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Warner Bros. CEO Emphasizes Shift to Live Services and Mobile Games, Despite Disappointing Suicide Squad Results

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Warner Bros. has insisted on expanding live services, mobile and free-to-play games as its future gaming strategy.

Warner Bros. CEO JB Perrette said in a conference at Morgan Stanley: “The limitations of AAA console games are clear. “To achieve sustainable profits, you need to reduce volatility by investing in free online games and mobile games,” he said.

He recently said that Warner Bros.’s profit structure is focused on AAA console games, and the fact that a game like Hogwarts Legacy sold 22 million copies and became the best-selling game of the year is good, but it’s a success that is difficult to guarantee as it is highly volatile, and indeed Suicide Squad is a success. Kill the Justice League was self-deprecating, saying it had disappointing results.

In the future, Warner Bros. plans to develop games that users can play for a long time and continue to spend by releasing major franchises as free games using a mobile and partially paid model, and plans to introduce a new partially paid mobile game within this year. .

CEO JB Perrette said: “Of course we will not give up developing games for AAA consoles. “Warner Bros. has well-known brands and 11 development studios, so we are laying the foundation for significant growth in the future through strategic investment plans.”

Meanwhile, Warner Bros. is preparing to release Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions and a new Wonder Woman title.

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