Reporting about the impact of US China’s prices on the Tabletop Gaming Industry is a fast -darkest task. Yesterday, I wrote about Wing Spain’s creators that he was forced to try to “prosecute the president” to survive. Today, one of the leading industry company is essentially going into standby format unless things are good.
You will probably recognize CMON from its extremely successful line Zombieside Game, recent hit Miracle UnitedOr one of its many royal kickstarters, in which one where you can promise A plastic gallacts a toddler size. The old nerves probably should remember CMN as a website where people can post pictures of their Warmer Manis, but since 2012 this board has been a huge presence in the world of publishing.
But in one Announced on its official site Today, the CMON says it is making “all future sports development and new crowded funding campaigns” and is making “the most difficult decisions of the staff”, which includes eliminating several team members in all its creative teams. The plan is to focus on the supply of existing products and already moving projects (such as DC Comics based zombie game) dsed) “Until trade conditions are stable”.
The reason for this is especially said about “global conditions, and especially the revenue situation”, and the reasoning is easy to understand. With US prices with China, currently an apocalyptic 145 %, and the future incredibly uncertain, it is not a sensible time to put any board game into production or crowded funding based on predicted manufacturing costs. It seems that the smart drama is batting hats and waiting for the storm, hopefully it will be resolved soon.
The question is how long can a company like CMM survive? So far, they run two to four multi -million dollars of kickstarter campaigns every year, and although it still has a significant presence in retail stores, it has a very low income, even for a short period. Regularly a major part of the crowded funding board game publishers has become a life blood. Now the risk and cost of such projects have become unbearable, with many other companies facing their lost scenarios.
Meanwhile, despite recent consultations by Trump that revenue with China may be low, it seems that the trade war continues, as well. Chinese officials announced They will not even come to the negotiating table until the new revenue is eliminated.
