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In Tencent's favor I haven't really heard about them mismanaging properies or being too heavyhanded when it comes to squeezing out profitability.
Do I want DnD to be owned and controlled by another multinational holding company? No. Will it matter to me? Not really. But I do enjoy the drama.
Yeah, at best it'll be acquired by a company that won't totally enshittify it, whoever that is. It's a big enough game that some form of enshittification is inevitable, though.
Tencent is going to release Dark Souls 4
They can and their existing track record suggests they will be worse than Hasbro.
@Kbin_space_program @tissek @LaGG_3 elaborate
Tencent has a horrid reputation for microtransactions and being overbearing in China.
And they're accustomed to microtransactions there, so you can imagine how bad it is for them to complain about it.
@Attaxalotl @robinn_IV lol some westerners are super brainwashed. Seriously. How pathetic.
@LaGG_3 @tissek right? Everytime!