Yeah because that's what we want of the ones in charge of publishing, administering and providing support for some of the most played games in the world now and historically: leanness! The fewer people to take care of important things, the better! 🤦

I know that he's talking to investors rather than players, but come on! Also, there's nothing "modern" about stupidly trying to increase profits via mass layoffs without expecting blowback and for quality to suffer. That's some 1700s bullshit right there.

[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 50 points 10 months 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!

[–] frezik@midwest.social 21 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months 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.

[–] FaeDrifter@midwest.social 9 points 10 months ago

God that's so corporate-coded - instead of fixing your divisions so they are all profitable, just take your two successful divisions and squeeze them like you're trying to get blood out of a stone.

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