Magic: The Gathering As licensed sets have exploded in recent years, the show has come under intense criticism from longtime fans. everything from Transformers arrive Lord of the Rings. Contrary to these critics, the card game’s lead designer says “making money quickly” is not the driving principle behind such decisions, and player research tells a different story than angry online fans.
“We’re always looking to the future,” says Mark Rosewater MTG Nearly 30 years with Wizards of the Coast, Tell IGN in interview. “The goal is not to make the quickest money and stop there,” he continued: “magic At 31, we plan to stay here as long as possible. So we’re constantly forward-thinking in the way we do things.
A particularly painful point for some fans of the game is It is a universe beyond its setting These are branded crossovers that feature all of the following Warhammer 40,000 and Dungeons and Dragons arrive Monty Python and Hatsune Miku. In addition to taking the focus away from core imagery and world-building MTGSome players feel burned out by their own lore, the constant release of new versions, and the rare items sought after on the secondary market.
Back to 2022Bank of America analysts specifically pointed this out in a note to investors. “The main concern is that Hasbro has been overproducing magic The cards have bolstered Hasbro’s recent results but are destroying the brand’s long-term value. he wrote at the time. The influx of speculators and volatility in the secondary market during the epidemic have also affected the morale of some people.
rose water tells IGN These negative sentiments are not necessarily derived from data Wizards obtains from market research and overall customer response. “People just want to attribute — I don’t know, it’s the nature of the Internet, like, ‘They have bad intentions,’ or ‘They’re not thinking about our problems,'” he said, quoted Lord of the Rings Starting last year, this is the most “successful” ever. “We care deeply about what players think. We do surveys and everything, we do market research. We don’t want to just make something, we want to make something that we sincerely believe players will enjoy, and that drives our decision.
The interview was published this week but was conducted before the latest controversy MTG: Banned several powerful cards from its popular Commander format. After an online harassment campaign was launched against some members of the volunteer rules committee that issued the ban, Wizards of the Coast announced that the organization would be disbanded and decided it would be taken back internally to protect people from abuse. It’s unclear how this will all ultimately play out.
In the meantime, though, there are two Cosmic Beyond series that may become the most popular, launching next year: Cards surrounding these two aspects final fantasy games etc. Miracle Comic hero.
