Sales started to waver by early 2016, though the franchise was far from failing.Īnd then it was over.
1 toys-to-life franchise, outselling both Skylanders and LEGO Dimensions. 2015, Infinity was estimated to be the No. As more games and figurines hit the stores, Infinity carried the Interactive division to profitability, again and again.
In the year after the original game's release, Disney Interactive posted its first annual operating profit in recent memory. Very sad to see it canceled.ĭisney Infinity was the 10th-best-selling game of 2013, hitting 3 million sales by Jan. Financially, Infinity single-handedly turned around Disney's gaming division, Disney Interactive.ĭisney Infinity is such a strangely great game. Infinity entered the fray in 2013, two years after the original toys-to-life series, Skylanders, debuted. Disney Infinity was a respectable and adored franchise in the toys-to-life category, and its developer, Avalanche Software, was held in high regard. Hell, even I gasped when I read the blog post. My phone buzzed with questions and incredulity from friends. However, when the news went live, Twitter immediately lit up with shock.
No one should have been surprised by Disney's announcement that it was canceling the Disney Infinity series and shutting down its video game business.
