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Disney Infinity Canceled; Disney Exits Console Publishing; Avalanche Shut [Statement]
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Rodney McKay
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I assume we'll find out if expansions are coming at E3.
LEGO has been coming out with a slow trickle of new Dimensions sets, but I don't think there have been any major level packs since the Midway one came out.
Personally I'd like it if LEGO were to come out with a PC version of Dimensions, but they probably haven't yet to avoid people more easily cracking the game and access all the characters and levels through cheat engine or something rather than buying the figures. Still I'd like to see some kind of solution to get the game on PC.
LongDongJunon
Member
JOHNNY ARE YOU OKAY!?
Disney has never published a KH game.
Disney closing their internal studios does not mean they are going to stop giving their licenses to other publishers.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Disney Fin
It's made/published by Square Enix, and Disney stop publishing, not developing.
DecoReturns
Member
Pokemon will be unleashed
NeOak
Member
Shit
I don't think I can bring myself to sell them, so much money down the drain... But with no more playsets and servers likely to go down soon I guess they're nothing but ornaments now.
Yeah. I always got the impression it was a modest success when Disney was banking on it being an astronomical success. Remember how they had an Apple-style press conference for the reveal with John Lasseter raving about it and everything? They wanted it to be huge.
TheLegendOfCap
Member
Do you think this will make Disney "acquisition-hungry" for an established video game developer / publisher? I think it might...
Also, if "toys to life" are a sinking ship, I don't think amiibo is a part of that ship.
Also, if "toys to life" are a sinking ship, I don't think amiibo is a part of that ship.
PeakPointMatrix
Member
Shit, just went to amazon to scoop up a handful of figures I'd always wanted. Sucks for the Infinity team, I hope they all land on their feet 
I hope this still ends up happening, because that'll be awesome
Vital Tundra
Member
So what about all their stuff on PC?
Considering they say they're ending their game business after years of failed attempts, it's not happening.
More likely they'll just license the hell out of their properties to existing publishers.
I amassed quite a collection of Infinity figures in hopes they would eventually put out a decent game to use them in. Oh well, at least they look nice on a shelf.
Personally, I would prefer if they had focused on making a quality action/adventure/platformer and not used that janky ass clunky Toy Box as the basis for everything.
Personally, I would prefer if they had focused on making a quality action/adventure/platformer and not used that janky ass clunky Toy Box as the basis for everything.
As long as Nintendo don't start making Amiibo only games, it can crash and burn and I won't care, honestly.
....Well, there is Animal Crossing Amiibo Festival but it already bombed pretty hard and probably told them a lesson.
SerTapTap
Member
I really think they burned too much good will, these things always seemed exploitative to me (even amiibo, once they hit shelves). I think this was preventable but they wanted to milk it like Guitar Hero and we know how well that turned out.
I hope they're more open to licensing now and not just huge things like battlefront. MvC4 baybee
IMO Amiibo had far more value as "good as we're gonna get" figures for niche characters than they were for "OMG I CAN PUT MARIO IN MY GAME". The only figures I have are niche, not counting Yoshi. I have the animal crossing set and Chibi Robo, that's all. And I might get Meta Knight and DeDeDe from the Robobot setup since they look a lot better than the Smash ones.
Why would they acquire? Seems like they just want to farm the work out to other people via licensing. Acquiring would be diving right back in.
I hope they're more open to licensing now and not just huge things like battlefront. MvC4 baybee
IMO Amiibo had far more value as "good as we're gonna get" figures for niche characters than they were for "OMG I CAN PUT MARIO IN MY GAME". The only figures I have are niche, not counting Yoshi. I have the animal crossing set and Chibi Robo, that's all. And I might get Meta Knight and DeDeDe from the Robobot setup since they look a lot better than the Smash ones.
Why would they acquire? Seems like they just want to farm the work out to other people via licensing. Acquiring would be diving right back in.
backflip10019
Member
Aww, that sucks! Hopefully everyone working at Avalanche lands a new job soon.
They were doing that anyway. The Frozen and Big Hero 6 games were made by some random publisher. Sony licensed a few of Disney's IPs, etc.
http://www.disneyinteractive.com/blog/update-disney-infinity/
http://www.businesswire.com/news/ho...isney-Company-Reports-Quarter-Months-Earnings
Not anytime soon.
O_O! .......
. Man, this is rough news to take in
. I'm not the biggest Infinity fan, but man if they were well crafted games. I hope everyone at Avalanche lands on their feet with other positions. Such a shame, as Infinity 3.0 is a solid game from reviews and reports online. Hope they at least keep the servers up for the recent wave of 3.0 figures and PlaySet (Battlegrounds) so buyers don't get cheated out of content despite buying it.
Such sad news to hear and is a sign that Disney is ready for the Toys-to-Life genre to end, so they are leaving while they can. Wonder how Activision and Nintendo are going to do when the genre closes....but it will be interesting to see how this plays out with their future Skylanders/Amiibo products.
Was a bit expected. The Star Wars sets and figures and set were selling well at first, but after the movie and just overall the sales were never there.
They kept at it, because Skylanders was doing well. But considering that years later the top selling figure was Mike Wazowski, not any Avengers, not even Elsa (which was in the top 10).
This year Activision will launch an animated series along a new Skylanders game and from that will see how things pan out. Superchargers last year didn't met expectations. Though the expectations like with Guitar Hero Live were relatively high.
EDIT:
And closing Avalanche too. Darn.
They kept at it, because Skylanders was doing well. But considering that years later the top selling figure was Mike Wazowski, not any Avengers, not even Elsa (which was in the top 10).
This year Activision will launch an animated series along a new Skylanders game and from that will see how things pan out. Superchargers last year didn't met expectations. Though the expectations like with Guitar Hero Live were relatively high.
EDIT:
And closing Avalanche too. Darn.
TheCthultist
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Perfect, thank you. Shame to hear, I didn't much like the infinity stuff myself, but I was under the impression it was a pretty solid product for them at least.
I don't know why they'd spend the $$ acquiring someone when it costs them basically nothing to license out stuff with no real sunk costs. The only cost might be for some co-marketing in that case
Leafhopper
Banned
I mean I do see a lot of Infinity figures in stores but, I just assumed it was because they had so many characters, not because it was doing poor.
it's how it'll appear on their financial statement, as a one time hit against their earnings for that period
Amiibo is different but still healthy
I wonder if that business model.could guarantee a longer life time to their figured
Lego dimensions is still received new worlds and packs (they just announced three new licenza I think)
Activision is struggling with their latest game (aupercharger) but confirmed a new episode right now for fall. If the new episode (supported by the new tv series) is going to struggle again they could exit the category
If so, amiibo and lego business models could be seen as less exploding but somehow safer
SapphiCine
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Holy crap. Feel bad for everyone losing their jobs. Hopefully they saw the writing on the wall and were at least somewhat prepared.
Yeah but I wonder how long they will support the servers. They hosted all the player-created content, as well as the downloadable levels from the Infinity team. Aside from Toybox there was online multiplayer.
There was alao a huge community around this, supported by Disney with fan conventions and videos.
As long as all of the content can live on offline, the game should continue to be fully functional.
But geez, this was the last console title they self-published. AAA game development must be a tough business.
On a side note, wonder if this means more licensing and better support of catalog PC titles. Disney has done a great job of the latter in recent years, but now with LucasArts and Marvel in their staple of companies, there's even more they could release.
Edit: Just realized Avalanche is gone now too. So unfortunate, such a great studio hit with such unfortunate circumstances.
I feel like playing Toy Story 3
Edit 2: My bad, that was Black Rock, another fantastic studio Disney acquired and shuttered...
hydrophilic attack
Member
I thought the game was doing well.
Also, should be pointed out that they are shutting down internal studio Avalanche Software, not Swedish Avalanche Studios.
Also, should be pointed out that they are shutting down internal studio Avalanche Software, not Swedish Avalanche Studios.
Kingdom Hearts is safe everyone.
PaulExcellent
Member
What the FUCK.
I'm actually disappointed.
Well, I'll be buying Ultron, Ant-Man, and maybe Darth Vader or something. :/
I'm actually disappointed.
Well, I'll be buying Ultron, Ant-Man, and maybe Darth Vader or something. :/
SHIT. Well, I guess I can't apply to work there after graduating anymore.
mightynine
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A game like ACAF would do gangbusters on mobile with NFC connections. Amiibo needs to work on mobile and whatever the future Nintendo consoles are.
Guess I'll pick up the Spidey figure (on sale at Best Buy!)
TheChillyAcademic
Member
300 Jobs wow, hope everyone lands on their feet.
Where the hell is that coming from? Infinity always struggled.
SerTapTap
Member
I don't see how. That game is STUPID long even with a time limit. There's no way to make that a smart phone game.