Nilay Patel

The last time you were on the show, you talked about being stewards of inclusion.

How do you make this decision when the creator of the property is sort of actively reducing the fandom and, in fact, hurting a lot of people in that fandom?

How do you think broadly about, again, when I say new IP...

All the people who make new IP are also out on the platforms, right?

Every new creator is an influencer, and they have a huge library of things they've said and done in the past.

Is that something that you think of as a danger?

Is that something that you're on the lookout for?

Or is it you're laser focused on the commercial potential of the franchise?

What should we be looking out for?

Well, you're going to have to come back sooner than three years.

Thank you so much for being at Decoder.

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Hello, and welcome to Decoder.

I'm Nilay Patel, editor-in-chief of The Verge, and Decoder is my show about big ideas and other problems.