Sean Shoptaw, vice president of the company's videogame sector, wants the industry to be overturned with making its sagas something big.
Disney is willing to make great video games of its film franchises again. The North American multinational, with rights to both Walt Disney and Marvel and Star Wars, as headliners, has been open to receiving recommendations from industry developers to “reimagine” its classic characters in future new video games.
New challenges with video games: Disney aims to return
It's been more than three years since Disney canceled Disney Infinity and confirmed its resignation to continue developing video games, which led to the transition to a licensing model exclusively focused on audiovisuals. However, Sean Shoptaw, vice president of the company's interactive experiences and games department, has announced at the DICE Summit 2020 that it is being held in Las Vegas that they have new challenges in the electronic leisure sector:
"I'm here for a specific reason: empower you to do really unique things (with our catalog)," he began by saying at the Aria Convention Center, as Hollywood Reporter advances. "We want to connect with the power of creatives from across the industry," he continues.
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Previous cases of great success: Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and Marvel’s Spider-Man
Two of the great axes that have been able to motivate Disney Interactive to want to return to the sector after attempts like Disney Infinity are Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and Marvel’s Spider-Man, by Electronic Arts and Sony PlayStation, respectively.
The works developed by Respawn Entertainment and Insomniac Games have sold, to our knowledge, more than 8 million units and more than 13 million units respectively; both above the initial expectations of publishing paths. Another great success is Kingdom Hearts 3, which exceeds 5 million units with Square Enix.
Disney, which owns the rights to these intellectual properties, now wants to be the main producer of new experiences based on video games where the emphasis is placed on respecting the original narrative and “reimagining” what Disney characters are and can reach be.
"We want to dream big and aspire to all those we can do together," Shoptaw ends up saying to the audience.
During the appearance, the manager has not anticipated any related ads or have any videogame in motion: it is, for now, an intention.
