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Hasbro's CEO Reports OGL-Related D&D Beyond Cancellations Had Minimal Impact
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<blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 8940636" data-attributes="member: 3400"><p>Yeah, there's a narrative being constructed here. None of it's likely to be anything close to an outright lie since, in relative terms, it's not a huge revenue hit and many of the cancellations will be resolved with re-subscriptions because WotC backed off the OGL replacement scheme - thus reducing the damage that might have otherwise been felt down the line. They're setting an expectation and spinning a negative situation that will be more likely to show up in the <strong>next</strong> quarterly report in an effort to assuage the concerns of shareholders <strong>now</strong> who are looking at the bad PR and wondering whether they should sell now or suffer more loss later with lower stock values.</p><p>But I do suspect that 5-digits worth of subscription cancellations caused some concern because it showed that people were actually putting effort into their outrage - including some very prominent D&D boosters like Ginny Di - rather than just being social media slacktivists. When outrage doesn't translate into action, you can pretty much ignore the outrage. But when it becomes action, that risks it snowballing into a major headache.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="billd91, post: 8940636, member: 3400"] Yeah, there's a narrative being constructed here. None of it's likely to be anything close to an outright lie since, in relative terms, it's not a huge revenue hit and many of the cancellations will be resolved with re-subscriptions because WotC backed off the OGL replacement scheme - thus reducing the damage that might have otherwise been felt down the line. They're setting an expectation and spinning a negative situation that will be more likely to show up in the [B]next[/B] quarterly report in an effort to assuage the concerns of shareholders [B]now[/B] who are looking at the bad PR and wondering whether they should sell now or suffer more loss later with lower stock values. But I do suspect that 5-digits worth of subscription cancellations caused some concern because it showed that people were actually putting effort into their outrage - including some very prominent D&D boosters like Ginny Di - rather than just being social media slacktivists. When outrage doesn't translate into action, you can pretty much ignore the outrage. But when it becomes action, that risks it snowballing into a major headache. [/QUOTE]
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