[Bloomberg] Disney CEO Deputies are pushing for Iger to transform Disney into a Gaming Giant (Perhaps via EA Acquisition). Currently non-committal. Rumor
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-10-10/has-bog-iger-lost-the-magic-inside-disney-ceo-s-billion-dollar-crisis?embedded-checkout=true Iger's deputies are pushing him to consider a bolder transformation of Disney from gaming licensee to gaming giant through, say, an acquisition of...
  • woelkchen@lemmy.worldEnglish
    35·
    1 year ago

    Anyone else remembering the time when Disney closed all their development studios because licensing is supposedly more profitable?

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      22·
      1 year ago

      I think it still is, it’s just that game devs have found a recurring revenue model that works similarly to licensing: microtransactions.

      I can see Disney wanting back in now that MTX is socially acceptable. Milking the same IP for decades is exactly their MO.