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Disney Infinity Canceled; Disney Exits Console Publishing; Avalanche Shut [Statement]
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IdreamofHIME
Member
Why? Podcast is recorded tonight, this should make this week's episode.
Too bad Brandon's on vacation (at Disneyland, jeez), so I'm not sure how much the other Allies will be able to talk about it.
SomedayTheFire
Member
Shame 3 was great.
KeyBladerXIII
Member
That sucks. I was never really interested in playing the games but I was glad they existed.
Did they ever get around to releasing that Baloo figure?
Shit, now I want to get some figures before it's too late. Flynn and Quorra, Obi-Wan, Darth Maul and Black Panther will be mine!
Did they ever get around to releasing that Baloo figure?
Shit, now I want to get some figures before it's too late. Flynn and Quorra, Obi-Wan, Darth Maul and Black Panther will be mine!
D1renegade
Member
Ugh.. Last year, I bought over a dozen figures thinking it would be a decent long term investment for future Play sets.
This sucks
This sucks
PadWarrior
Member
So we are stuck with just figures now that have no use?
John Vignocchi, VP of production at Disney Interactive Studios and an executive producer on Disney Infinity.
Yeah. He's friends with the Giant Bomb guys and appears in a lot of their stuff. Where I know him from at least.
Yeah, but this is very similar to what preceded their acquisition of Marvel when they sold off the rights to Power Rangers and scuttled a bunch of other projects that were more 'boy-centric'.
This is the MAIN problem of Disney Infinty.
Oh man you just reminded me that Lego is also in the toy-to-life space. They don't make that many headlines anymore, do they.
zerokoolpsx
Member
Surprising news. Figured Infinity was doing alright. Guess not.
So those figures are gonna be useless?
So those figures are gonna be useless?
I only own Woody, Jack and Elsa figure, with plans to get Nick, Stitch and the Marvels cast.
Guess I better pick them up before they disappear.
Also sucks for the people losing their jobs as well.
Capcom can't afford it and beside with Street Fighter 5 failing to meet their 2 million target I don't think that Capcom is interested.
Guess I better pick them up before they disappear.
Also sucks for the people losing their jobs as well.
Capcom can't afford it and beside with Street Fighter 5 failing to meet their 2 million target I don't think that Capcom is interested.
SatoAilDarko
Member
Honestly I saw this coming.
They've been clearing stuff out at low prices. Every other week stuff was on sale for 50% off.
Those power disc packs were only 2 bucks at Best Buy last week. Figures had hit $4 brand new.
Looks like Infinity 3.0 and it's Toy Box are it. I really wish they added 4 player local play for the racing pack.
Also I see Lego also cancelling as those things are also heavily discounted and are like 50% off usually. Sometimes they're cheaper than actual Lego.
I wonder how much longer Skylanders can go on.
On the other hand I will now probably go for a complete collection of figures ad I have over half right now anyway.
They've been clearing stuff out at low prices. Every other week stuff was on sale for 50% off.
Those power disc packs were only 2 bucks at Best Buy last week. Figures had hit $4 brand new.
Looks like Infinity 3.0 and it's Toy Box are it. I really wish they added 4 player local play for the racing pack.
Also I see Lego also cancelling as those things are also heavily discounted and are like 50% off usually. Sometimes they're cheaper than actual Lego.
I wonder how much longer Skylanders can go on.
On the other hand I will now probably go for a complete collection of figures ad I have over half right now anyway.
TangoAlphaLima
Member
"No use" seems a little dramatic. Yes it sucks that there won't be new stuff added to the game, but there is a wealth of gameplay available in 3.0 as is. Different playsets, Toy Box Takeover, Speedway, the Toy Box itself, the user-created content (as long as the servers are still up), etc. The game isn't light on content.
Stone Ocean
Member
Neo G left, why even care about any fighting game from Capcom not made by DIMPS?
Besides a Itsuno-helmed Rival Schools of course. Too bad that's not happening in this lifetime.
Yep, I would love to play through star wars land with antman and Stitch but... you cant? I think?
Hey, it's worked out really well for Nintendo, outside of the Animal Crossing figure line.
That being said, one of the biggest problems with the collectible aspect for DI is that when you have such big IPs, you're not hurting for options when it comes to merch. Getting a cheap plastic see-through Mickey Mouse isn't going to measure up to buying one from Swarovski.
erotic grandpa
Member
Ah, that's a shame. The Infinity figures themselves are pretty great. Always liked how they had a pretty cohesive art style, too.
eyeball_kid
Member
Whoa. I thought this franchise was really popular. I guess this puts them cancelling further development of Infinity on the Apple TV in a different light.
Disney is exiting console dev completely?? Huh. Switching to a licensing model might sound better on paper, but Disney generally has a rep of quality entertainment and licensed games are usually the opposite of that.
Disney is exiting console dev completely?? Huh. Switching to a licensing model might sound better on paper, but Disney generally has a rep of quality entertainment and licensed games are usually the opposite of that.
Zeouterlimits
Member
Heart goes out to those affected, it's a big loss.
Damn.
Damn.
7DollarHagane
Banned
Please let this open the door for marvel 4! 10 more years!
Too kiddie for the kids. They want GTAV these days, not Micky Mouse.
They will be shot between the eyes.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Sooo Amiibo won?
7DollarHagane
Banned
Hire MikeZ's skull girls team. Make it 2d...
reminded of a classic stumpokapow post detailing massive entertainment media conglomerates and their schizophrenic approach to gaming, which i can't find. but basically they are forever shifting between deciding gaming is the hot new thing, investing loads, then a few years later saying no and pivoting away and shutting it down, then repeat the cycle.
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Deleted member 17706
Unconfirmed Member
Wow... that's nuts. The toys were selling pretty well, at least in relation to Skylanders and LEGO Dimensions.
I don't think there's been any time when Capcom has said that making another Marvel fighting game is something that they have no interest in doing. MvC (or my preference, MSH2) would probably be a bigger hit than Capcom's own game, simply because of the Marvel characters involved.
Judging by what's been said on here by those who know better...it's always just been more of a thing of Capcom able to pay for the license, and then deal with Disney themselves as business partners when it comes to who can be on the roster and who can't be. And I imagine Disney would be even stricter now than they were some 5-6 years ago.
Any way, as long as Disney is fine with just licensing their IPs out and letting someone else handle things, I'm not too worried. Does suck for the game studio that was shuttered, though.
LUFTRAUSER
Banned
I guess between amiibo and those skylanders things there wasn't room for a third franchise? Honestly I'm not even really sure how even the amiibo make any money because I've never actually seen anyone buy any. I think the display at my local Best Buy has never really changed.
Stone Ocean
Member
Quality 2D is expensive and Capcom is not doing so hot, not happening unless you want Marvel Vs Capcom with like 10 characters.
DICKS AHOY
Banned
I literally started getting into this series in a big way less than a month ago. I'm talking like, from nothing to already near a hundred figurines. Didn't help I was convinced Gravity Falls/Darkwing Duck/Kim Possible was happening. Fuck.
Was a really big fan of all three properties featured in the game and didn't think the sales were indicating any sort of looming shut down at all given the sales also applied to Skylanders/Dimensions (I admittedly see this dying very soon, thankfully never got into it)/Amiibo.
While I wanna hold onto some of the figurines I bought and at least hold onto the playsets until I fully max them out accomplishment wise, would it be worth starting to sell stuff now or a few months down the line when it'll be harder to find this stuff in stores? Bare in mind the OVERWHELMING MAJORITY of what I bought was pre-owned from EB and the rest in a big sale so I'm not really hit by a huge loss, nor do I intend on charging anymore than this stuff would regularly cost when I put it on eBay or whatever.
Was a really big fan of all three properties featured in the game and didn't think the sales were indicating any sort of looming shut down at all given the sales also applied to Skylanders/Dimensions (I admittedly see this dying very soon, thankfully never got into it)/Amiibo.
While I wanna hold onto some of the figurines I bought and at least hold onto the playsets until I fully max them out accomplishment wise, would it be worth starting to sell stuff now or a few months down the line when it'll be harder to find this stuff in stores? Bare in mind the OVERWHELMING MAJORITY of what I bought was pre-owned from EB and the rest in a big sale so I'm not really hit by a huge loss, nor do I intend on charging anymore than this stuff would regularly cost when I put it on eBay or whatever.
Jacksinthe
Banned
This is a super bummer to hear. I got very into 3.0 with my daughter, we actually just got the last Star Wars figure we needed to complete the SW set. We grabbed Battlegrounds and have a ton of the Marvel figures, I should probably snatch up the last ones I want before it's too late.
Capcom has to amass enough money to renew the Marvel license.
LUFTRAUSER
Banned
It's hard for huge corporations like Disney that are used to passive consumers to handle a market with such relative consumer control, I guess.
darkinstinct
...lacks reading comprehension.
Except they don't sell all that well. Amiibo is doing well for Nintendos standards, it's not doing well in general. It's only selling in the US and was typically outsold 4:1 by Skylanders worldwide. Skylanders are selling less yoy as well, which is why Activision didn't give new numbers in their last fiscal report. Lego is always on sale. They are all fighting for the same market but that market is not expanding. More competition only means less sales for everyone, no growth.