Greg Miller
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I see this now as maybe, you know, I don't know how many, a year removed? Less than a year, right?
Yeah, I don't think they see any value in this. I think they are, after this happened, they moved on, and then potentially people that left, that... were previously a Game Informer, came together, went to GameStop and said, you're not doing anything with this. You guys need money. Is there any way that we can figure out a solution here? Is there any way that we can get that IP back?
Yeah, I don't think they see any value in this. I think they are, after this happened, they moved on, and then potentially people that left, that... were previously a Game Informer, came together, went to GameStop and said, you're not doing anything with this. You guys need money. Is there any way that we can figure out a solution here? Is there any way that we can get that IP back?
Can we license it out? Whatever that looks like. And then GameStop was like, yeah, whatever. Here you go.
Can we license it out? Whatever that looks like. And then GameStop was like, yeah, whatever. Here you go.
Which I still think that, in my, like, just brain, I was like, oh, maybe that's the thing. Because I could have seen that.
Which I still think that, in my, like, just brain, I was like, oh, maybe that's the thing. Because I could have seen that.
I mean, August, right? I mean, that is a sizable amount of time to have conversations and figure it out. I can also see this being a licensing thing, right? From GameStop just being like, Sure, you want to do something with Game Informer? As long as we're not paying you. Like, here you go. Like, we get a cut of it or whatever it is.
I mean, August, right? I mean, that is a sizable amount of time to have conversations and figure it out. I can also see this being a licensing thing, right? From GameStop just being like, Sure, you want to do something with Game Informer? As long as we're not paying you. Like, here you go. Like, we get a cut of it or whatever it is.
Like, you take up all the upfront costs and, you know, fear and all the liability there and we'll just give you the name and the IP and then you can do whatever the hell you want with it for the next few months or a year or whatever.
Like, you take up all the upfront costs and, you know, fear and all the liability there and we'll just give you the name and the IP and then you can do whatever the hell you want with it for the next few months or a year or whatever.
Yeah, exactly. Until we take it back again. Like, I don't know. I'm very...
Yeah, exactly. Until we take it back again. Like, I don't know. I'm very...
very skeptical of this not because i don't think they're going to do great works i know that the people involved are going to do amazing work yeah it's just more of like the business behind it and i hope that this is the clean the perfect break that you imagine right where it is like in the perfect world gamestop is just like here you go we're not doing anything with it yeah
very skeptical of this not because i don't think they're going to do great works i know that the people involved are going to do amazing work yeah it's just more of like the business behind it and i hope that this is the clean the perfect break that you imagine right where it is like in the perfect world gamestop is just like here you go we're not doing anything with it yeah
We're going to be very uninvolved. Here it is. This is it. You own Game Informer now. That would be perfect. I hope it's not some backdoor thing where they actually technically own it and they can pull the plug at any time.
We're going to be very uninvolved. Here it is. This is it. You own Game Informer now. That would be perfect. I hope it's not some backdoor thing where they actually technically own it and they can pull the plug at any time.
I mean, I think it's got to be that.
I mean, I think it's got to be that.
If they say something wrong, they pull it. You know what I mean? We can also get into that bag, right? Where it's like GameStop owning Game Informer that they don't really have any oversight into potentially. I don't know. We're all speculating here.