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[GymWolf]

 

[Clear]

I think the message that woke = financial ruin has been well and truly passed.

People seem to me to have very little idea of how long it takes from greenlight to release for anything, and that change isn't reflected instantly.

 

[GymWolf]

I think they like money too much to cancel it based on ideology but it's Netflix, who knows...

Then how do you explain everything else they do?

They didn't liked the witcher money?

 

[PeteBull]

Still way too masculine, make him a she, diseabled and "fluid" sexual orientation,
Think that reddit batman 2050 meme:

https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fexternal-preview.redd.it%2FXPYLs7JSxyzEZQhZdhfbMN0DTaXBWq9YKC1SkGb_F8g.jpg%3Fwidth%3D640%26crop%3Dsmart%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3D6b312c1f1051c418682448e78e81b4365f3c45cd

then netlix overlords will be like:

 

[MonkD]

What is the point of buying WB if you're going to leave their larger IPs to rot? If that is the strategy someone else will buy them in a couple of years anyways.

 

[Bojji]

Then how do you explain everything else they do?

They didn't liked the witcher money?

Netflix is in constant conflict between "the message" and collecting money. They make money thanks to increased prices of subs on loyal customers and ending of account sharing, not because their original shows actually draw new customers (they even stopped reporting subs this year, focused on revenue). Same goes for Disney, they had money making machine (star Wars) and completely fucked it up because they wanted to push their agenda.

But I think dropping this amount of money will force them to earn as much as they can (and as quickly as they can) so I doubt they will kill Hogwarts Legacy 2 because they don't like Rowling.

 

[blacktout]

Harry Potter is one of the IPs that Netflix explicitly mentioned in their press release about the buyout:

"Our mission has always been to entertain the world," said Ted Sarandos, co-CEO of Netflix. "By combining Warner Bros.' incredible library of shows and movies—from timeless classics like Casablanca and Citizen Kane to modern favorites like Harry Potter and Friends—with our culture-defining titles like Stranger Things, KPop Demon Hunters and Squid Game, we'll be able to do that even better. Together, we can give audiences more of what they love and help define the next century of storytelling."

https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-to-acquire-warner-bros

They're not going to memory hole it when it's one of their stated reasons for purchasing WB in the first place.

 

[Wolzard]

Still way too masculine, make him a she, diseabled and "fluid" sexual orientation,
Think that reddit batman 2050 meme:

https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fexternal-preview.redd.it%2FXPYLs7JSxyzEZQhZdhfbMN0DTaXBWq9YKC1SkGb_F8g.jpg%3Fwidth%3D640%26crop%3Dsmart%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3D6b312c1f1051c418682448e78e81b4365f3c45cd

then netlix overlords will be like:

They've already done that, under Warner's supervision.

 

[rkofan87]

I think if Netflix does get Warner they're going to shut the game division down entirely
or will just become a bunch of mobile trash

 

[Neofire]

This entire deal is very bad for the industry and unfortunately the FTC is going to roll over like always.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Netflix will double down on things

 

[ByWatterson]

Also say goodbye to Warner Bros movies releasing in theaters and 4K Blu Ray.

Yep. I'm on a 4K buying spree right now for that exact reason.

Constantine, Dune, Casablanca, etc.

 

[JeTmAn81]

Late stage capitalism says...yeahhhhh buddy!

I think the problem opponents of J.K. Rowling have here is the content itself is not a problem. It's family-friendly entertainment, even including LGBTQ characters in the game. Finding a real-life person's political views objectionable doesn't mean the things they created in the past are objectionable.

 

[Alan Silvestro]

Money has no gender. It has no smell, no color, no ideology. And that's the point. Netflix and similar platforms are swimming in money, so I really don't see how they could seriously block the development of a potential blockbuster.

They'll make the usual surface-level statements just to make it appealing to everyone, and honestly, that's probably for the best. At least it keeps all that forced ideological nonsense — identity politics, quotas, and whatever trend of the moment — out of the video game industry.

 

[Salmonboy]

They've already done that, under Warner's supervision.

Haha WHAT! I though that image was a joke...and it is

 

[Windle Poons]

Christmas holidays and kids broken up from school and bored already so I know, will make a GAF thread...

 

[Paasei]

I wouldn't be too worried. Netflix will like money more than people crying on the internet. At worst they try to make it "for everyone" and then it essentially becomes a game for no one.

 

[mrMUR_96]

Netflix's position -

 

[StereoVsn]

I think SP AAA games under Netflix are in doubt, personally. If anything I can see them sell the gaming division since Netflix (and one can argue WB themselves) doesn't know how to manage that (see their previous gaming efforts).

Not that Paramount is particularly better. And Paramount's financing is kind of sketchy if you read WB's latest rejection, meaning they would be super debt leveraged.

Personally I would rather no deal went through and WB stayed independent. But clearly that's not on the cards.

 

[Zathalus]

I don't see them canceling it if a lot of work has already been put into it. Previous game made over a billion dollars in profit.

 

[rkofan87]

I don't see them canceling it if a lot of work has already been put into it. Previous game made over a billion dollars in profit.

think to Netflix video games except mobile trash are a waste of money so I think it's going to be canceled

 

[Zathalus]

think to Netflix video games except mobile trash are a waste of money so I think it's going to be canceled

Why cancel it? It will very likely make them another billion. It's easy money, especially as a double marketing campaign for the Harry Potter show they will own.

 

[Poppinfresh]

This entire deal is very bad for the industry and unfortunately the FTC is going to roll over like always.

As they should.

Government shouldn't get involved with private business deals

 

[rkofan87]

Yep. I'm on a 4K buying spree right now for that exact reason.

Constantine, Dune, Casablanca, etc.

same the only reason the Castlevania anime is on Blu-ray is because Warner Bros holds the rights to it

 

[rkofan87]

Why cancel it? It will very likely make them another billion. It's easy money, especially as a double marketing campaign for the Harry Potter show they will own.

well considering it's already deep development they don't even own Warner Bros yet I think they will keep it
but if I just started development I think they would cancel it because it seems to me that all they want to do is mobile cheap trash

 

[Neon Xenon]

"Will Netflix allow the sequel to Hogwarts Legacy?"

Gee, I don't know...Does Netflix want money?

 

[dorkimoe]

Also say goodbye to Warner Bros movies releasing in theaters and 4K Blu Ray.

PAIN

 

[Lupin25]

I don't see why they wouldn't keep and sustain the Harry Potter brand. Hogwarts would simply bolster their gaming prospects (gives them a respectable foot in the door they didn't have initially); Harry Potter clearly has a huge fanbase still & demand always matters.