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Roll 4 Combat: Hasbro/WotC was offered 20 million for D&D at the nadir of 4e.
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<blockquote data-quote="Zardnaar" data-source="post: 9220204" data-attributes="member: 6716779"><p>Thats not WotC money. You're counting Larian and Paramount. The movie was Worth-25 million to WotC tests a loss/tax write off.</p><p></p><p> Members of ENworld need to study accounting 101.</p><p></p><p> I'm looking at what the video used which was 150 million in revenue. If that's profit I would raise what I would be willing to pay by X2 or X3.</p><p></p><p> One woud need to look at the books which they would have to do if you had a legitimate bid to buy D&D.</p><p></p><p> I don't value Beyond at 150 million without looking at income, it's trajectory and its costs. That's 150 million WotC has flushed down the toilet without access to those books.</p><p></p><p> I wouldn't be willing to pay a billion for D&D just on opportunity cost on 150 million revenue. They only get around 25% of a books cover. Idk what the overhead on Beyond is vs income.</p><p></p><p> That revenue is also peak D&D. If it's down much I'm not paying a billion.</p><p></p><p> It's possible 500 million cash up front is more profit than 5E has generated in its entire ten year run (it only hit 100 million few years ago not 5E entire run).</p><p></p><p> I woukd want 8-10% return on my billion dollars. That means D&D would need to generate 80-100 million profit for a billion dollar bid. For me at least.</p><p></p><p> Otherwise I would invest that billion elsewhere. To invest more I would really need to look at the exact income to offset the rusk essentially I'm gambling on future profits to pay more.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zardnaar, post: 9220204, member: 6716779"] Thats not WotC money. You're counting Larian and Paramount. The movie was Worth-25 million to WotC tests a loss/tax write off. Members of ENworld need to study accounting 101. I'm looking at what the video used which was 150 million in revenue. If that's profit I would raise what I would be willing to pay by X2 or X3. One woud need to look at the books which they would have to do if you had a legitimate bid to buy D&D. I don't value Beyond at 150 million without looking at income, it's trajectory and its costs. That's 150 million WotC has flushed down the toilet without access to those books. I wouldn't be willing to pay a billion for D&D just on opportunity cost on 150 million revenue. They only get around 25% of a books cover. Idk what the overhead on Beyond is vs income. That revenue is also peak D&D. If it's down much I'm not paying a billion. It's possible 500 million cash up front is more profit than 5E has generated in its entire ten year run (it only hit 100 million few years ago not 5E entire run). I woukd want 8-10% return on my billion dollars. That means D&D would need to generate 80-100 million profit for a billion dollar bid. For me at least. Otherwise I would invest that billion elsewhere. To invest more I would really need to look at the exact income to offset the rusk essentially I'm gambling on future profits to pay more. [/QUOTE]
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