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The industry’s fascination with live service games is fueled by their potential for massive, recurring revenue streams. When successful, these games can generate hundreds of millions of dollars each month. However, the track record is riddled with examples of costly failures, and Warner Brothers’ current stance appears to be risking stability for the allure of the big paydays promised by live service.
The core concern is that Warner Brothers is essentially abandoning a proven model—high-quality, single-player experiences like Hogwarts Legacy—in favor of riskier live service titles that have yet to demonstrate consistent success at the same scale.