Earlier this week, Netflix announced that it had agreed to spend a lot of money to acquire Warner Bros. This includes almost everything that belongs to the company, including its gaming division, which includes various popular studios such as Rocksteady, Avalanche, TT Games, NetherRealm, and more.
Naturally, many people thought this would be a great thing for their favorite franchise, and Netflix would like to reap the benefits of a cool new gaming studio. Arkham fans have become hopeful that Rocksteady will return to its roots, and a petition has also been filed seeking to remove the patent for the Nemesis system.
Despite the overwhelming amount of new toys at its disposal, Netflix doesn't seem particularly interested in any of them. In fact, the company doesn't seem to have any interest in the Warner Bros. gaming division at all.
Netflix is a Warner Bros. I'm not interested in the gaming sector.
First shared by Pocket Gamer (thanks to Kotaku), Netflix co-CEO Gregory Peters said on a recent call with investors that Warner Bros.' gaming division is “relatively minor in the grand scheme of things.” Peters even claimed that Warner Bros.' gaming division added virtually nothing to the company's $83 billion valuation.
Peters hints that Warner Bros. recognizes that it has some very valuable gaming IP that could be ripe for pick-up, but it's unlikely a big triple-A production will be in the cards if Netflix gets a deal done.
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“Now we’re very excited about some of the properties they’ve built.—hogwarts That's a good example—“It’s done pretty well and we think we can incorporate that into our offering.”
“We definitely think there is an opportunity there because there are great studios and great people working there, but let me be clear, we have not built that into our transaction model.”
And honestly, who can blame Netflix for thinking that Warner Bros. games aren't worth much? We've seen Monolith shut down and Wonder Woman games get cancelled, but recent releases haven't really captured people's hearts. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League was a very high-profile flop, while Gotham Knights and MultiVersus were both disappointing.
Hogwarts Legacy is the only real success Warner Bros. has had in gaming recently, and while it's been a decent success, Netflix would be much happier using that name for a cheap mobile title than a full-scale production that would cost hundreds of millions of dollars to make. This could be the end of Warner Bros.' big game, but only time will tell if that's true.
- released
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February 10, 2023
- ESRB
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T For teens due to gore, fantasy violence, mild language, alcohol use
- engine
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Unreal Engine 4
- cross platform play
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Hogwarts Legacy does not support cross-play or cross-platform.
- cross save
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You are free to use your saved data between each console as long as you are connected to the internet and logged in to the same account where the saved data was created.
