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The community for Arcane, an animated series created by Riot Games portraying the origins of two iconic League champions, set in the utopian Piltover and the oppressed underground of Zaun.

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Riot’s $250 million ‘Arcane’ TV series was a Netflix hit, financial miss (www.bloomberg.com)

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‘Arcane’ drew a big audience, but didn’t bring in enough gaming revenue

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

This seems to be an issue with selling the show rather than budgetary issues. Disney's Moana 2 budget is 60% for the entirety of Arcane, and in general their average budgets hover around $200 million. Selling the rights to each episode for $3 million a piece is a steal for Netflix.