Co-Optimus: "The biggest problem I have with Disney Infinity is there are so many paywalls in the game to access content it becomes frustrating, especially when you have a four year old asking what things are. There are areas in playsets that require you to own (or have access to) all four characters. If you want to purchase every figure in the first two series of characters you'll easily spend $500 factoring in the initial $75 cost for the game. As great as it is to see all the Disney franchises together and the potential the game has, I can't help but be a little disappointed with Disney Infinity."
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.
I don't think you managed to make a single correct statement in this review.
First of all - Every single area in all three playsets is available with the characters from the starter. The only things extra characters are needed for is lockboxes which primarily contain character skins and alternate skies for toybox. There is absolutely no necessary or even important content that demands the purchase of extra characters.
Second - if you purchased every figure it would come to just over $250 (at full price for everything including the starter) not $500. But if you want all three original playsets for two players it is only an extra $30 for one of the three figure packs. If you want the other two starters it would be $35 each or more likely $35 for both as there are sales everywhere. It is still more than the average game but nowhere near $500.