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

Post by derefr » Wed, May 25, 2016, 5:50 AM UTC

pinewurst wrote: post #4

Animats wrote: post #2

Acquiring and trashing companies is seriously annoying. Disney did this to about a half dozen game companies. Google is doing it to about a half dozen robotics companies. In both cases, the acquisitions were initially seen as positive. In both cases, the parent company had no clue what to do with what they bought. I have a friend who works at a company recently acquired by Microsoft, a company whose product was not M…

Disney: this isn't surprising. I don't think people realize how bureaucratically corporate Disney is, almost a parody at the level of "Brazil". They are a good employer though if one finds a happy place there with excellent benefits. QNX: a lovely embedded and even service OS. I used it for encryption and stream management in a game-cartridge-over cable-TV headend. They also included a bag of chocolate chip cookies i…

Post by bitJericho » Wed, May 25, 2016, 6:30 AM UTC

wobbleblob wrote: post #21

> One of the most common refrains among ex-Disney staffers was that Disney had a strong aversion to risk. Now why does that not surprise me. Disney stopped making art somewhere in the 1940's (fantasia) and started shipping product. I didn't share people's relief that the force awakens at least didn't suck like the prequels. The writing was so derivative as to almost make it a remake. Instead of Jar Jar Binks, the com…

Post by wanderer2323 » Wed, May 25, 2016, 8:43 AM UTC

bitJericho wrote: post #24

wobbleblob wrote: post #21

> One of the most common refrains among ex-Disney staffers was that Disney had a strong aversion to risk. Now why does that not surprise me. Disney stopped making art somewhere in the 1940's (fantasia) and started shipping product. I didn't share people's relief that the force awakens at least didn't suck like the prequels. The writing was so derivative as to almost make it a remake. Instead of Jar Jar Binks, the com…

Sorry, unless you're an angsty teen, you weren't meant to relate to emo-vader, er, Kylo Ren. You were meant to relate to Han Solo. But you'd only relate if you're a parent. If not, then I guess there's always Traitor-guy. Yes the new episode is derivative. That's because it is how epics are told. It will diverge on the next two episodes from the original trilogy, unless Disney gets scared... that would be a huge disa…

Post by wobbleblob » Wed, May 25, 2016, 8:56 AM UTC

de_Selby wrote: post #25

wobbleblob wrote: post #21

> One of the most common refrains among ex-Disney staffers was that Disney had a strong aversion to risk. Now why does that not surprise me. Disney stopped making art somewhere in the 1940's (fantasia) and started shipping product. I didn't share people's relief that the force awakens at least didn't suck like the prequels. The writing was so derivative as to almost make it a remake. Instead of Jar Jar Binks, the com…

I was very confused by the good reviews too, it was literally the exact same story as A New Hope. I don't hold much hope for the next films.

Post by gaius » Wed, May 25, 2016, 9:17 AM UTC

Animats wrote: post #2

Acquiring and trashing companies is seriously annoying. Disney did this to about a half dozen game companies. Google is doing it to about a half dozen robotics companies. In both cases, the acquisitions were initially seen as positive. In both cases, the parent company had no clue what to do with what they bought. I have a friend who works at a company recently acquired by Microsoft, a company whose product was not M…