Rarely a day passes without a deluge of discounts on the PS Store these days, and another 50 or so offers have been unloaded on to the storefront ahead of the weekend. These discounts will be valid until 27th March, so you’ve got a few days to decide what takes your fancy and why. Please note, these deals are exclusive to PS Plus subscribers.
WB's push for predictable returns carries real risk | This Week in Business
08.03.2024 - 17:11 / gamesindustry.biz / Harry Potter / Harley Quinn
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Warner Bros Discovery's gaming division had a pretty great year in 2023, thanks in large part to the success of Hogwarts Legacy, which was the first non-Call of Duty, non-Rockstar-developed game to finish the year atop the Circana/NPD Group's best-sellers list since Rock Band did it in 2008.
Naturally, it wasn't enough. It never is.
Especially now in 2024, when the numbers WB's gaming business is putting up are being compared to the numbers it put up last year when Hogwarts Legacy launched.
QUOTE | "The challenge we've had is our business historically [in games] has been very AAA console based. That's a great business when you have a hit like Harry Potter, it makes the year look amazing. And when you don't have a release or unfortunately we also have disappointments – we just released Suicide Squad this quarter which was not as strong – it just makes it very volatile." – Warner Bros Discovery global streaming and games CEO and president JB Perrette, telling investors this week that the company wants to rely less on AAA console games, and more on mobile and live service titles.
Oh, what a rotten fate it is to have been unusually successful last year. Pity the poor CEO who has to deal with a tough comp!
Realistically though, you can understand why the drop-off for WB from last year to this is larger than expected. On paper, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League should have been a contender based on pedigree alone. After all, it's the first game from acclaimed studio Rocksteady in eight years, going back to 2016's Batman: Arkham VR. That short novelty aside, the last big game from Rocksteady was 2015's Batman: Arkham Knight.
It's also Rocksteady's long-anticipated foray into the rest of the DC Universe beyond Gotham, showcasing the studio's take on iconic characters like Superman and Wonder Woman.
But even with all that time in the oven, Suicide Squad has disappointed critically and commercially. There's plenty of room for second guessing which decisions hurt the most – one clear suspect would be featuring a Hall of Fame lineup of heroes but only letting players control Harley Quinn, B-lister Deadshot, and C-tier villains like Captain Boomerang and King Shark. But the most obvious and frequently bemoaned culprit is the game's deviation from Rocksteady's Arkham framework in order to build Suicide Squad as a live service title.
Some people might look at Suicide Squad's poor showing and decide
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