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Disney Infinity Canceled; Disney Exits Console Publishing; Avalanche Shut [Statement]
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SolidSnakex
Member
Black Rock were so good! :/ PURE and Split/second are both fantastic racing games.
Yup, all three series and the TRU exclusive discs.
Dark_3nergy
Member
I was under this impression as well. Time to snatch up the Civil War Captain America and Black Panther.
Also surprised just how fast they want to get out.
SirClinksAlot
Member
Damn. At least Johnny V still has his hot ass girlfriend.
AcademicSaucer
Member
There are rumours that Disney wants a big deal with Nintendo: movies, shows, cartoons, games, everything.
Marty Chinn
Member
Which is sad because I think LEGO Dimensions handles the toys to life model way better than Disney Infinity does.
Affeinvasion
Member
The fact is that the game wasn't especially good with 3.0 really being the first one worth playing... And even that suffered from having those game expansions that should have been included in the main game. Toybox takeover was the first mode where you could actually play as all of your figures together. And that was 20 bucks on top of the starter pack which featured probably the least popular star wars franchise imaginable. Their reliance on fan created content and a bizarre segregation of themes and franchises is what doomed DI. Design choices killed the franchise, not that it was a toys to life game.
I'm not at all surprised. You never see any of the toys to life games on the sales charts, and there are so much of it that they're probably eating each other alive with unsold physical product. Sad to hear of the loss of jobs, though I'll be honest, I was worried it was the Just Cause Avalanche and am glad it's not.
James Scott
Banned
Lego Dimensions is pretty expensive from the starter pack to the playsets. And the IPs WB is using isn't Star Wars nor Marvel. Not sure how well it's doing, but would be pretty surprising if it did comparable to Disney Infinity 3.0 Star Wars edition
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
I have all of 1.0 and 2.0's discs plus albums for each. I'm thinking I'll probably list the whole kit and kaboodle on eBay tonight.
Is there a price/value guide for the Power Discs?
fastballspecial
Member
If Disney is licensing out their IP now that means some dope Marvel games could go into production. Disney won't have to foot the bill to get the games made.
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 or some other bomb ass shit PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE FUCKING PLEEEAAASEE.
Also, condolences to those affected. For what it's worth, the games were pretty fun. Marvel Battlegrounds is the best in my eyes.
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 or some other bomb ass shit PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE FUCKING PLEEEAAASEE.
Also, condolences to those affected. For what it's worth, the games were pretty fun. Marvel Battlegrounds is the best in my eyes.
MAtgS
Member
SW & Marvel in Lego Dimensions 2/3. Hell there's legos of the classic Disney characters now, they wouldn't even need new molds.
manzoman96
Member
I wish they would've found a buyer for the studio instead of closing them. They've been in the game for a long time!
SolidSnakex
Member
It seems like they just released it at a bad time as it looks like the toys to life model has started to hit its ceiling
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2016-04-20-toys-to-lifes-problem-isnt-saturation-its-fatigue
It's kind of like with the plastic music genre where some started to get in rather late when everything started dying down. You have to be there early if you want to get in on the fun.
DidntKnowJack
Member
That sucks. I only have the first version plus the Cars playset for Wii U, but it was a decent little game.
I think that's why the upcoming Skylanders cartoon is likely to wind up as a case of too little, too late. Activision managed to get a lot of kids whipped up over the idea of using their toys to play games, and that worked incredibly well for a couple of years. Now, a lot of those kids are getting older and are beginning to realize that they don't know who the fuck any of those characters are, and I don't think a cartoon at this point is going to change that. Maybe they'll get lucky with the next batch of kids, but I don't see it helping to change the course the series is on.
Tavernacle12
Member
I'm not sure. After the holidays a lot of the extra figures people had bought got returned as they didn't enjoy the game, and unlike Infinity and Skylanders (at least where I work) the base price of the minifigures went DOWN permanently in addition to constantly being on sale. On the other hand, unlike Infinity and Skylanders, we've had actual sell outs of certain sets. I think some of that is due to Lego being stocked less, however.
Dimension's final sets came out this morning. If they announce more I suppose it's doing well enough to continue.
Man this really bums me out. The Disney Infinity games have been excellent, each better than the last. I had really high hopes for whatever would come next given how good 3.0 was.
I kinda wish they'd just drop the toys to life aspect of it and just make the games, more like the Toy Story game that lead to the creation of Infinity. I absolutely hate collectibles and having to buy each character.
It kinda seems like there's not much space in the market for family friendly AAA titles. There's the lego series and skylanders and not much else..
I kinda wish they'd just drop the toys to life aspect of it and just make the games, more like the Toy Story game that lead to the creation of Infinity. I absolutely hate collectibles and having to buy each character.
It kinda seems like there's not much space in the market for family friendly AAA titles. There's the lego series and skylanders and not much else..
MrMephistoX
Member
Its worth getting for the Star Wars playsets although now I'm expecting massive firesales so it's probably okay to wait.
Firesales? I'm expecting scalpers
For all the improvements they've made with each iteration, that they've never abolished this restriction outright sticks out as being completely tone deaf. The fact that not every Marvel character could play together in the play sets in 2.0 is nothing short of monumental incompetence. It got relaxed for 3.0, but you still had a ton of characters that did nothing besides Toy Box-related activities for no good reason at all.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
Brandon Jones must be on suicide watch now.
Askherserenity
Member
Did not expect this at all. Wow. :[
Quadraphonic
Member
The company bosses are all assholes regarding mixing characters. It was all litigious in reason. Marvel was just as bad as Disney.
ShadowSwordmaster
Banned
This is sad to hear. I hope everyone can find a job soon enough.
I guess people can dream.
I guess people can dream.
Trust me, you don't want MvC4 right now.
MrMephistoX
Member
Good point better get Black Panther, Ant Man and Vision before it's too late and sealed Tron figures.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
Guess I need to go finally drop cash on the ones I've been eying for years...
Novel Mike
Member
That was my first thought, hes at Disney World this week worst time to get this news
Tavernacle12
Member
My understanding is that this is for a couple of reasons:
- Making sure every character can play in every playset would be a nightmare, even ignoring the Cars characters. Not all characters have super jumps, some can fly, some have woeful combat abilities, while others can destroy anything.
- Checking hundreds of characters in every playset would be a QA nightmare and would hamper a yearly release scheduale.
- Disney is REALLY particular about how certain characters are used. If you notice the marketing, the characters from the different themes are almost never interacting with each other, even in gameplay. Marketing doesn't want to 'dilute' or 'confuse' the consumer, even if what they enforce winds up doing it anyways. This goes beyond Infinity too, pay attention to the Disney Princess toys and you'll notice the characters are never allowed to interact with or even look at one another.
Chiaroscuro
Member
Youarepartoftheproblem
OmegaSmash
Member
Wasn't this supposed to get Kingdom Hearts content eventually? Bloody sucks in any case.
WHARS DEADPOO? WHO'S VIZIUN?
EA doesn't seem very interested in kids' products.
Yep. And to quote myself from the previous page, to help those who want to fill their collection before it's too late:
I'm thinking they won't be producing any additional runs for the figures currently on shelves, and the last two sets for Alice and Finding Dory will be somewhat limited.
Hey folks,
If you know anyone impacted on the Disney Infinity team at Avalanche, please fwd this tweet to them and let them know they can contact us direct at sms@playstation.sony.com
We're hiring and would like to help the many great creatives over there find a new home, potentially here
https://twitter.com/SonySantaMonica/status/730167700396249088
Our openings:
http://sms.playstation.com/careers/
Cheers
Tank
If you know anyone impacted on the Disney Infinity team at Avalanche, please fwd this tweet to them and let them know they can contact us direct at sms@playstation.sony.com
We're hiring and would like to help the many great creatives over there find a new home, potentially here
https://twitter.com/SonySantaMonica/status/730167700396249088
Our openings:
http://sms.playstation.com/careers/
Cheers
Tank
Tavernacle12
Member
The way the talked about it, it seemed 'eventually' was a long way off. The plan seemed to be to maybe release a Sora the year following KH3 so as to not distract from it. Kim Possible, Gravity Falls, Ariel, Rogue One, Scarlet Witch, and Darkwing Duck are the oft-rumoured figures we'll now likely never see. I assume we'll also never see the Peter Pan figure that was supposed to be out this August, but I hope they find a way to get him out for the fans.
Based Sony Santa Monica