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<blockquote data-quote="Kannik" data-source="post: 8892074" data-attributes="member: 984"><p>If that email is correct, then it's indicatory of Hasbro, unfortunately, really "bro"ing it up, focusing on pumping their personal cachet and the stock price/bonus. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p>It reminds me a lot of the amusement park that's a stone's throw from my house, whose parent company (Cedar Fair Entertainment) last year sold the property upon which the park sits to a developer, with a 10 year lease back. When I heard that I figured "that's a bummer, but it is after the pandemic and maybe they needed to do this in order to stay solvent." Nope. Their goal, stated as such in their own press release, was to do this in order to allow the company to return to providing dividends quickly. They did not need to sell it to stay in business; they did it in order to give away money. The area loses a fixture of the community since the park was open in the 70s, while the company as a whole loses out on revenue in the future as well as the value of the land's appreciation in the future. Cutting off future benefit and killing off what the <em>company is actually for</em> (creating/running amusement parks that entertain people) just so they can fill their pockets and the pockets of those who are already well off. Short term maximization that kills the long term and harms those who loved the park. </p><p></p><p>My guess is that there are few if any designers within WotC who are keen on these changes, and it's this same kind of short sighted and self-serving shenanigans from Hasbro that's driving this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kannik, post: 8892074, member: 984"] If that email is correct, then it's indicatory of Hasbro, unfortunately, really "bro"ing it up, focusing on pumping their personal cachet and the stock price/bonus. :( It reminds me a lot of the amusement park that's a stone's throw from my house, whose parent company (Cedar Fair Entertainment) last year sold the property upon which the park sits to a developer, with a 10 year lease back. When I heard that I figured "that's a bummer, but it is after the pandemic and maybe they needed to do this in order to stay solvent." Nope. Their goal, stated as such in their own press release, was to do this in order to allow the company to return to providing dividends quickly. They did not need to sell it to stay in business; they did it in order to give away money. The area loses a fixture of the community since the park was open in the 70s, while the company as a whole loses out on revenue in the future as well as the value of the land's appreciation in the future. Cutting off future benefit and killing off what the [I]company is actually for[/I] (creating/running amusement parks that entertain people) just so they can fill their pockets and the pockets of those who are already well off. Short term maximization that kills the long term and harms those who loved the park. My guess is that there are few if any designers within WotC who are keen on these changes, and it's this same kind of short sighted and self-serving shenanigans from Hasbro that's driving this. [/QUOTE]
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