There is no doubt that 2024 was one of the first failures Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice LeagueA game that was supposed to be the next breakthrough Steady Rockwho created its franchise at the time batman arkham, which was well received by critics. And with that in mind, many are wondering how its sales performance was, and of course, the answer won’t be the most positive, because they clearly lost a lot more money than they invested in this multiplayer experience.
As you mentioned recently A Warner Bros. invention, this game has a negative impact of $200 million dollars, it was announced through a meeting of its investors where the income information of the products launched during these years was given. A comparison was even made with the last hit game, The Hogwarts LegacyNote that income was significantly lower.
Also, in a follow-up call, the head of this company, David ZaslavIn front of the financial director described the video game of such a popular franchise as disappointing, Gunnar WeidenfelsThe company detailed an impairment charge absorbed as a result of the failure.
Here’s what was said:
Starting with Studios, the year-over-year decline of more than $400 million in the first quarter was primarily due to extremely tough competition in gaming versus the success of Hogwarts Legacy in the first quarter last year, including the disappointing release of Suicide Squad this past quarter, which we weakened, resulting in first-quarter EBITDA- had an impact of $200 million.
The first complaint about this game is that it’s not an individual player experience as it was with the story. arkham, where the user follows a specific story through missions and a narrative that is nurtured as the hours of play pass in a beat-up style in 3D. And in this case we have a multiplayer that works almost all the time with the Internet and with all this it costs 70 USD.
Remember that Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Available at PS5, Xbox Series X/S y PC.
Through: IGN
Author’s Note: It’s obvious they lost millions of dollars with the game. And with that in mind they announced a new VR Arkham, it seems like they don’t understand what people are looking for.