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No, Hasbro Is Not Selling D&D
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<blockquote data-quote="mamba" data-source="post: 9255807" data-attributes="member: 7034611"><p>theoretically yes, but it is not as simple as that either <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>First off, they have many more brands struggling than not. While some may recover, it is highly unlikely that all will.</p><p></p><p>Having to revive 10 struggling medium size brands to bring in the money of the one successful large brand you sold off to be able to afford that is a daunting prospect.</p><p></p><p>This also assumes that D&D has peaked. Given the investment in DDB and VTT, Hasbro does not seem to think so. If you want to buy D&D you will have to buy those parts too, at which point we are entering the crazy money territory as the VTT has cost a lot with nothing to show for yet.</p><p></p><p>Finally, even once the brands are successful again, their profit margin will be a fraction of D&D’s.</p><p></p><p>So selling off D&D to then have to manage to save several struggling brands that even at the best of times performed much worse than D&D is just not a feasible approach, especially if your strategy the last few years was to heavily invest in D&D to grow it and that investment has to yet pay off (VTT)</p><p></p><p>Some years down the line, when everything on the D&D side has played out (2024 core, VTT), who knows. Right now, I very much doubt they would sell (except for crazy money)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mamba, post: 9255807, member: 7034611"] theoretically yes, but it is not as simple as that either ;) First off, they have many more brands struggling than not. While some may recover, it is highly unlikely that all will. Having to revive 10 struggling medium size brands to bring in the money of the one successful large brand you sold off to be able to afford that is a daunting prospect. This also assumes that D&D has peaked. Given the investment in DDB and VTT, Hasbro does not seem to think so. If you want to buy D&D you will have to buy those parts too, at which point we are entering the crazy money territory as the VTT has cost a lot with nothing to show for yet. Finally, even once the brands are successful again, their profit margin will be a fraction of D&D’s. So selling off D&D to then have to manage to save several struggling brands that even at the best of times performed much worse than D&D is just not a feasible approach, especially if your strategy the last few years was to heavily invest in D&D to grow it and that investment has to yet pay off (VTT) Some years down the line, when everything on the D&D side has played out (2024 core, VTT), who knows. Right now, I very much doubt they would sell (except for crazy money) [/QUOTE]
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