tissek@ttrpg.network to rpg@ttrpg.network · 7 months agoHasbro Seeks to Sell IP “DND” and Has Had Preliminary Contact with Tencentpandaily.comexternal-linkmessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up194arrow-down115file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
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minus-squaretissek@ttrpg.networkOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·7 months agoIn Tencent’s favor I haven’t really heard about them mismanaging properies or being too heavyhanded when it comes to squeezing out profitability. Do I want DnD to be owned and controlled by another multinational holding company? No. Will it matter to me? Not really. But I do enjoy the drama.
minus-squareLaGG_3 [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down3·7 months agoYeah, at best it’ll be acquired by a company that won’t totally enshittify it, whoever that is. It’s a big enough game that some form of enshittification is inevitable, though.
minus-squareMelina [they/them, fae/faer]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·7 months agoTencent is going to release Dark Souls 4
In Tencent’s favor I haven’t really heard about them mismanaging properies or being too heavyhanded when it comes to squeezing out profitability.
Do I want DnD to be owned and controlled by another multinational holding company? No. Will it matter to me? Not really. But I do enjoy the drama.
Yeah, at best it’ll be acquired by a company that won’t totally enshittify it, whoever that is. It’s a big enough game that some form of enshittification is inevitable, though.![emoji shrug-outta-hecks shrug-outta-hecks](https://www.hexbear.net/pictrs/image/7cc4b291-507e-4aa2-9ba6-35d81eb4a08a.png)
Tencent is going to release Dark Souls 4