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Elie Gould

Riot's co-founder says money isn't everything: 'People think we make things like Arcane to sell skins when in reality, we sell skins to make things like Arcane'

Jinx, wearing a hood, stares down with abject malice at the camera in Arcane Season 2.

The League of Legends-inspired series Arcane may be the most expensive animated series ever produced, and unfortunately, despite the stellar reception, it didn't manage to make much of the money spent back. But apparently, Riot doesn't care too much about that part.

Bloomberg reported that the amounts that Netflix and Tencent paid Riot less than half of the $250 million it cost to make the series. Bloomberg also claimed that four people who were familiar with Arcane's production said that Riot didn't have a plan to recoup the lost revenue.

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