WotC Hasbro slapped by bank of america for destroying customer goodwill

[Blue]

Maybe they should buy WotC then.

Nah, they downgraded their stock. Told people not to buy it. Anyway, if they were closer they wouldn't have that distance - instead they'd have their own fiduciary responsibility front and center to try to monetize them.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Pure speculation, no evidence of that.

I said it was speculation. But the timing is suggestive. WotC ignore the OGL for 20 years, then Alta Fox comes along with his dumb name and brilliant plan to monetarise D&D, and suddenly Hasbro have a brilliant plan to monetarise the OGL.

And frankly, I can see exactly why the OGL looked like a major untapped revenue stream to a corporate shark.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Maybe they should buy WotC then.

The downgrading of the Hasbro stock price does make it vulnerable to hostile takeover by asset strippers - and it does have a lot of assets to sell off to the highest bidder.

Which would probably lead to D&D being acquired by a major media company (e.g. Disney), especially if the movie is successful. I suspect it's worth more as a media brand than as a game.

 

[Aldarc]

Maybe they should buy WotC then.

Nah. Hasbro sells WotC to Mattel and we start getting Barbie, He-Man, and Hot Wheels-themed Magic: The Gathering sets and D&D crossovers.

(All of which I'm cool with.)

 

[John R Davis]

The downgrading of the Hasbro stock price does make it vulnerable to hostile takeover by asset strippers - and it does have a lot of assets to sell off to the highest bidder.

Which would probably lead to D&D being acquired by a major media company (e.g. Disney), especially if the movie is successful. I suspect it's worth more as a media brand than as a game.

I think maybe disney are done buying for a while, well that's what I got from watching Bloomberg yesterday

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I think maybe disney are done buying for a while, well that's what I got from watching Bloomberg yesterday

I just cited it as an example. Other media giants are available.

 

[Fanaelialae]

I said it was speculation. But the timing is suggestive. WotC ignore the OGL for 20 years, then Alta Fox comes along with his dumb name and brilliant plan to monetarise D&D, and suddenly Hasbro have a brilliant plan to monetarise the OGL.

And frankly, I can see exactly why the OGL looked like a major untapped revenue stream to a corporate shark.

You seem to be working under the mistaken assumption that Alta Fox is a person, when in fact it's actually an asset management firm (Alta Fox Capital). I can't say I know much about them, though I've heard that Finkel (the MTG tournament champ) is employed there.

 

[Longspeak]

Has anyone yet commented on the very concept of a bank calling anyone else out for destroying good will? Nevermind the Bank of (Screwing over everyone in) America?

I mean, yeah... WotC deserved to the called out for that nonsense. But... a bank? Really?

Edit: I see they have.

 

[Alzrius]

Nah. Hasbro sells WotC to Mattel and we start getting Barbie, He-Man, and Hot Wheels-themed Magic: The Gathering sets and D&D crossovers.

(All of which I'm cool with.)

Hm, now I'm seeing a multi-crossover where Ken draws the Power Sword while driving a Mad Maverick around Faerun.

 

[aco175]

All I'm saying is that I would play a Monopoly campaign set in Eberron.