Hasbro’s latest quarterly conference call included a number of interesting details regarding Wizards of the Coast and Dungeon & Dragons.
CEO Chris Cocks reported a successful quarter, with the 2024 Player’s Handbook selling 50% more copies than anticipated.
He also talked about D&D Beyond, the official D&D online platform. With 19 million registered users, he reported that a massive 60% of D&D’s revenue was direct to consumer sales–as recently as 2022 when Hasbro purchased D&D Beyond from Fandom, that figure was 0%.
However, WotC’s revenue was down 5% from the same period last year–and this despite Magic: the Gathering reporting a 3% increase. Tabletop sales overall were up 2%, but digital sales have dropped by a whopping 19%. Cocks attributed WotC’s drop to the high peak caused by Baldur’s Gate 3 last year.
- WotC down 5%
- Magic: the Gathering up 3%
- Tabletop up 2%
- Digital sales down 19%
- Total Hasbro gaming down 6%
- Toys down 10%
- Entertainment down 17% (not counting the eOne sale)
Hasbro’s profit for this quarter was $223.2 million; the same period last year saw a $171.1 million loss.
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