tissek@ttrpg.network to rpg@ttrpg.network · 11 months agoHasbro Seeks to Sell IP “DND” and Has Had Preliminary Contact with Tencentpandaily.comexternal-linkmessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up196arrow-down115file-textcross-posted to: dnd@lemmy.worldgaming@beehaw.orggames@lemmy.world
arrow-up181arrow-down1external-linkHasbro Seeks to Sell IP “DND” and Has Had Preliminary Contact with Tencentpandaily.comtissek@ttrpg.network to rpg@ttrpg.network · 11 months agomessage-square61fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: dnd@lemmy.worldgaming@beehaw.orggames@lemmy.world
minus-squaretissek@ttrpg.networkOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·11 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-down3·11 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-up12·11 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.
Tencent is going to release Dark Souls 4