Disney stops making video games in house – insiders reveal what went wrong

Re:Disney stops making video games in house – insiders revea... by csydas on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @11:17PM (#11767454)

I'd be curious to see what deals Disney had worked out for its NES era games made by Capcom. While I remember them fondly, I guess I don't really know if they were commercially successful at the time or not.

If it was successful, then it just seems natural that they'd continue to license the IP out to let those who do know games do their thing with franchises, and honestly the in-house production of games for Disney always seemed off.

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Re:Disney stops making video games in house – insiders revea... by dottrap on Wednesday May 25, 2016 @10:15PM (#11774770)

They were commercially successful.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2008/05/23/capcom-releases-lifet...

(NES) DuckTales outsold all their (NES) Mega Man's. It's an interesting comparison because DuckTales shares a lot of similarities with Mega Man.

Disney franchise sales for them ranks 4 in total which is high, but still misleading because Resident Evil is ranks 1 and they weren't making Disney games in that era where more people bought video games. I speculate the Disney number would be much bigger if they did.

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