Arcane is the million-dollar series from Riot Games, it was reported that 250 million dollars were invested in the creation of the two seasons. Recently, a report written by Cecilia D’Anastasio in Bloomberg, on December 23, 2024, reported that the series would have been a financial loss, more details here. However, Marc Miller, the co-founder of the enormous video game ecosystem, wrote his own opinion on the matter on his Reddit account.
“To be clear, Arcane crushed players and us too,” the executive wrote.
Marc Miller was very clear and accurate, and he also added important details that define the position and vision of Riot Games:
“People who look at the world through a cynical, transactional, short-term lens really have a hard time understanding Riot. This has been true with several people who have tried to claim that high quality free games won’t work, that esports will never work, that our high quality free games won’t work. The music was crazy, now they say Arcane wasn’t great and wasn’t worth it.”
On the one hand, he mentions that they definitely value their products and quality, and although it is important that the monetary support the projects, it is because they are good that they manage to be sustained in the long term. They believe in their titles since they will survive because of their essence.
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“These people think we do things like Arcane to sell skins, when in reality we sell skins to do things like Arcane.”
Fuente: Riot Games
He added that Riot Games has multiple projects
“Riot is a mission-driven company where Rioters constantly strive to improve player quality. We’ve done it time and time again in multiple games and now in multiple businesses/media: gaming, sports, music, and animation. Are we focused on extracting short-term profits? No, rather, we are focused on exceptional value for our audience over the long term, again and again and again.”
In this way, it was clarified that Riot Games’ vision of success has a broader opening and looks towards the future.
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Where can I watch Arcane?
Currently, the series is a Netflix exclusive, so the platform is the one that has both seasons, each one has nine chapters. You can see it here.
The series is set in the world of Riot Games, which consists of different regions: Bilgewater, Bandle City, Demacia, the Freljord, the Void, Shadow Isles, Ixtal, Ionia, Noxus, Piltover, Shurima, Targon, and Zaun .
Piltover and Zaun are the sister cities that have an intense dispute, because the first is recognized as the city of progress, while the second suffers darkness as it is the “underground” part. Zaun has a lot of shady business and crime.
The most important characters of the League of Legends lore that star in the installment are: Jinx, Vi, Caitlyn, Ekko, Jayce, Viktor, after that, Mel, Silco, Ambessa were added from the series to the lore, and other personalities were adapted , as was the case with Vander/Warwick.
The first season of Arcane premiered in November at Worlds 2021, while the second installment arrived at Worlds 2024, in the same month. It was announced that spin offs of the same characters will be made.
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