I believe since Disney has over time shuttered their video game studios and franchises it needs to happen. Video game franchises can rack up a billion+ in sales in 1 day (GTA V), and then they also can have tons of highly profitable side-games with the right leadership and talent.
Everyone is willing to sell for the right price, who knew Minecraft was going to happen, so I think Disney should buy Valve. The company understands what gamers want, they have a platform. Disney can also expand Valve to make 'Disney games' with Valve to perhaps revive the outstanding concept that is 'Epic Mickey'and to create new original games, and IP based games for Marvel, Star Wars, and, and occasionally tie them up to upcoming film releases. The Incredibles could have a very very good story-based game. Not like a DS Lite game, but a true game. There is so much potential. If Disney doesn't do that then they should at least get serious in the industry, or make their own perhaps in conjunction with Lucasfilm or Pixar. Disney is doing pretty good in the phone space, but that's no the way to go about it. That's a nice addition, but Disney is so much better than having their only serious games on mobile (which Disney's are not serious, to begin with).
If Disney wants higher quality games specifically or does not want to have Steam also involved then the Valve games department is probably not worth it to buy, but there are so many other great studios that they could buy. Even EA would not be a bad idea, but they would have to change up leadership, and the culture (something I doubt Disney is willing to do), but again, there are plenty of other great studios like Ubisoft.
Licensing can be safer, except it can also be a huge problem to potential profits of beloved franchises when the maker handles them poorly or takes it in the wrong direction. Look no further than Battlefront II.
Even if we go back to Valve, a Portal 3 would be a monster hit if done right, and on top of that, it's a strong enough 'concept' to get its own movie or theme park attraction under the right people. I say 'concept' because worlds like that are difficult to create like Tron and Who Framed Roger Rabbit, so there's value in that. After all, Disney is all about synergy, right? And Universal is capitalizing on this on the theme park front with Nintendo. Disney can end up winning in absolutely every category if they do it right.
Just for theme parks specifically, could you imagine going through these worlds based on already established IPs? That's what could happen if Disney has large enough franchises by acquiring and creating new ones.
Disney has to expand into new 'media' areas to stay on top. They've done it with cable with ABC, and now that cable is becoming less and less, they're switching to streaming. Video games should already be a mega player. Disney is already a massive player in the field, but they have not gone after the potential. I'm talking incredible potential as has never been seen. It needs to be viewed alongside movies or parks and resorts in terms of importance. It will obviously be smaller, but they need to shoot far far higher with it.
EDIT: Here's actually a great read that I just found:
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/30/disney-need-video-games-in-its-portfolio-commentary.html
Everyone is willing to sell for the right price, who knew Minecraft was going to happen, so I think Disney should buy Valve. The company understands what gamers want, they have a platform. Disney can also expand Valve to make 'Disney games' with Valve to perhaps revive the outstanding concept that is 'Epic Mickey'and to create new original games, and IP based games for Marvel, Star Wars, and, and occasionally tie them up to upcoming film releases. The Incredibles could have a very very good story-based game. Not like a DS Lite game, but a true game. There is so much potential. If Disney doesn't do that then they should at least get serious in the industry, or make their own perhaps in conjunction with Lucasfilm or Pixar. Disney is doing pretty good in the phone space, but that's no the way to go about it. That's a nice addition, but Disney is so much better than having their only serious games on mobile (which Disney's are not serious, to begin with).
If Disney wants higher quality games specifically or does not want to have Steam also involved then the Valve games department is probably not worth it to buy, but there are so many other great studios that they could buy. Even EA would not be a bad idea, but they would have to change up leadership, and the culture (something I doubt Disney is willing to do), but again, there are plenty of other great studios like Ubisoft.
Licensing can be safer, except it can also be a huge problem to potential profits of beloved franchises when the maker handles them poorly or takes it in the wrong direction. Look no further than Battlefront II.
Even if we go back to Valve, a Portal 3 would be a monster hit if done right, and on top of that, it's a strong enough 'concept' to get its own movie or theme park attraction under the right people. I say 'concept' because worlds like that are difficult to create like Tron and Who Framed Roger Rabbit, so there's value in that. After all, Disney is all about synergy, right? And Universal is capitalizing on this on the theme park front with Nintendo. Disney can end up winning in absolutely every category if they do it right.
Just for theme parks specifically, could you imagine going through these worlds based on already established IPs? That's what could happen if Disney has large enough franchises by acquiring and creating new ones.
Disney has to expand into new 'media' areas to stay on top. They've done it with cable with ABC, and now that cable is becoming less and less, they're switching to streaming. Video games should already be a mega player. Disney is already a massive player in the field, but they have not gone after the potential. I'm talking incredible potential as has never been seen. It needs to be viewed alongside movies or parks and resorts in terms of importance. It will obviously be smaller, but they need to shoot far far higher with it.
EDIT: Here's actually a great read that I just found:
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/30/disney-need-video-games-in-its-portfolio-commentary.html
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