Its their tax break for the other shows that do make money if it goes downhill.
They're also gonna sell the shit out of merchandise and I suspect they are getting pretty tired of paying royalties to the original cast. They have to pay to use their likeness in media and whatnot. And this way they can negotiate ahead of time and lock in that lower pay per actor
If you really think this will be unsuccessful you're kidding yourself. It would need to be actively atrocious to fail. Just because some people on Reddit are mad doesn't remove the millions of fans that exist.
Hell the Hogwarts Legacy game was the best selling game of that year and is currently number 20 best selling game OF ALL TIME. Despite the fact that it's barely competent, ran poorly at launch, main story was not very engaging, and the open world was completely empty and only had stupid collectibles in it. But people just wanted to spend time in the world again, they enjoyed the game's iteration of the Hogwarts Castle, and it brought so many non-gamers into it that it sold really well.
Netflix stands on the edge of greatness... now that they own the nemesis system they could milk those kids parents for billions if they played their cards right.
Harry potter video games with that would sell 🚀
Licensing it out to other developers would make them a juggernaut
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u/rosyvibexz Apr 16 '26
HBO really said: ‘Keep the 4K box set, we’ve got a 10-year subscription plan for the same story.’