I realize this is from a ground level but: The games getting made by the Unreal Engine today are of such high quality and graphic fidelity.
They've really hit critical mass for the AA and AAA games, and paying the piper is looking like a smarter and smarter investment.
Do film companies write their own editing software, or 3d pipelines, or design and build their own cameras? Some of them, sure. But most of them are purchasing and customizing off-the-shelf solutions. It just makes sense.
It is not possible to steal from the public domain. That's the entire point of it.
Go try to produce something based around the public domain story Cinderella. I doubt that Disney would take this kindly or lightly. That's the entire point of the post that you are responding to.
Disney gets more IP in front of more 13-25 year olds. This is a very impressionable age group, and can create life long fans. This is a good value proposition for Disney. Epic probably gets an increase in valuation -- lifeblood for tech companies. Collaboration skins are massive for revenue. However, I'm concerned this relationship will force uncool collaborations with Fortnite and reduce it's appeal. Disney has had…
Disney is the last standing Old Media company. All other Media and Entertainment companies are either owned by Comcast/AT&T or are Tech companies (netflix, amazon,apple,sony,youtube,tiktokk) that have carved out a chunk of the media and entertainment sector. Disney is basically on the back foot here, at a time when the attention economy is wrecking chaotic unpredictable havoc on the the media sector.They had to do so…
Really? I thought Disney was doing well. Their subscription service is only behind Netflix and Amazon, the latter of which includes its service in Prime so is not an equal competitor. Further, their ownership of Marvel has provided them some of the largest grossing films of all time, and their Star Wars acquisition seems to be paying off. The parks seem to be quite strong, but I've only experienced the Japan ones. Overall I find it difficult, from a layman's perspective, to believe Disney is in trouble but welcome any other information.
Pretty sure Epic took a big haircut in valuation too, just like its peers. Money is a lot more expensive now, so perhaps Disney got a nice deal.
Probably, they had to let 830 (16%) go to reach financial stability and got rid of Bandcamp and SuperAwesome for another 250. [1] Apparently they were "spending way more money than we earn" to try and turn Fortnite into a metaverse concept. However, lately they say they've been getting by on low margin creator content revenue sharing that seems to not be enough. Based on the letter, the layoffs and divestitures broug…
Oh make no mistake, they're still burning a ton of money trying to get their cross play metaverse thing off the ground. Those dev teams didn't lose a single person in those layoffs, in fact, whole departments were gutted and some of the engineering talent was reassigned to the metaverse team.
No it didn't. Apple is trying to maintain its draconian grip over the app store because of the sweet revenue it brings. With worldwide regulatory pressure, that dam will eventually burst. But they'll keep it going as long as they can. Apple is happy to engage in backroom deals. There's a future where Apple could acquire either or both of these companies.
> Apple is happy to engage in backroom deals. There's a future where Apple could acquire either or both of these companies.
Maybe they’d want to, but would regulators really let those mergers happen unless apple makes some big changes?
I had the same reaction 20 years ago to Kingdom Hearts. Disney is definitely at risk of becoming irrelevant with their stale IP.
At risk? They haven’t had hit movie for years. They have destroyed just about everything they’ve touched, from Indiana Jones to Star Wars to Snow White.