another D&D-battle

Bit · Post by **Bit** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 10:08 am

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6243795.html
tsktsktsk

sucinum · Post by **sucinum** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 1:33 pm

Having Infogrames (they bought the Atari label) as middleman never served any good purpose anyways. They block progress, fail to market games and generally ruin games. Every sequel or add-on to Baldur's Gate or Neverwinter Nights you miss is due to Infogrames. Last thing they blocked are the premium add-ons for NWN - glad I got Mysteries of Westgate after they had delayed it for months. The way they handled Dungeons&Dragons Online for Europe is close to sabotage.
I really hope WotC/Hasbro gets their rights back and Infogrames just goes broke or something. Noone will miss them.

Post by **Gambit37** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 1:37 pm

Boy, am I out of touch! I didn't even know Hasbro ultimately owned D&D!

beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 1:55 pm

Well, the toy distri8bution rights I think - WotC own the brand, gotten from TSR, right?

Post by **Gambit37** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 2:03 pm

From the linked article:

Hasbro considers Namco Bandai a competitor for both its toy business and its Wizards of the Coast brand

Doesn't this say Hasbro owns WotC? It somehow seems wrong that such a big name owns the original indie RPG.

sucinum · Post by **sucinum** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 2:19 pm

Hasbro owns WotC which owns TSR.

beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 2:22 pm

OOOOOOOOOOOH, i missed that bit.... lol, ok I hadn't appreciated. And WotC has long since ceased being an indie RPG company!

Post by **Gambit37** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 2:24 pm

@Sucinum: Not strictly true if you want to be pedantic about it

. TSR doesn't exist as a brand so technically no-one "owns" it anymore. It's simply been absorbed

@Beo: I meant the original TSR was indie, not WotC

sucinum · Post by **sucinum** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 5:20 pm

Gambit37 wrote:@Sucinum: Not strictly true if you want to be pedantic about it . TSR doesn't exist as a brand so technically no-one "owns" it anymore. It's simply been absorbed

Basically the same happened to Atari which was absorbed by Infogrames. With the small difference, that the label (of a company which went broke for a reason, just to mention) was still good enough to replace the own label of Infogrames. That already tells a lot.

Bit · Post by **Bit** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 5:57 am

economs

(chew them up)

sucinum · Post by **sucinum** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 6:35 pm

Hasbro's complaint: http://www.mercuric.net/hasbro_atari_complaint.pdf

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