• arudesalad
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      11 months ago

      Hasbro has no control over the developers, they are just making money because the devs have to pay for the rights to d&d

      • Björn Tantau@swg-empire.de
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        11 months ago

        Luckily that is the case. I just hope that they don’t think that they need more control for some future project to squeeze out even more money.

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          11 months ago

          It wouldn’t be control over Larian. They constantly express that they are self published and self owned, it’s something they’re proud of.

          That said, money talks.

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            11 months ago

            With BG3 Larian is becoming a recognized name in the mainstream. If Hasbro is going to try and fuck them over they will just forgo the D&D IP and use their own IP or another RPG of another company for their next game. And still see success. And I bet the vast majority of BG3 player don’t know anything of D&D anyway.

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        11 months ago

        I always wondered how much of the profit is going to who.
        Like, is hasbro making 80% of the profit? Habro 20%, wotc another 20% ( despite hasbro owning wotc) ? How much is larian actually cashing in on?