Re:Hello, I am lawyer with a PSA: almost everyone is wrong a...
by Macha on Friday January 06, 2023 @07:39AM
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Paradox has net revenue of $1.6B while Hasbro has $4.7B. While Paradox's main business is outside tabletop games, so is Hasbro's. So they're a lot more comparable in size than you might think. Paizo is of course smaller, but googling indicates they're about $50M (being a private company, the figure is obviously less reliable), which is smaller but not "squash like a fly" small. I'd be more worried about the likes of MCDM (Matt Colville's adventure/rules publishing co) or Pelgrane Press (13th Age).
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Re:Hello, I am lawyer with a PSA: almost everyone is wrong a...
by enkid on Friday January 06, 2023 @08:01AM
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WOTC makes up 70% of Hasbro's value, so Hasbro very much is primarily a tabletop company.
https://magicuntapped.com/index.php/articles/item/501-filing...
Re:Hello, I am lawyer with a PSA: almost everyone is wrong a...
by Macha on Friday January 06, 2023 @08:04AM
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How much of that is Magic the Gathering vs Dungeons and Dragons? I suspect MTG has a much larger share of that.
Re:Hello, I am lawyer with a PSA: almost everyone is wrong a...
by trynewideas on Friday January 06, 2023 @12:35PM
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Amusingly, by Hasbro bringing MTG IP into 5E, it gets to be part of this discussion now too.
Re:Hello, I am lawyer with a PSA: almost everyone is wrong a...
by ogre_battle on Friday January 06, 2023 @10:31AM
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Paradox is a publicly traded company out of Sweden. Their net revenue is great but they're not rolling in dough the way Hasboro is, and they haven't been in the market anywhere near as long.
Plus there is little reason to pick a fight -- Paradox is an online publisher and has it's own slew of IPs. Not a fight worth picking, and one that might be expensive, esp. against an established player in a different market and country.