by Bill the Lizard » Tue Feb 11, 2014 8:45 pm
As long as the games continue to not suck it will continue to sell. As long as it continues to sell they will keep making it. Look at all the franchises in games that will probably go on into perpetuity. Madden, Call of Duty, Halo, Uncharted and more. They get more popular with each iteration now and so the studios spend more on them and make them cooler so more people want to buy them (perhaps with the exception of Madden). If anything the fan base will grow and it will feed on itself. The more people spend the more Disney will spend to make it better and the more people will buy it. Why do I predict this when they have only made one game? If anyone knows how to keep a popular franchise relevant and marketable forever it is Disney. I mean "The Disney Vault" was genius. They make the release of a 50 year old movie that has been released 3 times before into a big deal that people actually care about. They just need to be careful how much money they ask people to spend. If it gets to be too much people will walk away for a while. If anything, I think they will release fewer figures in future versions. It will increase the longevity of the game and prevent the purchase fatigue that could set in. They could make up for fewer figure releases by patching playsets at intervals with expanded areas and missions so people remain interested in the game. Who knows I'm not as creative as these guys? They will come up with something creative to get people to buy the next one and use all the figures they already have with something new to do with them, maybe not with DI2 but in the future. They will want to keep this thing rolling (or tuck it away for a big re-release a few years later, hold onto your figures kids nostalgia is always in style).