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Post by Da Robot on May 10, 2016 19:47:10 GMT -5
Don't know how many people here are gonna care about this but it seemed like big news.
- Disney Infinity will end this year due to declining sales. As the "toy to life" genre has been getting overcrowded (Skylanders, amiibo, LEGO Dimensions) and having a downturn in sales.
- Disney will not be publishing any more games. Any staff working at Disney on game development (like Infinity) have been laid off.
- This is NOT the end of Disney related games as they will just license out their IP instead (like Star Wars to EA).
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Post by kirbychu on May 11, 2016 5:34:36 GMT -5
I care. I really liked Disney Infinity. Haven't bought any of the 3.0 stuff, but I was planning to when I could afford it. Those were the nicest Disney figures I've ever seen. But I guess I was way more into it for those than I was for the actual game...
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Post by Shadrio on May 11, 2016 10:26:55 GMT -5
Well, this sucks. My nephews really liked Disney Infinity, but I just hope those 300~ employees didn't get axed without a prior notice. Massive, company-wide layoffs are never fun to hear about.
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Post by nocturnal YL on May 11, 2016 11:29:24 GMT -5
- Disney Infinity will end this year due to declining sales. As the "toy to life" genre has been getting overcrowded (Skylanders, amiibo, LEGO Dimensions) and having a downturn in sales. Maybe I'm just not knowledgeable enough, but I've never heard of any other toy-coming-to-life products besides these. Are they serious about this market being overcrowded? And all these while Nintendo is still singing praises to amiibo being popular? |
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Post by Leon on May 11, 2016 12:01:51 GMT -5
The big problem Disney had, was that there is so much merchandise for their characters already it made the line not as desirable as it could be. With amiibo, a lot of the characters only have an amiibo as an option, so they become desirable by default.
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Post by Spud on May 25, 2016 19:53:40 GMT -5
I'm a bit bummed, It sounded like they were ironing out licensing issues with the Marvel and Star Wars properties before the axe swung. It had such potential to replace every lame licensed game they have to shove out the door.
The Infinity toys were of incredibly high quality too.
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