dragoner
KosmicRPG.com
Read and heed or something, though with some of their new hires ... we'll see.
Hasbro Game Sales Drop Nearly A Quarter (due to MtG and Digital Games)
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Update from November 14, 2022:
BoA is not impressed by Hasbro's first billion dollar brand...
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BoA is not impressed by Hasbro's first billion dollar brand...
'Magic: The Gathering' analysis prompts BofA to double downgrade Hasbro By Investing.com
'Magic: The Gathering' analysis prompts BofA to double downgrade Hasbro
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DNDElise
DM's Guild and DriveThruRPG writer
I wonder if inflation on everything else and the impending doom of the economic downturn in the news is also impacting things. Folks are going to buy less extras to get the bills and groceries paid for. News is also discussing a coming recession and everything with the fed is leading to the fear of layoffs. Folks are encouraged to save during economic down turns.
It is also hard to keep up with all the MTG releases. Definitely a fire hydrant feel to the releases lately. I wonder if the article is right about the "wallet fatigue".
It is also hard to keep up with all the MTG releases. Definitely a fire hydrant feel to the releases lately. I wonder if the article is right about the "wallet fatigue".
Blue Orange
Gone to Texas
What, you didn't want to join the HODL gang?
(The rap is amusing, what happened to your money if you invested it not so much.)
darjr
I crit!
Yea, the same bank that just gave Elon 13 billion dollars to buy twitter?Update from November 14, 2022:
BoA is not impressed by Hasbro's first billion dollar brand...
'Magic: The Gathering' analysis prompts BofA to double downgrade Hasbro By Investing.com
'Magic: The Gathering' analysis prompts BofA to double downgrade Hasbro
Whizbang Dustyboots
Gnometown Hero
I have to imagine there have been conversations inside BoA and everyone else involved in fronting money for Twitter about being more prudent, given that Musk is driving out advertisers like crazy and the site looks like it's on a path to going out of business in 12 months or so.
If I were a BoA senior manager, I'd absolutely be telling staff to act like the global recession is already here, rather than just imminent.
More relevant to ENWorld, if Hasbro is overreaching with MTG by printing too many sets, are they going to do the same thing with D&D, either under current plans or after they inevitably cut back on MTG at some point? Could 2024 edition have a much more 3E-like release schedule?
darjr
I crit!
You can believe it if you’d like. My bet there are powerful folks at BOA still thinking it was a good idea.
Scribe
Legend
I actually looked at this (MTG) for the first time in a long time, and they certainly appear to have flooded the market. Covid was a bubble for entertainment options it seems, and I dont think what MTG had going on, was sustainable.
$1000 boosters for non tournament legal cards is laaaaaaaaaaughable.
Whizbang Dustyboots
Gnometown Hero
Cocaine is a hell of a drug.
darjr
I crit!
I drive a train! Thank you very much!Cocaine is a hell of a drug.
Pretend for a moment that I don't know anything about metallurgy, engineering, or physics, and just tell me ... is it Magic or D&D that drives WotC's financials?
Because if D&D is a small part of the WotC pie - and the crust, tomato sauce, cheese, ham, and pineapple are all Magic cards - there could be trouble.
darjr
I crit!
And? Why are you repeating the obvious? Someone above was talking about D&D sales.
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TerraDave
5ever, or until 2024
D&D will stay pay. It always does.
The new corebooks will be black and white paperbacks. The number of subclasses will be cut in half, as will several spells, mostly those that can be used by sorcerers. D&D Beyond will have substantial bonus content, but only available to those with annual subscriptions. These subscribers will get a little dragon next to their name, whose color depends on how much they pay each month.
(Kidding. Mostly)
The new corebooks will be black and white paperbacks. The number of subclasses will be cut in half, as will several spells, mostly those that can be used by sorcerers. D&D Beyond will have substantial bonus content, but only available to those with annual subscriptions. These subscribers will get a little dragon next to their name, whose color depends on how much they pay each month.
(Kidding. Mostly)
Random Task
Explorer
Attachments
Art Waring
halozix.com
found a funny comedic vid (a comedy skit, not at all serious). "now shut up and buy me"
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aco175
Legend
I thought they changed the word recession, so were weren't in one. I mean I still see my gas and groceries prices growing faster then my paycheck. Not to mention oil to heat my house, but I'm told to pay no attention to that and spend like it is 2019.
Of course spending money on games is going down. They need to make a damn good book for me to drop my remaining cash on something.
Of course spending money on games is going down. They need to make a damn good book for me to drop my remaining cash on something.
Do recessions require a fall in GDP for two quarters running? But do they adjust for inflation?
