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Disney Infinity Canceled; Disney Exits Console Publishing; Avalanche Shut [Statement]
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Father_Brain
Banned
Well, I did not see that coming, but admittedly I wasn't paying too much attention to DI3.0's sales.
I assume that by "game publishing," he just means physical retail products, right? Mobile still intact?
I assume that by "game publishing," he just means physical retail products, right? Mobile still intact?
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Nintendo isn't gonna bow out anytime soon. Amiibos are making them more money than Wii Us and their games.
YuriLowell
Member
Please put the MvC3 DLC backup on the store.
I think that's right. :/
DrForester
Kills Photobucket
This is my takeaway. Disney will almost certainly sign on for LEGO Dimensions.
WickedLaharl
Member
How is skylanders doing?
Ben Fritz is a dude who reports on Disney for Wall Street Journal. It's legit.
BreezyLimbo
Banned
Holy shit
Johnny V.
Johnny V.
Prime crotch
Banned
Struggling?! I've seen tons of kids playing with it in some format, be it old gen or new. Curious to know some dirt.
I just like to have secondary confirmation.
Dr_Boris_Goltz
Banned
From my extremely limited perspective the only thing I see kids playing are phone games and Minecraft, so this isn't surprising.
Jawmuncher
Member
I didn't think they'd actually give up on it.
Well, with the new cartoon coming out soon, I thought they would go and promote it with some new characters for Disney Infinity.
SerTapTap
Member
After Smash (which didn't even have a great use for them IMO) they kinda ran out of compelling lines. The AC amiibo festival line seems to have sold terribly, they were regularly 50% off or more (which is a far more compelling price point IMO)
gablekevin
Neo Member
That would be awesome actually, Sony can just become one large Giant Bomb extended family
family_guy
Member
No reason to cancel the game. Just get rid of the toys. They are too expensive. Let you download characters through DLC at a cheaper price.
I didn't either. I would have expected it to perhaps go figure-less or something first.
Not that hard to believe. Won't be long before Skylanders is cancelled as well, I guess. All figures combined (including Lego Dimenions and amiibo) have less than half the shelf space in toy stores as they had 2 years ago, and there's pretty much constant promotions going on. This bubble is over.
BoosterDuck
Banned
But I wanted a Scrooge McDuck minifig ;_;
and Kermit
Marvel vs Capcom 4 is oficially dead now?
Disney never developed or was the publisher of those games. They can still license their IPs to other publishers or devs. We are still getting EA Star Wars games and co. Its just not worth it anymore for Disney themselves.
YianGaruga
Banned
Yeah that's mainly what I was basing my observation on. The AC line has been deeply discounted everywhere, and there doesn't seem to be a lot new on the horizon
Game isn't nearly good enough to stand on its own.
VilleEricson
Member
Quick of topic: But if they are going to begin to license out the stuff like the EA/Star Wars deal then maybe they should license out Pirates of the Caribbean to the Black Flag team at Ubisoft... I know, It'll never happen but a man can dream!
Hopefully more Giant Bomb, than Midway...
AnthonypUK
Member
Makes sense, if 3.0 and Star Wars didn't push the needle nothing will, glad i got the figures, games were hot trash though.
Mass Effect
Member
Choppasmith
Member
Revenge for that Splatoon ripoff
But seriously, this came out of nowhere. I thought they were doing well enough that there would hopefully be an Amiibo/Infinity collaboration similar to what Nintendo did with Skylanders.
On the PLUS side, maybe there's a chance there'll be more licensed games by quality developers?
There hasn't even been a Pokemon amiibo game yet. Sun and Moon will push figures. The AC line was tied to a shitty game, and kicks and the llamas are incredibly niche.
Ecto311
Member
About a month ago I was at gamestop and this employee told me they sold a shitload of amiibo and dimensions figures but almost never sold infinity stuff. I thought he was full of shit. Plus target and other stores doing tons of sales on the figures kinda fits if this is true.
In my house we play more infinity than dimensions and amiibo games put together. Granted we don't play them a ton but we still own a ton of them and buy all the new games when they come out.
In my house we play more infinity than dimensions and amiibo games put together. Granted we don't play them a ton but we still own a ton of them and buy all the new games when they come out.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
The report makes it sound like it's just Disney Infinity getting scrapped and not their entire gaming division.
Marvel vs Capcom 4 is oficially dead now?
This has nothing to do with MvC4. They're still licensing their products to other publishers (see the EA star wars deal), just no longer publishing/developing games themselves.
MvC4 still has a snowball's chance in hell of being made within the next 5 years, though.
But what's going to happen to John Vignocchi
Poor Johnny V
Dude is super talented and charming. Someone is going to sweep him up soon. Wouldn't surprise me if it's Sony.
Lee Chaolan
Member
Damn =(
Gonna have to get the Black Panther and Ant-Man figures now.
Gonna have to get the Black Panther and Ant-Man figures now.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
3.0 was legit as fuck. Idk what random ass game you played.