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Soriku said:
LordTheNightKnight said:
MontanaHatchet said:
What the hell? Not at this announcement, at some of the people here. They're not going to make games with Wolverine in a tutu or whatever people here are saying. Disney just recognizes Marvel as a successful company. I assume this would give Disney control of successful film IPs by Marvel such as Iron Man, X-Men, and (blecch) Fantastic Four. Oh, and did I mention ****ING SPIDERMAN? That too. They'd also probably receive royalties on these games.

Disney just wants money, they don't want to ruin your childhood memories. In fact, Disney is your childhood.

Hey, these are the same people who still insist Nintendo just makes games for kids, despite Nintendo finding massive success with gamers even older than those who play the HD systems. Of course they think Disney is only going to do things like that.

And if Disney insists that all the crap with the civil war and the subsequent events, Spider Man having his marriage erased, the X-Men suddenly turning into assholes, I am all for this buyout.


Spiderman marriage erased? What?

I don't keep up with comics, so...

Yeah, he made a deal with Mephisto to save Aunt May after she was shot, and he couldn't find anyone to help her, even though dozens of characters actually had that ability.

At least Mary Jane wasn't killed off, just so Peter could be free to date a woman who just showed interest in him a handful of issues before, and they start making out over her grave.

BTW, that happened to Jean Grey.



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Soriku said:

"and they start making out over her grave."



Now who is this Mephisto character?

*Searches*

THE DEVIL? Somehow they incorporate these crazy things...

Seems funny, but Jean's ghost is supposedly okay with it because she only wants "Scott to live". Which is not what Jean is like at all. But then again, just about every character in Marvel and DC seems to be written wrong these days.

This is what happens when you hire fanboys, rather than people dedicated to their writing.



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this is FAILURE



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ssj12 said:
this is SPARTA

Fixed.



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sega4life said:

Marvel vs. Disney

 

LOL

Interesting to see Kingdom Hearts 3 if they add Marvel characters.



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Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! The possibilities are incredible but still... this is one of my worst nightmares, spiderman on a kid talk show (oh wait.. thats kind of cool) this sucks



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can't wait to see the tie-ins. Hanna Montana meets Spiderman.



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ssj12 said:
can't wait to see the tie-ins. Hanna Montana meets Spiderman.

Why do you assume that? Do you really think Disney is just about stuff like that?

You haven't proved this is a bad thing. You've just proved how little you know of what the company does.



A flashy-first game is awesome when it comes out. A great-first game is awesome forever.

Plus, just for the hell of it: Kelly Brook at the 2008 BAFTAs

LordTheNightKnight said:
ssj12 said:
can't wait to see the tie-ins. Hanna Montana meets Spiderman.

Why do you assume that? Do you really think Disney is just about stuff like that?

You haven't proved this is a bad thing. You've just proved how little you know of what the company does.


take it easy :P u've just proved that u can't tell what's a joke.  is confirmed Zack Efron will be the next Spiderman in Spiderman 4!!

btw if warner owns DC , Disney wanted their superheroes too. and they're so profitable right now.



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This doesn't bode well for Disney. Disney has two problems: (1) the culture and media industries are oligopolies, not monopolies, so there's fierce competition in most fields, and (2) the digital commons is revolutionizing media production, giving more and more power to fans.

Disney's classic strategy has been a kind of Microsoft Lite -- lock down key franchises, then milk them for decades. Re-release the old classics every so often, build another theme park, rinse and repeat. It worked for 50 years. But it doesn't work in an age when digital media allows for fan customization and creativity. This is one of the reasons Disney has had a terrible time in the videogame biz - their only real success, KH, is a joint venture with Square Enix, Ueber-meisters of the RPG biz.

So this is just more of the same old failed build-a-giant-conglomerate-and-bilk-consumers-one-more-time strategy which is falling apart in front of our eyes. If I were a Disney shareholder, I would be deeply worried about this and demand some major changes from the top management.