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[–] 58 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Also, when your company is ailing (read: Not making more profit than last year, no matter what ocean of money your managers are swimming in), fire the good parts. That'll fix it!

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

    Hasbro is unprofitable, but there was a memo a while back that said Wizards of the Coast was their most profitable division. Possibly their only profitable division. That covers Magic: The Gathering and D&D.

    This is also why we're seeing both those properties getting the fuck monetized out of them. Big influxes of MTG sets based on other licensed properties, and attempts to undo the open licensing around One D&D.

    But then it makes even less sense to lay people off from those divisions.

    Edit: minor clarity and typo corrections.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    The best way to save hasbro is cut back on making trash plastic toys for kids and stake the company to a well-staffed, functional WoTC who can deliver what MTG and DND fans want.

    Is that in the original spirit of the company? No, but who the hell cares? Certainly not investors and certainly not consumers or they’d be buying the toys

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