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[–] odigo2020@lemmy.zip 36 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Reading the article, I see WotC are saying this, but nothing from Hasbro. With them being the parent company, does WotC even have a say in if DnD is sold to Tencent?

[–] rigatti@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Probably not, but it likely would be up to WotC to confirm/deny.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't know how this even works, but wouldn't it be Hasbro's call? Can a subsidiary owned by a bigger company sell itself or would it be up to the bigger company? 🤔

[–] Kichae@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I was under the impression that the whole thing has been about Tencent wanting to license the digital product rights to D&D, not the actual game. I'm not sure why that's caused an uproar over the actual IP ownership.