Gotham Knights

Gotham Knights launched October 21, 2022, and we caught the full catastrophe. No Batman, no problem—except WB Montreal shipped the game locked at 30fps on next-gen consoles, often dipping below that. The PC version needed top-tier hardware and still stuttered. We streamed at launch knowing something was seriously wrong technically, and the loot grind felt tedious after the opening hours. The community reacted hard—performance issues killed the goodwill Arkham's legacy should've provided. But WB Montreal didn't abandon it. By March 2023, Digital Foundry had a rare 're-review' that basically said 'night and day improvement.' The patches came steady through February, and Gotham Knights went from dealbreaker to 'perfectly decent.' We watched the redemption arc play out across patches, which was honestly more interesting than a smooth launch. Sometimes shipping broken and fixing it teaches you more about development than eight years of polish.

We peaked at 564 viewers on Gotham Knights, averaging 259 across 16.3 hours and pulling 4,329 total hours watched. That peak came early—launch day hype before everyone realized the performance was broken. We lost just 1 follower, which is remarkable given how bad it was technically at launch. The game sold incredibly well despite the disaster (second-best UK physical sales), proving marketing could overcome critical reception, at least temporarily.