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Yes but what happens? The video game is not maintained or released. Society doesnt care that much. It's not critical and there are millions of alternatives.
by nonethewiser 6mo ago
Yes but what happens? The video game is not maintained or released. Society doesnt care that much. It's not critical and there are millions of alternatives.
- darkwater 6mo agoWell, it happens that the company that has workers on strike at some point stops making money because of that.
- Lapra 6mo agoMost entertainment industries have very strong union presence.
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- northern-lights 6mo agoWhat has unionizing and society caring have got to do with each other?
- cleversomething 6mo agoMagic: the Gathering is the only profitable arm of Hasbro. I don't have the specific revenue numbers, but Arena is a huge part of the ecosystem. Sure, society at large wouldn't care, but letting the Arena release schedule slip behind the "paper cards" product would be a huge embarrassment within the community of customers and content creators that fuel the MTG machine. I would be shocked if they let it happen lightly. I would be a lot less shocked if Hasbro sends in the Pinkertons to do some "persuasion" in the coming weeks and months: https://www.dicebreaker.com/categories/trading-card-game/news/magic-the-gathering-aftermath-youtube-prompts-pinkerton-investigation https://www.dicebreaker.com/categories/trading-card-game/new...
- bluefirebrand 6mo agoThe point isn't about what society cares about. The company loses its investment entirely unless they bargain with the union