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Big Changes Coming to Asmodee - Embracer Group Passing TONS of Debt to Asmodee before Split!

Embracer Group, Parent Company of Asmodee is doing the unthinkable.
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  • @lordcola-3324
    @lordcola-33243 ай бұрын

    Really??? If you have tons of debt you can just split a small part of you off and pass all the debt onto that new entity? I am at a loss for words...

  • @brianjones3321

    @brianjones3321

    3 ай бұрын

    Yeah, certain not to be named banks did this to its lesser banks by dumping their subprime loans into lesser banks and then pulled their money out of these smaller banks.

  • @toferkrz946

    @toferkrz946

    3 ай бұрын

    Welcome to late stage capitalism.

  • @noyl-ye3xb

    @noyl-ye3xb

    3 ай бұрын

    In Economy a usual way to maximise profit

  • @AzraelBlackstar

    @AzraelBlackstar

    3 ай бұрын

    Yeah this is very common; then you write off the losses when the spinoff implodes.

  • @findle70
    @findle703 ай бұрын

    You're missing one of the big pieces of the announcement - Asmodee will be going public. They will likely use a good chunk of the sale to pay off or refinance the debt. Everything else said is correct, and the usual adverse impacts of these moves. But the IPO is what these banks are counting on, not Asmodee's games making more money.

  • @Crabbok

    @Crabbok

    3 ай бұрын

    I guess I can't really predict what impact that part might have on top of what already I expect to happen.

  • @skiprayable

    @skiprayable

    3 ай бұрын

    I’m wondering who’s gonna buy asmodee stock when it’s got bad news like this following it

  • @findle70

    @findle70

    3 ай бұрын

    @@skiprayable I bet they position Asmodee as 'The company that owns Catan', and they will tout FFG as a Card Game company that has just had a smash hit with a new Star Wars CCG that sold out in a month. The Goldman's and hedge fund people will like those pieces I bet. THe bottom line is, they were valued as 3 bill when Embracer bought them just 2 years ago, so that must be the number they are looking at for a IPO

  • @skiprayable

    @skiprayable

    3 ай бұрын

    @@findle70 thanks for the insight on this.

  • @HansenAsset

    @HansenAsset

    3 ай бұрын

    @@skiprayablePpl will buy anything at the right price

  • @OpinionatedFanboy
    @OpinionatedFanboy3 ай бұрын

    Time to pack it up for X-Wing and Armada

  • @Loxen86

    @Loxen86

    3 ай бұрын

    And I just got into it...

  • @lyianx

    @lyianx

    3 ай бұрын

    People have been packing it up for both of those games for a while. Both local play died off after AMG took over (and the lockdown snuffed it out).

  • @williamanderson5668
    @williamanderson56683 ай бұрын

    As a long time Armada player, I'm thinking I will buy everything else I want and need for future play now. I think I can see Vader in the hallway...fire up those 3D printers folks, and follow the way of Battletech...I've been wanting the community to take over for some time now...

  • @AzraelBlackstar

    @AzraelBlackstar

    3 ай бұрын

    Yeah; this is how the old GW crowd that were Epic diehards did it; it's even easier now. And Warhammer Fantasy Battle as well; both have vibrant communities, often of old tourney people and developers and whatnot so the quality is solid. Dropzone almost had this too.

  • @JustinKase1969

    @JustinKase1969

    2 ай бұрын

    Odd to use Battletech as an example, as they have a pretty thriving product with new plastic lances coming out even beyond their KSers.

  • @NewSquallor
    @NewSquallor3 ай бұрын

    This is the kind of crap that killed Toys R Us

  • @Crabbok

    @Crabbok

    3 ай бұрын

    Exactly

  • @Bertramtalespinner

    @Bertramtalespinner

    3 ай бұрын

    Yup. And many others. Scum in suits, playing games with businesses they don't care about except as things to buy and sell like hockey cards. If you think you need one of these outfits, don't do it.

  • @robertkreitler6727

    @robertkreitler6727

    3 ай бұрын

    Sounds suspiciously like a leveraged buyout. Spin off the debt from the parent company to a smaller area so they are bogged down and can write off a bunch on taxes. Generally, the only people that win in these scenarios are shareholders and bankers.

  • @ReaperOperator
    @ReaperOperator3 ай бұрын

    I'm very sad to hear all this I have been a huge Armada fan for a long time and and have been hoping and waiting for them to pull their heads out their butts so that we can get some new Armada stuff but it doesn't look like that will ever happen

  • @cinnamoncult
    @cinnamoncult3 ай бұрын

    As someone who's in a company has filed chapter 11. Well, it sucks. Locations closing down every week. Seeing new CEO's move in and out temporarily for 300k a month and 20 million dollar bonuses for leaving, yeah. It can be frustrating.

  • @bradp6452
    @bradp64523 ай бұрын

    Private equity is often bad for the bought companies. Money lost to financial costs eat up all the profit from the purchased companies leaving them nothing to reinvest in the company.

  • @zacharytresidentdigimonenj3397
    @zacharytresidentdigimonenj33973 ай бұрын

    Extremely informative video. As someone who loves X-Wing miniatures and just got into Legion, I appreciated the speculation on how all of this may turn out. Love the channel. Thanks again.

  • @brianjones3321
    @brianjones33213 ай бұрын

    I saw this in the 2008 housing crash. It's a was sickening and ruthlessly brilliant on the big banks part.

  • @stuartjohnson1049
    @stuartjohnson10493 ай бұрын

    Read up on the Toys R Us bankruptcy. Looks like the same thing is happening here.

  • @gamer8567
    @gamer85673 ай бұрын

    Remember as of June 1st any new game from Asmodee will also be required to sell at almost full MSRP for the first 90 days also under the new announced rules. The MAP will be 80% to 100% of MSRP with no expectations. I think they want to drive sales from stores to there web site since they get a bigger part of the pie that way. So see more pressure on buying direct instead of from stores which will hurt all the stores.

  • @imlost19

    @imlost19

    3 ай бұрын

    I really don't care. If they want to charge MSRP for new ships, that means they are printing new ships. At this point I would pay $100 for a Mc80B and $300 for a lucrehulk. Hell, I'd even pay $75 for a republic venator, even if it was the same exact sculpt with just a different paint job and new cardboard and cards. Not even joking lol. Armada veterans are ready to be milked for 'new' ships, I promise lol

  • @matthewmayton1845
    @matthewmayton18453 ай бұрын

    The fact that this is legal gets me.

  • @imlost19

    @imlost19

    3 ай бұрын

    they will make it legal

  • @jamesvari

    @jamesvari

    3 ай бұрын

    Legalized during reagan administration.

  • @kingbonezai4925
    @kingbonezai49253 ай бұрын

    It is possible that they will refinance a lot of debt. However, interest rates remaining high this will still create greater overhead, necessitating cost cutting and increased margins ie price hikes and less new models.

  • @greywarden1393
    @greywarden13933 ай бұрын

    I think its far more likely that AMG sunsets X-Wing and Armada instead of ever releasing ships on sprues. Its pretty clear they never wanted those games in the first place and have no idea what to do with them. I can see them using these financial troubles as an excuse to discontinue them in the next couple of years.

  • @gremblorthesackgoblin7953

    @gremblorthesackgoblin7953

    3 ай бұрын

    I could argue you could lump Legion in aswell since they were already making shatterpoint when it got dumped on the aswell

  • @matthewmayton1845

    @matthewmayton1845

    3 ай бұрын

    Legion probably makes too much money right now for them to justify ending production. However, I don't think AMG will seriously support Legion in the long-term

  • @_tensketch

    @_tensketch

    3 ай бұрын

    It'll be less AMG wanting to sunset them and more Asmodee telling them to do it and focus on the 'moneymakers' At the end of the day, these companies can't just make what they want. They have to propose it to their bosses (asmodee and Disney) and get approval. Asmodee will look at the low X-Wing sales and not the still large community of players and deem it unprofitable so will cut any funding for R&D on the game. AMG will then have to announce it and take most of the blame.

  • @Chozo_hybrid

    @Chozo_hybrid

    3 ай бұрын

    @@_tensketch AMG haven't wanted anything to do with X-Wing and Armada since they got it. You can tell by how they have treated it so far, a couple card packs and some crappy rules updates, they just want to run their Shatterpoint & Marvel game.

  • @lyianx

    @lyianx

    3 ай бұрын

    @@_tensketchAt *least* half of that "still large community" still plays 2E.

  • @DarthSmirnoff
    @DarthSmirnoff3 ай бұрын

    Asmodee getting used as a tax write off.

  • @AzraelBlackstar

    @AzraelBlackstar

    3 ай бұрын

    They deserve it at this point, honestly.

  • @EliWintercross
    @EliWintercross3 ай бұрын

    While I'd rather stay with the prepainted and assembled ships in Armada and X-wing, I would happily accept sprues as a compromise to keep getting new ships

  • @Nintendoggy

    @Nintendoggy

    3 ай бұрын

    I would not be happy, but what choice do I have?

  • @Ty-yy7zr

    @Ty-yy7zr

    3 ай бұрын

    I wouldn't and probably just be done with the games then

  • @imlost19

    @imlost19

    3 ай бұрын

    the best part about armada and x-wing is that to build a new list I just need to go to the store and buy a new ship, or use the ships I already have. Its is so frustrating to build assemble and paint a sw legion list just to find out it sucks... and then have to do it all over for a new list. Having said that, I would happily buy new armada ships on sprues bc at the end of the day airbrushing one big ass gray ship is much easier than painting 40 storm troopers lmao

  • @Chozo_hybrid

    @Chozo_hybrid

    3 ай бұрын

    I'd rather they just formally kill the games, as they have basically sunset them for a while now. Card packs for X-Wing are a band aid. I play X-Wing and Armada to not have to paint stuff, I have other games for that.

  • @keithpalmer4547
    @keithpalmer45473 ай бұрын

    The VAST MAJORITY of gamers DO NOT want to assemble and paint minis. That was one of the main selling points of x wing and armada. Those games have jumped the shark so stock up now and enjoy what is there. It is the end of the road obviously for Asmodee and most their game lines.

  • @mikeolson6384
    @mikeolson63843 ай бұрын

    This is exactly what happened to Toys R Us. Asmodee's days are numbered.

  • @_tensketch
    @_tensketch3 ай бұрын

    Oof. This could well kill off X-Wing and Armada.

  • @Yoshis_Studio

    @Yoshis_Studio

    3 ай бұрын

    If you want to go down the rabbit hole, this could kill AMG, since it's a sub of asmodee and they could just pass the debt to them.

  • @_tensketch

    @_tensketch

    3 ай бұрын

    @@Yoshis_Studio oh I agree. But I feel the first port of call for asmodee is to tell the companies to kill support for any game that they don't see as profitable. X-Wing and Armada, despite still being popular, fit that bill.

  • @alexthebird2756

    @alexthebird2756

    3 ай бұрын

    Wait Xwing is still alive I thought everyone said it was dead hahaha

  • @_tensketch

    @_tensketch

    3 ай бұрын

    @@alexthebird2756 depends who you ask, really. It doesn't sell as much anymore because the devoted fans have all the product already bought but it had an amazing showing at worlds this year. But at the end of the day, selling product is what keeps a game in active development.

  • @jimalexander687

    @jimalexander687

    3 ай бұрын

    IMO, the licensing for Armada and X-Wing should not be with AMG to begin with. They've dropped the ball entirely. Let a company who will actually put effort into the product get the IP. Please ~ !!

  • @thehikingcucumber3410
    @thehikingcucumber34103 ай бұрын

    If x-wing ends as a complete game. My only regret is now getting my hands on a Imperial Raider Huge ship.

  • @lloydpowell5683

    @lloydpowell5683

    3 ай бұрын

    100% agreed…and I don’t even play imps! Awesome trophy to crack open if I ever did… trident class is pretty cool, unopened, neglected…ignored if not expunged(sigh). Peace 😔🤞🙏🏻🖖

  • @gameguy1337
    @gameguy13373 ай бұрын

    Oh damn, just as I was looking into getting a core set for either Armada or X-wing I now second guess if it even has a future.

  • @lloydpowell5683

    @lloydpowell5683

    3 ай бұрын

    Run, don’t walk…buy the ‘models’ if you want a trophy but don’t expect product support from the company for too much longer…the community has Yasb legacy for ‘points’ though it’s a ‘blanket’ fix, not necessarily a be all end all for a ‘safety net’….run, don’t walk…

  • @gameguy1337

    @gameguy1337

    3 ай бұрын

    @@lloydpowell5683 Oh that is a pity, I probably won't bother then as there isn't anyway I can afford a whole fleet in one go. Thanks for the heads up.

  • @lloydpowell5683

    @lloydpowell5683

    3 ай бұрын

    Well, damn, I feel slightly bad, the community keeps Xwing going as I’m sure certain other communities for the other AMG Games. The community reminds me of the chess community… they pride themselves to the game. It’s been 10 years and it’s a real shame the way the company has tried to sell a snake oil instead of nurture and cultivate a ‘community’, international community for some I may add. If I were you, find the community before you buy one single thing . then with advice & direction from one of ‘our’ many loyal Xwing players, perhaps purchase a couple of ships. Mind you there may be a couple of other things to buy, but just buy a bare minimal amount to try and fly with everyone else, that’s all I’ll say as a humble epilogue. Xwing in itself is a good game dynamically speaking, the models are awesome, the product support may be lacking, but there’s enough there where people can make up their own rules as long as they’re playing by the same rules, AND the community is still running…currently 😂 Xwing is ‘simply’ complex, like chess, ie;10000 hours till mastery etc, but the future just looks bleak for AMG products atm and I don’t want to paint any other picture to a new player. Peace. 🤞🙏🏻🖖

  • @gameguy1337

    @gameguy1337

    3 ай бұрын

    @@lloydpowell5683 No need to feel bad, I appreciate the warning. I was interested in getting the game to play with my brother just to test the waters so to speak, I wasn't planning to blow tons of money on it. But if we end up loving it and I find myself unable to buy a millennium falcon or something in a few months because it's been discontinued then it would be a bit frustrating is all.

  • @wscrivner

    @wscrivner

    3 ай бұрын

    They are popular games. They have a future whether it's officially supported or not. I still enjoy games that haven't been officially supported in decades. So... run, don't walk... to the game store and get your core set! 😎

  • @skiprayable
    @skiprayable3 ай бұрын

    Seems shady as heck

  • @matthewkoehler6079
    @matthewkoehler60793 ай бұрын

    It would be interesting to see the structure of all these companies. I had no idea Ticket to Ride was owned by the same group

  • @greywarden1393

    @greywarden1393

    3 ай бұрын

    Asmodee is the giant in boardgaming. Owning many other companies like FFG, AMG, and Days of Wonder. Which makes lots of games including Ticket to Ride.

  • @LiliaArmoury
    @LiliaArmoury3 ай бұрын

    having to build star destroyers would mean they'd be easier to kitbash into wacky ship designs

  • @mattberry3551
    @mattberry35513 ай бұрын

    Coffee Stain are close to finalising Satisfactory - a very good AA early release game. The also own Dark Horse Media and Eidos. I believe they've just sold Gearbox. Sounds like an extremely badly run investment company. Asmodee are better off getting sold.

  • @twincast2005

    @twincast2005

    3 ай бұрын

    It was run well (and very consumer-friendly as well as developer-friendly) until they started development of dozens of video games with money that was promised to them in two huge multi-billion handshake agreements but fell through last year when the prospective investors saw the lockdowns-induced boom fizzle out. Also, Eidos and even Warhorse (Kingdom Come Deliverance) got absurdly transfered together with Dark Horse over to Middle Earth Enterprises and Friends by nature of being "AAA" instead of staying with the rest of Embracer Group's video game core biz at Coffee Stain and Friends (which really needs to go back to the THQ Nordic name).

  • @mattberry3551

    @mattberry3551

    3 ай бұрын

    @twincast2005 it does feel a bit like they've loaded most of the debt onto Asmodee because they are table top and don't care that much about them though. Or maybe they think they are the one's that night be able to turn it around. Either way, the corporate mistakes being lumped onto the creatives is never right. I wonder if FFG every regret the buyout from Asmodee.

  • @twincast2005

    @twincast2005

    3 ай бұрын

    @@mattberry3551 Oh, I fully agree on all those points. And FFG must have regretted it when they were getting stripped for parts under the previous owner of Asmodee. Then breathed a tentative sigh of relief when Embracer bought Asmodee. And now don't know what to think.

  • @electricfootballhero1349
    @electricfootballhero13493 ай бұрын

    Does this mean X-Wing players will now have to manufacture their own expansion packs entirely from scratch, but then still have to pay premium prices for them? I'm only half-kidding.

  • @AviadMD
    @AviadMD3 ай бұрын

    Just don't touch AMG!

  • @JAXisARK
    @JAXisARK3 ай бұрын

    Definitely don't like to see this happen to the passionate teams behind the games we love. I hope they will be able to get through this and continue to impact this community positively. Love the content!

  • @vampirehunter21
    @vampirehunter213 ай бұрын

    This would explain the price hike for some legion pieces. Dark trooper were anywhere from 39-42, but now 50.

  • @kingbonezai4925
    @kingbonezai49253 ай бұрын

    I hope they at least release make a Lukrahulk for armada and then just keep producing the armada items even if otherwise no new items

  • @imlost19

    @imlost19

    3 ай бұрын

    they could seriously charge me $300 for a lucrehulk idgaf lol

  • @alexthebird2756
    @alexthebird27563 ай бұрын

    Embracer had put a lot of money into different projects that did not plan out. Saints Row, Gearbox blaw blaw. I am wondering if Asmodee could ever be bought out by Cristian P (FFG old owner)

  • @hugheja89
    @hugheja893 ай бұрын

    Interestingly the Minimum advertised price thing seems to only apply to the USA as it’s against the law in a lot of other places like the U.K. Australia and EU etc.

  • @martafdez6761
    @martafdez67613 ай бұрын

    Now, We'll have time to enjoy our lot of unplayed games...

  • @brendansmith9946
    @brendansmith99463 ай бұрын

    This would be a good time to reprint the upgrade card set, print the cards and Cardboard for Rapid Reinforcements, etc.

  • @mortichro
    @mortichro3 ай бұрын

    Put armada on sprues and sell it cheaper. Im down for painting ships!

  • @twincast2005
    @twincast20053 ай бұрын

    You got your timeline wrong. All the gobbling up of smaller board game publishers and the "lean" restructuring into "neat" verticals to make it look better on paper and sell it for a profit happened for years under the venture capitalists that owned Asmodee before Embracer. The latter was very hands-off until two multi-billion financing deals with prospective investors fell through last year, which resulted in the sale/closure of multiple video game studios, the cancelation of dozens of video game projects, and the firing of hundreds of video game developers. But AFAIK the board game subsidiaries were spared the brunt of it until unfairly getting saddled with most of the debt yesterday. (Video games are of course the core biz from which Embracer Group was born as THQ Nordic.) On a positive spin, they should be able to work it off more easily, as board game development is less expensive than video game development, and both markets are still going strong, reliably moronic investor hiveminds having assumed that the extra booms caused by lockdowns would keep going notwithstanding.

  • @Fichnships
    @Fichnships3 ай бұрын

    They dont have to tripple their profits to solve the debts, an profitable entity like Asmodee can carry the debts forward. They can refinance them, pay em off partly with current profits, offer new shares to solve debt. etc etc Debts worth 3 times earnings isnt that much to be honest, if that is the number they are going with in the end and clearly manageable for a profitable entity like Asmodee.

  • @lloydpowell5683
    @lloydpowell56833 ай бұрын

    I will always wonder what happened to the FFG Xwing developers in 2021… Money was made, Assmodee gains rights…Assmodee takes the hit along with all of us following the company/AMG or parent company…both? 😂 can someone say ‘shenanigans’? (I said it two years ago…)

  • @KeithCrowe
    @KeithCrowe3 ай бұрын

    I play a game called Blood Red Skies. I beleive it's 1/200 scale which seems simlar to X-Wing. Most of the planes are sciocast, but a few need built (plastic kits). Maybe they'll go this route for X-Wing. They could even sell beginner kits thar have models and paint.

  • @josephmoberly2109
    @josephmoberly21093 ай бұрын

    Honestly if they came out with ships on a sprue for armada I’d get back into it just to build and paint the ships!

  • @kylerogers8948
    @kylerogers89483 ай бұрын

    Even with Asmodee going into an IPO, if I were the bank having given out the loan I’d be absolutely peeved. All the loan’s cash going to an entity that is unprofitable and been slashing the studios of the developers it bought in mass and all the responsibility for it going to what is ultimately a much smaller value entity that loan under those terms should NEVER have been given to is an absolute travesty.

  • @jimmurray1012
    @jimmurray10123 ай бұрын

    Sorry to say this is a bit of the sky is falling video. Banks have to be involved in the restructuring of any company, as that is whom is owed the money. The banks must believe in the business plan proposed to them as they are not likely to just write of nearly a billion dollars of owed money and interest payments. Debt can be restructured over several years and it is common place for companies to carry debt, as long as the cash and asset to debt ratio is acceptable to the banks. This does not mean that Asmodee has to triple its turnover/profitability over the next 3 years, it means they have to meet the structured repayment plan laid down, based upon the mid to long term business plan. We do not have the overall context for why this was done by Embracer Group and conclusions like this are just spreading unnecessary fear about games and IPs we all want to carry on playing.

  • @paeliosmandrezekial5047

    @paeliosmandrezekial5047

    3 ай бұрын

    Ya banks are trustworthy......

  • @joshclouse4064

    @joshclouse4064

    3 ай бұрын

    Explain what happened to toys r us then. This seems like the exact same scenario to me.

  • @imlost19

    @imlost19

    3 ай бұрын

    @@paeliosmandrezekial5047 banks are trusthworthy when they are dealing with their own money, not other people's money. The banks are owed the money. In the 2008 financial crisis, it was the people's money the banks were playing with

  • @jarekewertowski9108
    @jarekewertowski91083 ай бұрын

    Where can I find data to support Star Wars sales? I found the top 30 Asmodee products, but they are all board games such as Catan, Ticket to Ride, 7 Wonders, and Splendor. Wargaming is not listed at all.

  • @adammelendez3355
    @adammelendez33553 ай бұрын

    So I shouldn't panic purchase everything legion has to offer?

  • @lloydpowell5683

    @lloydpowell5683

    3 ай бұрын

    Good thing for you, the licensed products FOR legion seem fresh as a daisy, ie;2021 EVERYONE was waiting for news, rules updates, for Star Wars FFG games which went to AMG, licensing ‘issues’ apparently is what we were waiting for(starviper/Guri Disney owned HaHa). Biggest news WAS legion and I would assume product line for legion will be strong for a few, ie;the Mandalorian, bad batch, etc etc…armada and Xwing kinda got put into ‘carbonite’, yay shatterpoint! 😉👍

  • @jimdavey707
    @jimdavey7073 ай бұрын

    Interesting info. Hoping the games are able to continue.

  • @bryanvestal3923
    @bryanvestal39233 ай бұрын

    Oh well song of ice and fire is under they're umbrella as well, guess that explains why no new units have been mentioned in a while.

  • @KingTiggerTank
    @KingTiggerTank3 ай бұрын

    If armada has to be put on spruce so be it

  • @LiliaArmoury
    @LiliaArmoury3 ай бұрын

    we might see armada and xwing sets becoming kits that we have to become kits instead of staying as pre built and paint and i would be all for it

  • @LiliaArmoury
    @LiliaArmoury3 ай бұрын

    i'm gonna be pissed if the owners and makers of sw legion go under just as i am getting into sw legion

  • @colonelmustang7642
    @colonelmustang76423 ай бұрын

    At this rate if they could reprint the ISD and Venator in its current format. I would buy them. Online they are like 3-5 times the sales price right now….

  • @bobafett2243
    @bobafett22433 ай бұрын

    Hhhmmm, maybe time to reprint Armada and X-Wing models. All, all the epic ships for x-wing, add the YT-2000, the T-85s, the Ralph McQuirre original prototypes. Just some quick thoughts. Maybe, even add the Sith empire and old republic to Armada. Yuuzhan Vong, Chiss… Also, this Emracer Group is dirty. Hopefully, after they split, I don’t buy anything from them.

  • @lloydpowell5683

    @lloydpowell5683

    3 ай бұрын

    Oh I think you forgot…Disney OWNS those licensing rights, don’t expect what you ‘know’ about Star Wars to ever be the same. Same goes for Marvel. THEY now own the rights and thus can cherry pick the ‘good’ and hide the ‘bad’ just like the Mulan Shazwan sauce recipe from McDonald’s was hid inside a big secret vault, never to see the light of day and deemed ‘bad’. Ie;Thrawn character good. ‘Heir to the Empire’ bad 😂 ‘we’re doomed…’ (if you played RPG‘s, enjoy your head canon, it’s better than Disney at the moment)

  • @bobafett2243

    @bobafett2243

    3 ай бұрын

    Yeah, disney sucks, but one can hope.

  • @jimalexander687
    @jimalexander6873 ай бұрын

    Any game which requires assembly will never be acquired by me.

  • @treycko1377

    @treycko1377

    3 ай бұрын

    A large part of these games is the hobby and community that builds from the cool things people do with these games that require assembly. It's fine if it's not for you, but don't neglect the enjoyment others, including myself, get from it.

  • @robertmichellejones9372
    @robertmichellejones93723 ай бұрын

    Would love to see more expansions for Imperial Assault

  • @elizabethlestrad5282
    @elizabethlestrad52823 ай бұрын

    Putting Armada onto a sprue would not only be a massive 25-30 year step backwards, but a massive betrayal to eveything the game stood for and proved as a title within the miniatures community.

  • @Ty-yy7zr

    @Ty-yy7zr

    3 ай бұрын

    Same for x wing, and probably worse since it's smaller.

  • @imlost19

    @imlost19

    3 ай бұрын

    @@Ty-yy7zr and more detailed. armada would be much less of a hassle to paint than x-wing

  • @Ironbudha23
    @Ironbudha233 ай бұрын

    Welcome to big business where numbers are all that matter.

  • @Shredz22
    @Shredz223 ай бұрын

    If they need more profits maybe we’ll get faster Legion releases 😃 probably not with how far ahead they work but we can hope.

  • @Tomreese130
    @Tomreese1303 ай бұрын

    While I'd prefer pre-painted ships to those on a sprue, I'd take any new content at this point. However, the expansions would HAVE to be cheaper than what they're currently rated. If ships aren't painted or pre-assembled, then prices should be reduced 25% at least, since the pre-painted ships are such a huge selling point to many who arent able to paint their ships. And if AMG won't be providing that service than they shouldnt be charging for it.

  • @noyl-ye3xb

    @noyl-ye3xb

    3 ай бұрын

    Don’t see a price drop coming in. Many miniatures are priced based on the value they bring on the table. Not on what the actual manufacturing cost is. They could also say, non prepainted miniatures give you they opportunity to make them look as you may wish and sell it higher priced than before.

  • @imlost19

    @imlost19

    3 ай бұрын

    meh prepainted isnt that big of a deal. literally 90% of these ships are just different shades of gray with wash and blue glowy engines lol

  • @bobbyp5059
    @bobbyp50593 ай бұрын

    I like the Star Wars Rebellion video game

  • @ulisesmanosalvas
    @ulisesmanosalvas3 ай бұрын

    Hope this doesn’t kill legion I’m just starting :(

  • @Crabbok

    @Crabbok

    3 ай бұрын

    I'm sure Legion will be fine.

  • @Hailthecloudslayer
    @Hailthecloudslayer3 ай бұрын

    looking at the writing on the wall from inflation and just basic market outlooks, this does not bode well for luxury and gaming companies. We are looking at a freeze of expensive games and turn to cheaper more profitable games Crabbok mentioned. It is what it is, but I dont expect Armada and X-Wing to continue to have expansions. That being said, the community, if strong enough will continue.

  • @SeanChriscole
    @SeanChriscole3 ай бұрын

    To put X-Wing or Armada on a spru FUNDAMENTALLY changes the accessibility and essentially the T&Cs of the game. It will KILL a significant portion of people that aren't part of an online or store event community, who are like me who simply enjoy playing the game at home with friends and family. X-Wing is more affordable for people that want to pick up and play, which is pretty much what X-Wing/Armada is, who don't have the money, time or skill to build and paint to play a miniatures game. If that happens, I'd be very surprised. To change a game in such a way would be a huge deal. I predict it'd kill off the game(s) fairly quickly.

  • @mattlberge
    @mattlberge3 ай бұрын

    So... this means what for Armada? Man I shouldn't joke about this

  • @Crabbok

    @Crabbok

    3 ай бұрын

    In short - we have no idea. But I doubt it's going to be great

  • @Chozo_hybrid

    @Chozo_hybrid

    3 ай бұрын

    @@Crabbok AMG have pretty much ignored Armada since they got it, X-Wing aside from some rules updates (that killed my local tourney scene) and card packs, they've done practically nothing. So it will either stay the same, or be shut down I assume.

  • @TheTobaccoman
    @TheTobaccoman3 ай бұрын

    I think feeling like this is good for armada or x wing is being overly hopeful.

  • @OF270
    @OF2703 ай бұрын

    is it safe to shop in asmodee? like if i order something will i get it?

  • @guppy235a
    @guppy235a3 ай бұрын

    Really? Who is the leader playing a shell game on who is profitable and not. Come on board of directors, do your job. It's always those who follow pathetic leadership that suffer.

  • @maj_mhaximusgg4168
    @maj_mhaximusgg41683 ай бұрын

    Hello there!

  • @jeffbrindle5358
    @jeffbrindle53583 ай бұрын

    They could tripple their profits if they'd just put out some new Star Wars: Armada content. I'd throw down $ for that @#%^&*!

  • @imlost19

    @imlost19

    3 ай бұрын

    I'm thinking $300 for a lucrehulk easily. So many of us would buy one, and the rest of us would buy 2

  • @PersonlApocalypz
    @PersonlApocalypz3 ай бұрын

    I’m going to try to be optimistic: maybe Fantasy Flight gets Armada, X wing and Legion back and we, the customers end up with a win. Anyway, Embracer is just the worst. Seems like all the news about that group is non stop negative. Ugh.

  • @brianjones3321

    @brianjones3321

    3 ай бұрын

    Abrasive Group, thanks guys!

  • @twincast2005

    @twincast2005

    3 ай бұрын

    If anyone would've given FFG's games back to them, it would have been Embracer, who've merely owned Asmodee for a hot minute.

  • @elizabethlestrad5282

    @elizabethlestrad5282

    3 ай бұрын

    FFG should never have sold out to any of these clowns. Watching Asmode and AMG drive these franchises into the ground while ensuring a proper company can never make an alternative.

  • @PersonlApocalypz

    @PersonlApocalypz

    3 ай бұрын

    I think that’s where I would feel more optimistic if FF got it. At least they seemed to care about the game.

  • @brianjones3321

    @brianjones3321

    3 ай бұрын

    Embracer Group will try and get the money out of Asmondee before they sell it. If it really is the money maker out of what they own they will fight for financial solvency. This is a desperate move, but laying of a decent part of Asmondee staff is going to damage profits. They will probably expect the same output with less staff which could lead to delays on production line or not as well made products. 🤔 All of which is speculation at this point. Trying to curb my negatively. I have worked for corporate America for the last 16 plus years. Not impressed.

  • @PersonlApocalypz
    @PersonlApocalypz3 ай бұрын

    Another main takeaway: get whatever ships/units you want for the AMG games you play before they a)stop making them and they disappear or b)price hikes make adding units cost prohibitive….

  • @Ty-yy7zr
    @Ty-yy7zr3 ай бұрын

    If x wing and armada stuff is going to be on sprues, I'm done.

  • @bennickell8477
    @bennickell84773 ай бұрын

    I'm not gonna start calling x-wing and armada dead but they definitely seem like they are clinging to life support and Asmodee is reaching for the plug.

  • @jonathanmartin3767
    @jonathanmartin37673 ай бұрын

    As much as it would hurt to lose X-wing or Armada, Inwould enjoy AMG going away.

  • @greywarden1393

    @greywarden1393

    3 ай бұрын

    How much would it really hurt? They're not making anything new for the games now anyway.

  • @eikduff
    @eikduff3 ай бұрын

    Embracer group is going to make them publicly traded companies so the public will be able to invest in them and hopefully this will help Asmodee with the debt they will be given.

  • @shaunkrogulski9619
    @shaunkrogulski96193 ай бұрын

    This is incredibly frustrating. Thank you for raising awareness of it. I really wish companies couldn't do these kinds of shady practices

  • @amitacharya8167
    @amitacharya81673 ай бұрын

    Hasbro will buy Asmodee ...

  • @SMChurchill
    @SMChurchill3 ай бұрын

    Classic example of capitalism at its worst 😞

  • @alexthebird2756
    @alexthebird27563 ай бұрын

    Reprint Age of War dice game

  • @leesweeney8879
    @leesweeney88793 ай бұрын

    Getting sold off.

  • @blindman9997
    @blindman99973 ай бұрын

    Sprues wouldn't work. No one will pay 25 bucks for 1 ship on a sprue.

  • @majorsy-0325

    @majorsy-0325

    3 ай бұрын

    I would for Armada but not X-Wing. TBH X-Wing is dead in my state.

  • @Crabbok

    @Crabbok

    3 ай бұрын

    hard disagree right here. I think people would pay significantly more than 25 for a ship on a sprue.

  • @seanalonzo9244

    @seanalonzo9244

    3 ай бұрын

    The ships are small that I wonder if there multiple ships per sprue.

  • @blindman9997

    @blindman9997

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@Crabbok In talking the same price ship as pre assembled. Like 25 for a xwing tie fighter or a armada cr90.

  • @lloydpowell5683

    @lloydpowell5683

    3 ай бұрын

    I’ll put together a testers 1960’s corvette model, Will and the boyz from AMG and Assmodee can go smell glue for all I care, trash devs and now we know ‘why’…

  • @justinmeyers5535
    @justinmeyers55353 ай бұрын

    So their name stays true…Assmode.

  • @matiasnl

    @matiasnl

    3 ай бұрын

    Changing the name of something to make fun of it is always embarrassing. It’s only clever seeming to people who aren’t clever.

  • @twincast2005

    @twincast2005

    3 ай бұрын

    Asmodee is already the name of a devil. No need to be infantile. And for the brief period between getting bought by Embracer and getting spun off with much of Embracer's newfound video games debt, they weren't acting in "assmode".

  • @alexthebird2756
    @alexthebird27563 ай бұрын

    I do wish they would provide us unpainted ships on sprues going forward or at least unpainted. We don't need cardboard or cards or a flight stand. Just the ship that's it. Sell a card pack for a season and 1 huge cardboard base pack. Right now they need to figure out how to bring people back into x-wing. I dont think its dead but they need to swallow their pride & understand X-wing is in a bad place.

  • @ReallyBigBadAndy76
    @ReallyBigBadAndy763 ай бұрын

    Crabbok, I love you as a gaming enthusiast. But you don’t really understand what’s happening here so how are you commenting on it?

  • @wscrivner

    @wscrivner

    3 ай бұрын

    Because, as a gaming enthusiast and commentator, commenting on things going on in the gaming industry is part of the job. 🤷‍♂️