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Can Netflix turn Warner Bros. Discovery into its gaming engine? | The DeanBeat

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Netflix has struggled with defining a game strategy that made sense in the context of the larger company’s streaming business and its focus on subscriptions.

With the pending $72 billion ($82.7 billion enterprise value) acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, Netflix will pick up 11 game studios across triple-A and mobile gaming, and it will become a much bigger player in games — assuming the deal goes through in the next 18 months to two years.

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