Disney Interactive profits jump by 600 percent amid Disney Infinity success
Posted on 10 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in General Nintendo, News, Wii, Wii U | 0 comments
We’ve got some financial news for you today, this time from the Disney corner of the market: Disney Interactive’s Disney Infinity game– the Skylanders-inspired toy-based adventure sandbox– is raking in a ton of money, taking company profits from about $9 million at this time last year to $55 million in the last three months of 2013. Here are the full details:
– Disney games division brought in $403 million in revenue
– 38% increase in sales year-over-year
– Disney Infinity is the primary driver of this
– Profits are up by $46 million over this time last year
– $9 million in profit in FY3/2013 vs. $55 million in profit in FY3/2014.
Via CVG
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Miiverse adds a bunch of new communities
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 0 comments
A slew of new communities have been added to Miiverse. On the Zelda front, users can participate in discussions for The Legend of Zelda, Zelda II, Link’s Awakening DX, and both Oracle titles. Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, and older Game Boy releases such as Tetris, Super Mario Land, and Tennis have been added as well.
Thanks to SuperPhillip for the tip.
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Toys for Bob working on this year’s Skylanders game
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii, Wii U | 0 comments
Unsurprisingly, Activision intends to publish a new Skylanders game this year. What’s interesting though is that Toys for Bob has returned as the project’s primary developer.
Toys for Bob worked on Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure and Skylanders Giants, but wasn’t too involved with 2013’s Skylanders Swap Force. Vicarious Visions was put in charge of last year’s title, with Beenox handling the Wii version.
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Ninja Gaiden Wii U Virtual Console footage
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A look at the design for Mighty No. 7 in Mighty No. 9
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, Images, Wii U eShop | 9 Comments
During a session at D.I.C.E. Summit 2014, Keiji Inafune provided a look at the design for Mighty. No 7 – one of the robots set to be included in Mighty No. 9. You can find all of the art pieces in the gallery above.
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XSEED: Rune Factory 4 “selling well beyond our expectations”, working on restocking physical copies
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 5 Comments
Having trouble locating Rune Factory 4 in stores? There’s a reason for that: the game has been selling quite well.
On Facebook, XSEED mentioned that Rune Factory 4 has sold “well beyond” the publisher’s expectations – so much so that it’s been tough to find a physical copy. XSEED is now working on restocking product “as quickly as possible”. More copies should arrive “soon”.
The company’s message in full:
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Video: Japanese Dragon Quest Monsters 2 3DS XL unboxed
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SEGA/Sonic Boom devs on appealing to the west, structure, characters, not coming to Japan, more Sonic Team games planned
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Polygon has published a new feature with additional details about Sonic Boom, as well as commentary from Sonic game designer Takashi Iizuka, Sega of America producer Stephen Frost, and Big Red Button’s Bob Rafei. You can find a roundup of what was shared below. You can also find Polygon’s full piece here.
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Skylanders has generated $2 billion worldwide
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii, Wii U | 0 comments
Since Skylanders made its debut, the series has grossed over $2 billion worldwide for Activision. That figure is as of December 31 of last year. According to Activision, roughly 175 million Skylanders toys have also been sold.
