Comment on 'There's almost nobody left': CEO of Baldur's Gate 3 dev Swen Vincke says the D&D team he initially worked with is gone, due to Hasbro layoffs

Destraight@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Kakaofruchttafel@feddit.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Larian Studios is not owned by anyone. The Wizards of the coast team that Larian worked with has been laid off

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• krakenx@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  TSR, which was the company that originally made D&D got bought by Wizards of the Coast, which made Magic the Gathering. Then Wizards got bought by Hasbro.

  Every product you love has been acquired by a large company that got bought by a larger company and then turned to shit. Until the government stops blocking mergers and acquisitions, this trend will continue.

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  • Teodomo@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    starts*, but yeah

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  • EssentialCoffee@midwest.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Let’s stop pretending T$R was a bastion of consumer values.

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    • elephantium@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      IDK, I think this take is more “It went from bad to worse” rather than “TSR was a bastion of consumer values”.

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      • EssentialCoffee@midwest.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        More like, a bunch of greedy folks overreached and lost their business to another bunch of greedy folks who sold to another group of greedy folks.

        At least we don’t have a splat book coming out every other week these days.

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