Netflix × Warner Bros. Games.

Everyone is talking about games and that’s mostly the wrong angle.

This wasn’t a grand gaming strategy.

It was a bidding process. Netflix won. Others didn’t.

In the latest episode of Buona La Prima we clear the noise and talk about what actually matters:

• why Netflix’s deal was the one most likely to pass regulatory scrutiny

• the real risk: HBO’s creative culture vs Netflix’s algorithm

• and the uncomfortable truth that gaming wasn’t a key driver of this acquisition

That said, there might be a long-term wildcard:

Netflix is one of the few companies positioned to seriously experiment with true transmedia — shows and games that actually affect each other. Not tomorrow. Years from now.

Is this consolidation… or the start of something genuinely new?