You should never support the scumbags at Hasbro/WOTC if you are into tabletop games

  • Rolando@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    36
    ·
    2 months ago

    These are the same geniuses who tanked their big Hollywood movie by changing their game license just before the movie came out, right?

    • BigFig@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      9
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      2 months ago

      Has a 7.2/10 and 91% Tomato score. Profited over 50 million dollars. Hardly a tank

      • Rolando@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        14
        ·
        2 months ago

        It’s a great movie, the best movie yet to come out under the Dungeons and Dragons name. However:

        The film made $93 million domestically, which is not good compared to the $150 million budget. Luckily, its worldwide total was $208.2 million, but with marketing costs, it is likely the film did not break even.

        https://movieweb.com/dungeons-and-dragons-sequel-unlikely/

        It’s often difficult to identify why a film didn’t perform well, but fan anger over the licensing changes likely contributed, e.g. see: https://screenrant.com/dungeons-dragons-honor-among-thieves-box-office-bomb-reason/

        The movie could have been a huge hit instead of just maybe breaking even. Trying to rip off the core fans right before it came out was a dumb idea.

        • TootSweet@lemmy.worldM
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          5
          ·
          2 months ago

          fan anger over the licensing changes likely contributed

          I know that is the specific reason why I haven’t seen it and still intend specifically never to.

          (Ok, to be fair I was going to end my Hasbro boycott and see it when they backpedaled and did the dual OGL/Creative Commons thing, but then they pulled the MTG Pinkerton bullshit and that made it clear Hasbro had learned less than nothing from the OGL 1.1 blowback.)

          • Rolando@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            3
            ·
            2 months ago

            You can borrow the DVD from the library or buy it second-hand if you don’t want Hasbro/WoC to get your money. Even if you’ve moved on to Pathfinder or something else, it’s still a lot of fun.

            • TootSweet@lemmy.worldM
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              4
              arrow-down
              1
              ·
              2 months ago

              I mean, borrowing the DVD from the library will make it unavailable for someone else who might want to watch it, which might incentivize them to buy a copy. Also, if it’s always checked out and unavailable when people go to try to check it out, it may increase hype/enthusiasm about it. Buying it second-hand would have similar consequences.

              I might pirate it if I can get a chance. Doing so a) wouldn’t reduce supply of copies of it in ways that might incentivize others to purchase a copy or stream it on Paramount+ or whatever and b) kindof feels like a slap in the face of Hasbro of the sort I don’t mind delivering.

              I’m fully aware of how petty this all comes across, but, man, thoroughly fuck Hasbro. What a shitty company. Don’t underestimate just how much I hate them. Lol.

              • Rolando@lemmy.world
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                3
                ·
                2 months ago

                No, it doesn’t sound petty to spend your money carefully. I hope things get better with D&D.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        4
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        2 months ago

        Can I just use this opportunity to say that, while I enjoyed the movie, I spent the entire time waiting for the bard to use magic and it never happened? Because that really annoyed me. Don’t call yourself a D&D movie and then have a bard that can’t do magic. But somehow has a lute made of steel.