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Chris Cocks

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Hasbro's CEO lets AI Peppa Pig help design toys

And so...

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Hasbro's CEO lets AI Peppa Pig help design toys

You know, like I said, any individual game has probably less than a 50% chance of being in the money.

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Hasbro's CEO lets AI Peppa Pig help design toys

But when you hit, it hits well.

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Hasbro's CEO lets AI Peppa Pig help design toys

And our perspective, this is one of those businesses, like I referenced earlier, we don't think digital games is just a flash in the pan market.

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Hasbro's CEO lets AI Peppa Pig help design toys

We're going to be patient.

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Hasbro's CEO lets AI Peppa Pig help design toys

We're going to invest.

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Hasbro's CEO lets AI Peppa Pig help design toys

And if we lose money in the short term, we're going to build up our community, build up our capacity, and build up our ability to be able to execute with excellence.

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Hasbro's CEO lets AI Peppa Pig help design toys

And I think over time, it's going to be a difference maker for us and something that we're happy we invested in.

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Hasbro's CEO lets AI Peppa Pig help design toys

I think there's a ton of different ways to make money in video games.

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Hasbro's CEO lets AI Peppa Pig help design toys

And it's kind of publisher dependent and brand dependent.

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Hasbro's CEO lets AI Peppa Pig help design toys

The three ways that we do it.

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Hasbro's CEO lets AI Peppa Pig help design toys

First off, we have Magic the Gathering Arena, which is a fantastic extension of one of the biggest card games in the world.

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Hasbro's CEO lets AI Peppa Pig help design toys

People love it.

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Hasbro's CEO lets AI Peppa Pig help design toys

It's highly sticky.

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Hasbro's CEO lets AI Peppa Pig help design toys

It's been around since 2018.

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Hasbro's CEO lets AI Peppa Pig help design toys

It's a good, nice business for us.

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Hasbro's CEO lets AI Peppa Pig help design toys

We do it with digital licensing, working with some of the best people in the world.

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Hasbro's CEO lets AI Peppa Pig help design toys

That's super high margin, very high scale for us, helps us really propagate and drive reach for our brands.

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Hasbro's CEO lets AI Peppa Pig help design toys

And then we're selectively investing in publishing where we want to build that relationship with consumers.

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Hasbro's CEO lets AI Peppa Pig help design toys

And we're doing that with a more traditional business model.