Disney closes video games

[Shelton]

http://www.thewrap.com/disney-interactive-closes-disney-infinity/

 

Surprises me.

[Rodney]

Wow.

 

The underlying plot-line (for Disney) is that licensing is (still) where the money is.

 

Though Disney will no longer publish console games based on its properties, tie-ins will still be produced by third parties through licensing deals.

 

 

This means that we will be shutting down Avalanche, our internal studio that developed the game. This was a difficult decision that we did not take lightly given the quality of Disney Infinity and its many passionate fans.”

[largento]

The underlying message is that stockholders only want growth. It's not enough to make a profit (or follow through with the promises made to the consumers who actually shelled out dough for the game.)

[robcat2075]

Recall that Avalanche was the A:M-using studio behind "Tak and the Power of Juju" and others before Disney bought them and it sounds like they were still using A:M in their pipeline for something up to the end. Update: Ken Baer tells me that Avalanche stopped using A:M after they were purchased by Disney.