Warner Bros. considers console gaming “unstable” and will focus on free-to-play games for mobile devices.

JB Perrett, Head of Video Games from Warner Bros. Discovery, took part in a conference at the financial transnational company Morgan Stanley. In it he talked about future plans companies in the industry games and rejected that they would focus on free games as a service for mobile phones rather than console games, which they defined as “volatile”.

These statements came after Warner Bros. itself. Games has admitted that its latest big game as a service: Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, didn’t live up to expectations before it launches. Now the Joker is expected to appear in the first season, which could revive the service.

Bet on games as a service

Multiplayer Suicide Squad experienced a sharp decline in concurrent users on Steam, where it hit a record of 13,400 at launch. Only 497 players have registered in the last 24 hours. on the platform. Against, Hogwarts LegacyA one player based on a powerful saga Harry Potterrecorded a peak of 10,700 players on Steam, almost the maximum reached Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League.

Despite this data, Perrette believes that Warner Bros.’s future strategic plan. Games must be implemented. redouble efforts to create games as a service, free and mobile based on their powerful franchises, and uses the game as an example Harry Potter in which people can “live, work, build and play in this world on a permanent basis.” To do this, he claims to have an investment plan. 11 development studiesalthough it warns that returns may not arrive until 2026 or 2027 due to long development timelines.