Editing Hasbro (section)

==From [[/v/]] With Rage==
Hasbro is not restricted to fucking over [[/tg/]]; it is notorious for the practice of acquiring IPs and smaller companies, asserting total creative control, and nose-diving their IPs - seemingly on purpose. A large number of the companies bought up were ones that brought about some pretty impressive gaming all their own, and the exact point at which their works went to [[FAIL|absolute shit]].

Casualties so far:

* MicroProse (Creators of [[X-Com]], Fallout Tactics and Civilization, as well as some damned good flight-sims): After being forced by Hasbro's meddling to create X-Com Interceptor and X-Com Enforcer, both of which failed miserably, the company's stock nosedived and it [[squats|Ceased to exist]].  MicroProse also published MechWarrior 3 and MechCommander, aka the two games in the franchise that were legitimately good, making Hasbro one of the many parties involved in the epic catastrofuck that is [[Battletech| Battletech's]] IP ownership situation.

* Spectrum Holobyte (the guys who brought Tetris to the US): Was a partner of MicroProse, and likewise a victim of Hasbro as a result.

* Lauren Faust (The lady behind the new [[My Little Pony]]: Friendship is Magic cartoon): Say what you will about My Little Pony in general, but the fact remains it could have (and according to many bronies, the previous generations of MLP have) been WAY WAY WAY Worse. Lauren, whether for adults or little girls, put her whole soul into the show, basing characters off personal experiences, including a little yellow pony she based [[Mary Sue|upon herself]]. She had a plan for a long and epic tale that would make even trolls cry (well, if it wasn't about magical ponies that is). Sadly, this required creative freedom to achieve and when she asked the overlords they replied "You want us to let you make a show NOT about selling our shit!?! YOU'RE FIRED!"
**...though she actually left the show on her own and stated the Hub gave her a lot of freedom - only guidelines, since they knew making a good show would result in more ratings, and more people watching means more people buying toys. But Bronies are too [[butthurt]] to remember that.
**At any rate, it's considered more like your average kids cartoon now as opposed to something special, though what made it special in the first place was not necessarily the dark undertones, which if anything have increased from the first season (if [[BBEG|King Sombra]] dying onscreen means anything - Hasbro's G.I. Joe never had the balls the do the same, funnily enough), but the fact that it was actually ''well-written''.