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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

WotC have been bouyed by the fact Magic: Universes Beyond has turned a quick buck, at the expense of longevity (turning mtg from a unique game to just a game mechanism to shill pop culture IP).

WotC is going through it's enshittification stage... ruled by executive bean counters, not passionate creatives...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Producing content you don't like isn't remotely close to "enshittification".

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Producing content entirely to gather attention in the hopes of boosting sales is exactly that

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

It really isn't. What you've described is every business plan ever, not psuedo-rent seeking or lessening the product for profit. You not liking their new choices is a personal problem, not an issue with the company.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's literally been their business model since the beginning, it just used to be that the content was Umezawa's Jitte or Chrome Mox and now it's Gandalf or Doctor Who.

The real pack sellers are power creeped cards, not the IP of that set.