tissek@ttrpg.network to rpg@ttrpg.network · 8 months agoHasbro Seeks to Sell IP “DND” and Has Had Preliminary Contact with Tencentpandaily.comexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down115file-textcross-posted to: dnd@lemmy.world
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minus-squaretissek@ttrpg.networkOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·8 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-down3·8 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-up12·8 months agoTencent is going to release Dark Souls 4
minus-squareKbin_space_program@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8·8 months agoThey can and their existing track record suggests they will be worse than Hasbro.
minus-square𝕺 𝕯𝖗𝖆𝖌𝖆𝖔 𝖁𝖊𝖗𝖉𝖊@dice.camplinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·8 months ago@Kbin_space_program @tissek @LaGG_3 elaborate
minus-squareKbin_space_program@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoTencent has a horrid reputation for microtransactions and being overbearing in China. And they’re accustomed to microtransactions there, so you can imagine how bad it is for them to complain about it.
minus-square𝕺 𝕯𝖗𝖆𝖌𝖆𝖔 𝖁𝖊𝖗𝖉𝖊@dice.camplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months ago@LaGG_3 @tissek right? Everytime!
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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.
Tencent is going to release Dark Souls 4
They can and their existing track record suggests they will be worse than Hasbro.
@Kbin_space_program @tissek @LaGG_3 elaborate
Tencent has a horrid reputation for microtransactions and being overbearing in China.
And they’re accustomed to microtransactions there, so you can imagine how bad it is for them to complain about it.
@LaGG_3 @tissek right? Everytime!