https://twitter.com/benfritz/status/730133417506045952
Disney is out of video game publishing. You want Disney in traditional vidya, you get Kingdom Hearts or whatever stuff EA puts out for Star Wars.
>no zootopia gta clone
>>337155803
>You want Disney in traditional vidya
I don't
Is this for real?
> Disney pulls out of the toy fad
> a good chunk of ninty's future is dependent on amiibo
the ride begins now
Shame. Some of the figures were really well made for the price.
>>337156329
I certainly hope they wasn't planning on giving Amiibos a bigger role with NX.
Maybe if they actually released shit besides the Infinity titles they would have stood a chance
>>337156586
You seriously don't think NX's Wii sports/Nintendoland will be an amiibo style Skylanders/Infinity game?
I'm willing to fucking bet money on it man.
>>337156310
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160510006839/en
" Items affecting comparability during the quarter ended April 2, 2016 included a $147 million charge in connection with the discontinuation of our self-published console games business, principally Infinity (Infinity Charge)."
Yes, it's for real.
>>337157406
but
but i
>>337155803
>physical DLC is dying
Thank god.
>>337157043
Considering they stated they're moving away from the Wii brand with NX, yes.
They'll still support Amiibo with Wii U games.
Why exactly?
I thought this shit was stupidly successful? I thought it had a ton of releases and everything?
>>337155803
But... why? Not like I give a shit or have any intention of playing it, but it seemed to be making them gangbusters. Why have they abandoned vidya?
>>337158096
Avoid the bubble burst. Wanna end it before it goes fucking retarded, like Skylanders.
http://www.disneyinteractive.com/blog/update-disney-infinity/
>>337156329
what ride
amiibos are still making plenty of dosh, my man
>>337156586
>I certainly hope Nintendo doesn't try to fuck us dry with meme toys
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Look at him.
Look at him and laugh.
>>337155803
I thought Infinity was doing well. Wonder why it flopped?
>>337158067
What the fuck does amiibo have to do with Wii?
Its NFC toys. You think amiibo dies with wiiu/3DS?
>>337158597
It probably just wasn't making the cuhrazy dosh.
Disney makes tons of shitty mobile games, they only care about massive easy profits.
wow are you kiding me? actual GOOD videogame news?
>>337155803
Just bought the last 5 marvel figures I was missing. I never cared for the games but I really like these figures.
They get what they deserve for not adding Darkwing Duck desu
>>337158507
what are they going to do with amiibos after smash?
there's no big game to advertise them with anymore.
>>337159258
Zelda U/NX is confirmed to use them.
Kirby Planet Robobot is using them.
Splatoon is getting new ones.
Just because the Smash line is over doesn't mean Amiibos will suddenly drop dead and stop making money.
>>337155803
The fuck? I thought infinity sold really well?
>>337156586
Nintendo isn't even a video game maker anymore, they just make shitty toys and then releasse a few games with a bunch of features locked unless you hunt and buy the toys
>>337159820
>Nintendo isn't even a video game maker anymore,
are you fucking brain dead retarded?
>>337159258
They're Amiibo, dude. They can just pull some costume DLC shit for whatever current game they want. Or in the recent case with Splatoon make it unlock music.
Tron RUN/r was ok.
>releases literally who disney characters
>makes star wars and marvel the main focus when there's 1 million games out there already with them
>didn't touch the brands people actually want
>if they did, they just threw the character in the game and nothing else
gee i wonder why it bombed
>>337159889
Fun fact: There's about 10 times as many amiibos being released this year as there are games for the wii u or 3DS
In b4 EA swoops in and calls dibs on all their licenses
>>337159891
>costume DLC
Why costume? Nintendo has locked actual stages and characters and shit. No one cares what they lock so might as well lock really meaningful content since people will defend it
>>337160161
>actual stages and characters
This has literally never happened.
>>337160304
>Splatoon
>Shovel Knight
>>337160048
Is this negger serious? Are you fucking trying to compare amiibo unit to the whole dev team of nintendo that shits 8 games by themselves per year? the only reason you don't see game now is because they are working on the NX titles.
>>337160304
Why the fuck are all the amiibo defenders always so woefully unaware of what amiibo does? Like shit nigga, how stupid can you be?
>Codename steam locked 4 characters
>twilight princess locks a dungeon
>hyrule warriors locks weapons which is a MASSIVE thing in that game
>splatoon locks stages
>mario party locked an entire fucking mode
I have noticed that the people who defend amiibo are just ignorant. Like they don't make excuses for it, they are just totally unaware of what amiibo does these days.
>>337160512
>8 games a year
Looking at about 2 this year, anon.
>>337160048
>comparing plastic toys to fucking videogame software
good i got muh qt Judy figure before cancellation
This is so out of left field. Infinity was outselling Skylanders, and was right on Amiibo's heels. What the fuck is Disney doing?
>>337160464
Neither of those locked characters and stages.
Splatoon locked costumes and weapons and Shovel Knight locked co-op.
>>337160534
Only two of the things you mentioned refer back to the point you were making about stages and characters.
And you also clearly never played Splatoon. There are no stages locked behind Amiibo. There are challenges that utilize the same stages from the normal single-player. Nice job outing yourself though.
Codename STEAM "locked" bonus Fire Emblem characters that weren't vital to the game's content in the first place. It also flopped.
so does this mean capcom has a chance of making marvel 4?Besides the fact that sf5 isn't selling as expected
>>337161037
>There are no stages locked behind Amiibo.
Yes, there are. I have splatoon and all the amiibos and cleared the stage m8
>Codename STEAM "locked" bonus Fire Emblem characters that weren't vital to the game's content in the first place. It also flopped.
The fuck does that have to do with it? Nice goal post moving
>Just got back from a trip to Disney World a few days ago
>Only saw a couple places with Disney Infinity toys and whatnot, one being the shop after you ride Space Mountain
>Some of the only Zootopia merch was there (The Judy and Nick figure)
>They were rarely selling, mainly because you're at Disney and you don't want to carry a fucking figure around all day
Also the prices in general are jacked up and the food was shit, even at the fancier restaurants like the France one in Epcot.
No wonder people call Disney a rich peoples playground.
Also fucking spics I swear to God, Mexicans are the worst people at Disney.
>>337160534
>Codename steam locked 4 characters
Barely even characters at all, they're easy mode assists for idiots.
>twilight princess locks a dungeon
Don't be silly, it was a 'Survive all these enemies' room that did nearly nothing in the end.
>hyrule warriors locks weapons which is a MASSIVE thing in that game
Locks one weapon and while being dumb the 3DS version has it unlocked from the start.
>splatoon locks stages
No, it uses the same stages as single player but forces you to use a different weapon.
>mario party locked an entire fucking mode
I'll give you that one, especially since the amiibo board is the version of Mario Party people like.
6/10 why did I reply.
>>337160534
I thought Splatoon ones just unlocked a costume? When did this shit happen? Was it always like that?
>>337161142
Show me which stage you unlocked with the Amiibo. Please. I insist.
>>337161247
It doesn't, he's shitposting. Though the new ones unlock soundtests.. so that's something I guess.
>>337161172
Disney Cast Member here. NOTHING is worse than Brazilian tourists.
>>337161247
The stages unlock the costumes
>>337155803
HOW
COULD
THIS
HAPPEN?
>>337161142
>Yes, there are. I have splatoon and all the amiibos and cleared the stage m8
those are normal stages with just a trial to accomplish, it's not "locked stages" like people mean, when you need to pay to access some of the pvp content for instance.
>>337161341
The stages are the same stages from the single player but with a different challenge.
You literally never played Splatoon. Fuck off.
>>337160910
>This is so out of left field. Infinity was outselling Skylanders, and was right on Amiibo's heels. What the fuck is Disney doing
Robert Iger said it wasn't selling as much as they WANTED on the investment phone call
I feel bad for the people who made the sculptures and software. They're really bright folks down at Utah and Disney HQ
Well damn though. If Infinity failed I wonder what this could mean for Skylanders/amiibo/Lego toys...
>>337160534
>>hyrule warriors locks weapons which is a MASSIVE thing in that game
Have you even played teh game? that weapon serves no purpose because no adventure mode map wil ever ask you to use it. The amount of maps you can even use it is fucking low and you get way better options because link has the most weapons already.
>>337158507
Only because of all the goodwill from Smash. And that well dried up.
The other lines' performance are either mediocre (Mario) or poor (Animal Crossing).
>>337161516
Nothing
They stopped because they didn't sell as much as they wanted. It was still making profit. Blame the CEO for this decision
>>337161336
Oh please anon, do tell.
You're next Activision
>>337161053
>mfw EA will get the Marvel's IP and cockblock all chances for a Mahvel 4
>drakwing duck play site never ever.
Should have seen this coming when they said no DIv.4 this year.
>>337161053
rumor was that it was actually marvels choice to rely on themselves and higher ups at disney thought they wouldn't be able to perform
>>337161468
It still literally has altered stages that unlocks costumes.
Like it literally has that whether you like it or not.
>>337160775
Just ordered the Nick one off amazon since it was 8$ to go with my Judy oneGod I hate being such a fucking furfag
>>337162891
>implying it's bad
:^)
>>337161192
>Codename steam locked 4 characters
>Barely even characters at all, they're easy mode assists for idiots.
Yes, move those goalposts.
THE END OF VIDEO GAMES HAS BEGUN
>>337162334
>IT COUNTS AS A LOCKED STAGE BECAUSE IT'S A DIFFERENT CHALLENGE ON THE SAME STAGE!
Who's the one moving goalposts here?
>>337163537
How can you even call them characters when they don't join your team, impact the story or anything other than there to make one level a day easier?
They're summons at best.
can we get back to Capcom license games then?
>>337160775
I bought both Nick and Judy right away but now I need to finish my Avengers shit and Star Wars shit collections before everything's gone. I don't obsessively try to buy every toy but there are certain characters that I really want to have.
So this shit was just a fad after all? Nice.
Why would Disney get out of video games though? There a shitton of money in Marvel video games to be made for example.
>>337156004
Why is Zootopia's fanbase so shit?
Just more shit than usual fanbases.
Will they at least put out a complete version of the game where you don't have to buy all the separate toys?
I would have bought into Disney Infinity ages ago if I could just buy it as one package instead of a bunch of separate toys.
I guess parents were not comfortable with all the autistic greasy manchildren in the Infinity aisle.
Hopefully Amiibos are next.
>>337159045
Anyone got that Mabel vs Darkwing picture?
Called it
This Toys to Life shit is going to crash harder than the comic book industry in the late 90's.
>>337159601
Nobody cares about any of those compared to Smash
Especially the Kirby ones
>>337166206
what happened in the late 90s?
>>337165483
furries
>>337166334
>The comic book speculator market reached a saturation point in the early 1990s and finally collapsed between 1993 through 1997. Two-thirds of all comic book specialty stores closed in this time period,[6] and numerous publishers were driven out of business. Even industry giant Marvel Comics was forced to declare bankruptcy in 1997, although they were able to continue publishing. It is surmised that one of the main factors in Marvel's downfall was the decision to switch to self-distribution (via their purchase of Heroes World Distribution). Up until then, many publishers went through secondary distributors (such as the current and only mass distributor, Diamond Comic Distributors) and Marvel felt it could preserve some of its cash flow if it made the move to becoming one of the few publishers to also distribute directly to the comic market. This backfired terribly when the bottom fell out of the market, as they were stocked with multiple printings of variant and "collectible" issues that were no longer in high demand and they could not cover the costs of their distribution service.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_book_collecting
>Goofy not in Infinity is the new 'Daisy's not in Mario Maker'
For fuck sakes, Disney, seriously? How hard is it to create Goofy?
>>337155803
Good, phyiscal DLC is cancer
>>337166640
The thing is, Daisy actually GOT into Mario Maker.
>>337166878
That makes it even fucking worse for poor Goofy
>shitfinity flopped and dead
>amiibo's "massive success" only brought Nintendo stock to gamecube-levels
Is the toys2life meme finally over? Who will be next?
>>337167995
Infinity didn't flop dumbo
It was doing well. Iger literally said on the 5PM call that although they made profit, he and the investors think the licensing model would make better money for them in the long run
Infinity was up there with amiibos and the losers were Lego and Activision
Activision's biggest enemy was Disney. Now Activision and Nintendo will have the biggest monopoly on this shit. Lego will still take the L
>>337156004
Let me tell you something about that. They could have done something like that, but they didn't. They released Zootopia characters (Nick and Judy), but they could only be used in the Toy Box. Same with most franchises represented in the game.
>>337165050
EA is already looking at Disney and making phone calls
GG
