Gaming revenue for Warner Bros. Discovery has declined by 41 percent year-on-year due to the “weak performance” of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League.
The decline was part of an overall four percent decrease across studio revenue (gaming, TV, cinema) as revealed in the company’s latest quarterly earnings report.
Warner Bros. Discovery is still yet to give exact sales figures for Rocksteady’s Suicide Squad game, though in an earnings call in February the company’s chief financial officer Gunnar Wiedenfels stated the game had “fallen short of our expectations”. Later, it was revealed the company took a $200m loss on the game.
Of course, a key reason for this drop is the immense success last year of Hogwarts Legacy. It was one of the best-selling games of 2023 and by January 2024 had sold over 24m copies. Many releases would pale in comparison.