Hasbro CEO wants to make D&D esports franchise

[Kyl Von Kull]

Brian Goldner, douchebag CEO of Hasbro, was on the idiot box the other day and he talked about turning his Wizards of the Coast properties into games suitable for esports.

Trigger the codex with a statement:

“He added that Hasbro's goal over time will be to build fantasy games like these into esports properties "ripe for global esports competition" as consumers increasingly choose digital gaming over standard tabletop games.”

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cn...ns--dragons-is-having-its-best-year-ever.html

I’m calling it now: Forgotten Realms Battle Royale

 

[Xor]

I hate modern gaming.

 

[Morkar Left]

Wants to sell toyfigures to the esport games huh?

 

[ItsChon]

Less RNG than Hearthstone at least...

Spoiler

 

[Dodo1610]

Yeah that will work, Dungeons and Dragons and esports are a match made in heaven.... .

 

[Lurker47]

How in the fuck would that even work.

 

[Lacrymas]

Trying to jump on the bandwagon when it's probably too late again. And how exactly does he plan to do it? And which genre? MOBAs, card games, RTS (lol)?

 

[Neanderthal]

How in the fuck would that even work.

It won't.

 

[Spectacle]

If anyone were to bother reading the article you'd see that what they want to do is make their M:tG online card game, and possibly future vidya games into an esports.

Still a dumb idea, but not outright crazy like trying to turn a tabletop RPG into an esport.

 

[Ocelot]

How in the fuck would that even work.

Easy. Make a game set in the Forgotten Realms universe that has nothing to do with actual tabletop D&D.

 

[Lurker47]

How in the fuck would that even work.

It won't.

What about a system where whichever group had the most fun wins?

 

[Mortmal]

The guy is clearly right.
"Shares of toy maker Hasbro (NASDAQ:HAS) rose on Monday following a second-quarter report that easily beat expectations. While revenue declined, due in part to the Toys R Us bankruptcy, both the top and bottom lines came in ahead of analyst estimates. Hasbro stock was up about 13.2% at 11:35 a.m. EDT. Rival Mattel (NASDAQAT) also got a boost from the news, with shares up about 4.1%."

 

[aweigh]

we eat sports

 

[Doktor Best]

What a cool dude man. He knows games from magazines and doesnt afraid of anything.

 

[lukaszek]

deterministic system > RNG

 

[sser]

If anyone were to bother reading the article you'd see that what they want to do is make their M:tG online card game, and possibly future vidya games into an esports.

Still a dumb idea, but not outright crazy like trying to turn a tabletop RPG into an esport.

Yeah well I read the paid for content part of the ad story and the CEO went on to say that the D&D dice rolls would be replaced by a sort of 'Legends of the Hidden Temple' type endurance run.

"I want to bring the athlete back in eSports Athlete," the CEO said, briefly looking up from one of three BlackBerries. "Know what I mean?"

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

But the CEO's comments aren't about D&D.

 

[Ebonsword]

How in the fuck would that even work.

Easy. Make a game set in the Forgotten Realms universe that has nothing to do with actual tabletop D&D.

You mean like Sword Coast Legends?

 

[Deuce Traveler]

Yeah that will work, Dungeons and Dragons and esports are a match made in heaven.... .

Why not? Fantasy football is D&D for jocks. What level is your quarterback?

 

[Generic-Giant-Spider]

The real Brian Goldner is dead and has been replaced by a highly intelligent impostor that uses human camouflage to mask their true reptilian nature.

 

[Ranarama]

Drizzt Do'urdle DLC skins.

 

[nikolokolus]

Sounds corny as fuck to me, but it's not like competitive D&D hasn't been around since the late seventies with scored tournament modules at Gencon and other shit.

 

[Urthor]

CEO of Hasbro probably doesn't know how to turn a computer on.

The idea of digital magic the gathering products has been a running joke for years.

 

[Crispy]

Gary spinning in his grave so fast he's propelling himself through the earth like an umber hulk.

 

[Kev Inkline]

Brian Goldner, douchebag CEO of Hasbro, was on the idiot box the other day and he talked about turning his Wizards of the Coast properties into games suitable for esports.

Lies! Shoutbox is full of crazy talk but no one would so low as to spout that kind of nonsense.


...oh you mean TV...carry on