FRONTBURNR: If you listen to clamoring on Twitter or various other places on the internet, you’ll find people generalizing their comparisons of Skylanders and Disney Infinity to basically being “the same type of game but with different toys”. As someone who owns and enjoys both of these types of games, it’s important that you know the difference between the two titles before you go out there and dive into the cash sink that these two games can become.
With the holiday season coming up, I thought this list might help consumers who might be looking to purchase one or the other for the little gamers on their shopping lists.
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.
Both are a rip off and this shart needs to die before it takes off.
Skylanders rock ass, Infinity on the other hand.....
Have not seen many articles comparing the 2 now that both are out- anecdotally the Wal-Mart nearest my home had 3/4 of a rack w Disney Infinity and 1/4 of Skylanders/Giants merch before Swapforce was released. I figured they would do 1/2 and 1/2 after- but now it is AT LEAST 3/4 Skylanders and 1/4 or less Disney Infinity- seems to be plenty of Disney Infinity stock remaining but the Skylander starter sets blew out almost immediately- there were some Wii U starter sets and some 3ds starter sets remaining but the rest were gone (I am talking on the shelf- may have been stock in back)
I told my 7 year old to stick w Skylanders for now (he has enjoyed the previous 2 releases plenty) and lets wait and see what happens re Disney Infinity- IMO Infinty will either improve a great deal and/or drop in price later- it seems too expensive, too many paywalls and too buggy right now for the $ s. I don t see Infinity getting more expensive anytime soon so may as well enjoy Skylanders now and wait to see what happens w Infinity
Yhe Toy Box does look interesting on Infinity but it seems like using the tools and parts may be a little too cumbersome for most kids (prob many adults too) right now
I’ve played both Swap Force and Disney Infinity, and it’s not even close. DI is buggy and because every character pretty much has to have the same set of moves in order to function correctly within the Toy Box, they all feel similarly generic. Every DI character has to have the same double-jump/ledge climb mechanic and a generic set of attacks with different effects. Each Swap Force toy you buy feels like a completely different character, giving you an entirely new way to play through the core game experience.
Swap Force is a game filled with depth – huge levels with lots of stuff to do within them. DI is filled with buggy, boring fetch quests to unlock Toy Box content. And don’t get me started on the Toy Vault’s random chance at cool stuff, where you get maybe 3 or 4 cool items in a field of 16, and you use precious spins and invariably wind up with crap content when you want cool content. Ugh.
Only the truly hardcore Disney fans need apply for DI. You should play them both prior to purchase, and I’d be amazed if anyone really chooses DI over SF.