There are many situations where we gamers as consumers, are often confused by statements by developer and publisher executives that don't seem to represent what the market wants at all. Even though it is clear that what they are talking about is not something that is currently trending or desired by gamers at the moment. However, this is what is happening with Warner Bros Games, which has a ton of potential giant franchises under their banner. Unfortunately, instead of realizing it, the failure of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League actually made them establish a position on unpopular policies.
In his latest presentation before the Morgan Stanley conference, Warner Bros. CEO Discovery – JB Perrette is here with an affirmation of WB Games' future policies. He said the success of Hogwarts Legacy and the failure of Suicide Squad proved that the console and PC game market had high risks. Therefore, according to him, it is a better strategy to make these games supportable for a long time, up to years. Therefore, expanding the mobile market and free to play games on multiplatform will provide a more consistent and better income injection. WB Games will start building more libraries related to it.
WB Games reiterated its desire to focus on mobile, free-to-play and live-service games.
WB Games is also interested in exploring more live-service games in the future, citing Harry Potter as an example. That instead of something like Hogwarts Legacy which was released once and finished, he is interested in building a live-service game with this franchise, where gamers will consistently build something in the world he has offered. WB Games is also optimistic that the studios under their banner will be able to do this.
This statement also confirms more strongly that Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League was indeed a disappointment for Warner Bros. Itself. What do you think? Is this strategy right or wrong?
Source: VGC