fans after Hasbro attempted to rewrite a two-decade-old open game license for Dungeons and Dragons in order to boost revenue. Earlier this month, the Rhode Island-based toymaker postponed its update of its licensing terms in order to address mounting concern from the D&D community, which largely viewed the proposed changes as overreaching and unfair to third-party content creators.

Hasbro said it still intends to create a new open game license, or OGL, but that it will not include a royalty structure or give itself access to intellectual property made by third-party content creators."

From the CNBC article linked above.

That's a better summary than theoretically geek-friendly outlets like the AV Club can manage.

 

[Parmandur]

That's a better summary than theoretically geek-friendly outlets like the AV Club can manage.

Well, I would expect CNBC has higher journalistic standards, and isn't as close to the issue.

 

[Zardnaar]

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