The Dungeons & Dragons DISASTER Just Got Worse

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[amayasasaki]

Who doesn't want a Frodo skin? Me. Who doesn't want to wield Anduril? Me. I'm not playing in Middle Earth. I don't want those. Even if I was playing in Middle Earth, I'm not playing Frodo. Frodo's tale is written. I want to write my own tale.

[HeyApples]

The irony is that all the tenets which made BG3 successful are polar opposite to tenets which Hasbro corporate has been leaning on for the past 5 years. They want that BG3 money but aren't willing to do the things necessary to make it happen. BG3 focused on patience and quality... Hasbro wants to eject whatever sludge will make their next quarterly number. BG3 is going back to polish and optimize their product. Hasbro tech is notoriously unpolished and buggy. You might as well ask a fish to turn into a bird before Hasbro could replicate an inch of Larian's success.

[Themohr]

I totally get that everything in Baulder's Gate 3 belongs to WoTC, but to give them ANY credit for the earnings which belong rightly to Larian Studios, is laughable.

[Sturmjaeger]

The possibility of WOTC turning D&D into Fortnite is honestly terrifying.

[DashunicornII]

What irks me so much is what Hasbro got out of this. Instead of understanding that BG3 was a massive success due to it being a quality product created with time and care, they instead got that "clearly people want more digital DnD content". Like JFC when will these corporations learn that almost any product made with time and care will be more profitable than pumping out random garbage that vaguely imitates a previous successful product.

[chipchipperson]

I think it's important to note a few extra things you missed or didn't touch on. Firstly Hasbro notably didn't have faith in BG3 (various sources have come out to speak on this) and didn't see it as anything more than another junk game they'd commissioned (see: Forgotten Realms: Dark Alliance failure). Secondly, Hasbro speaking about the "multi-media future" doesn't factor in tv/film as part of that, seeing how they recently closed their film studio, dismissed the success of their recent summer blockbuster as "A fun experiment", and actively rejected Joe Mangianello's filmed pilot for a D&D television series. They have no interest in anything other than

[huddleaw]

I love how they make it sound like they had something to do with Baldurs Gate 3 😂 like, they just sold them the rights to the IP. Larian did everything.

[TheMyrmo]

Hasbro specializes in entertainment products. In any economic downturn, entertainment you PAY for is the first thing you can do without. For all that they're contributing to the train going off the rails, that train was doomed anyway.

[Singinchicsnana]

F- the digital money-sucking machine, I'm gonna play on my table in my house till I die. They will not ruin it for me unless they start sending the Game Gestapo to my door to take away my stuff.

[Deadponygaming]

Whenever I hear anything about DnD it makes me really happy that I mostly play Pathfinder and don't have to worry about this

[heavynov]

Speaking of "adult toys"; you'll be delighted to hear that your channel is the only one that I've had ads for "adult toy advent calendars" on so far.

[james]

The success of BG3 comes from its quality and all that, not because "it's dnd", there are plenty of dnd-like games that have been failures, what people want is quality games, not just digital dnd content.

[trolldomowy]

Even before this whole drama with Hasbro, I moved on to Panthfinder. I felt cooler then and I feel even cooler now 🤍 peace and love RPG freaks!

[beefytaco]

This disaster seems to be getting worse and worse while these vids get better and better

[spencersalerno]

I imagine whenever Dungeons and Discourse talk about anything during her normal day shes like "The parking disaster at the grocery store has gotten worse." Or "Robert's personal fashion sense disaster has gotten worse." 🙃

[maverickman]

My grandmother joked with the unknown guy she found in the morning in her kitchen, "I see you met our dog, he is called wolf." Wolf was actually a wolf/dog mix that looked 100% wolf. Wolf was keeping said unknown man company and was having a conversation of low growls with him while he pressed himself into a corner of the kitchen.

[sparky]

I'd like to thank WOTC for their role as salesmen of the year for numerous other companies. You made it a great year for Paizo, Frog God, and my personal favorite.. Troll Lord Games. Keep it up WOTC, Keep it up. People will eventually learn you can D&D without you, and do it better.

[youtubeuniversity]

Imagine if WoTC actually managed to make a loss.

[CaraesNaur]

So basically... Hasbro is transforming M:tG and d&d into LEGO: a product that survives almost entirely on co-branding and nostalgia for 3rd party IP.

This report didn't reveal anything critically new... we've known since January that the end of traditional tabletop d&d is coming in the next couple years.

The rest of the tabletop hobby will rise from d&d's ashes.

[dmdon]

If Hasbro tanks and WOTC ceases to exist the game of D&D will continue regardless...The game exist in several forms, several editions etc.