GameZone writes, "Officially announced a few days ago, Disney Infinity will take the same concept as Skylanders – activating characters in a game world by placing them on an interactive pad – and heighten it with familiar characters from the Disney universe. The worlds will open up too, not only with playable levels that resemble the universes of each character, but also an "open toy box" world where users can do what they wish. With that, we gotta ask…will it work? We believe so, and here are five primary reasons why."
The toys-to-life genre has died out, but the concept of Disney Infinity should live on in another genre since it provides a wild crossover for fans.
There is a huge gap in the market at the moment. There aren’t many (if any) toys-to-life games available for the two consoles yet. A reboot or remake of the game would work so well, especially with Disney’s current roster of characters, films and TV shows.
Did Disney sell the rights to Activision? I never knew they had the rights to Disney Infinity.
They DO have the rights to Skylanders though.
Plus there's a financial reason every publisher gave up on the "toys to life" thing. So I doubt they'll revive any of them.
It wasnt Skylanders fault Activision squeezed the cow too hard.
"During its earning calls, Activision confirmed that Skylanders: Swap Force had made them more money than Call of Duty: Ghosts. Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg revealed the numbers, putting Skylanders at a whopping $2 billion in revenue after it sold 175 million toys.May 7, 2014"
"Skylanders Reached the Milestone of 250 million figures sold in 2015 and passed $3 billion made"
Is it possible Disney Infinity or other toys to games could return, but I'll be honest I really hope they don't come back.
These kinds of games are just another way for the game studios to nickle and dime you for every cent you have.
Disney Infinity was a fun game I could play with my kid back in the day. I still have it and the 100+ toys and yes, it works on PS5. But my kid is a teenager now and we've both moved on to more serious games.
Exact same thing here, we played Disney Infinity and Lego Dimensions. Both were great but are now just two big boxes full of stuff that never gets used.
We played Lego Dimensions, too.. and I still have all those toys. It also works on PS5.
Take a look at the rise and fall of Toys-To-Life games and see the magic it brought into everyone's home with games like Skylanders.
Don't think I'll buy this
Unless you don't need figures
This is a haiku
These sorts of games (often Disney) always get a bunch of "this game actually looks kinda good!" articles, then passes and is forgotten.
It actually does look good and of high quality. I'm not sure I'm going to get it though, as only certain characters would appeal to me. I'm not really into Disney anymore and haven't been in well over a decade.
That being said, for kids 8-15 this game is going to be awesome. And for anybody older as well.