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9 years ago

Disney cancels Infinity. Any impact on other Disney-related video games ?

Hello,
A question for our community managers ...
Everything is in the title. Now, it's true that Disney only sells a licence to EA for SW:GoH. They don't have an operational hand on the game (I think).

However, what Bob Iger at the end of this article ( Kotaku article ) is a bit odd, he says - " business is a changing business, We did not have enough confidence in the business in terms of it being stable enough."

If he means business as "the video game business" does that mean that every disney-related video game is being targeted (potentially SW:GoH) ? Or does he merely mean "the business related to the Infinity game" ?
Can Disney just cancel a licence overnight ?

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11 Replies

Matam86
Seasoned Newcomer
9 years ago
SWGOH is the highest grossing f2p game for EA besides Madden. Doubt they would cancel it.
QuiksliverUK
9 years ago
Infinity was cancelled because it was not cost effective; i.e. they weren't making enough profit from it. SWGoH makes heaps of profit and ultimately is produced by EA who pay for the SW license from Disney. Disney would only pull the plug on this if EA stopped paying the license fee. EA would only stop paying the license fee if they stopped making profit from the game.
Mo_Lizas
9 years ago
But Infinity is not performing well, and Disney credits it with dragging down its consumer products and interactive media division. While the global gaming market is $99.6 billion, a big slice is on mobile, where Disney has shifted a lot of its focus.

http://venturebeat.com/2016/05/10/the-disney-infinity-franchise-is-over-as-entertainment-company-pulls-out-of-console-games/
djvita09
9 years ago
This means this game will last...for now
dbraba01
9 years ago
It sucks because I almost have a full collection from 1 to 3 including power discs. My kids love it.
LadyVampire_X
Hero (Retired)
9 years ago
Same daughter loves it and now I gotta be sith mom :( and explain that , she has like 80 of those statues
UrGirlBlewMe
9 years ago
Disney has an 10 year contract with ea. The game isn't going anywhere soon.
Persimius
Seasoned Ace
9 years ago
"ChefHaze;399290" wrote:
Disney has an 8 year contract with ea. The game isn't going anywhere soon.

@ChefHaze really? Where did you see that?
UrGirlBlewMe
9 years ago
@StarSon
"StarSon;399310" wrote:
"ChefHaze;399290" wrote:
Disney has an 10 year contract with ea. The game isn't going anywhere soon.

@ChefHaze really? Where did you see that?

"CG_JohnSalera;189644" wrote:
We certainly plan to be here quite a long time. :)

As you may already know, EA has a 10 year agreement with Disney / Lucas to make Star Wars games.

There's a huge amount of support behind and belief in this game. And we're still in the very early days. As of yesterday, we have been worldwide only 15 weeks.

Lots more is on its way, and I think you guys are going to really enjoy what's coming. :)

Thanks!
Persimius
Seasoned Ace
9 years ago
@ChefHaze Awesome. Thanks :)