Why would Konami - the makers of Yugioh - partner with Wizards of the Coast?
Partner with them? Do you understand how IP licensing works?
If you owned an IP and a competitor asked you about using it you do realize the ball is in your control right?
Konami gets to set the price they have to pay, what the can use and how long they can use it for. Sure WotC can haggle but they don’t have leverage to get a deal that favors them.
Seriously WotC had to pay Toho to use Godzilla and could only use them for Ikoria since Toho gave them a time frame they were allowed to use them for.
Toho didn’t lose any money from Ikoria. WotC sure lost sales because Ikoria released during the lock down of the Corona Pandemic.
Konami would lose nothing and only gain profits. Profits from a top competitor in the TCG/CCG market.
Partner with them? Do you understand how IP licensing works?
If you owned an IP and a competitor asked you about using it you do realize the ball is in your control right?
Konami gets to set the price they have to pay, what the can use and how long they can use it for. Sure WotC can haggle but they don’t have leverage to get a deal that favors them.
Seriously WotC had to pay Toho to use Godzilla and could only use them for Ikoria since Toho gave them a time frame they were allowed to use them for.
Toho didn’t lose any money from Ikoria. WotC sure lost sales because Ikoria released during the lock down of the Corona Pandemic.
Konami would lose nothing and only gain profits. Profits from a top competitor in the TCG/CCG market.
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