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Not good news for Disney/online games (possibly including SW)

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flamanar:
First article:  "Disney's bet on games not yet paying off"

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-disney-20110520,0,3723877.story

Another piece:  "Disney's Playdom Fined $3 Million for Violating Kids' Privacy"  (ouch @_@ )

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2385444,00.asp

Hopefully the future will get brighter.  Otherwise, I foresee Disney pulling out of the 'social gaming' genre.  Which would be a serious bummer.

Mystery-Red:
Their most serious mistake was and always will be closing Magic Kingdom.  But thanks for the info because I now know what other games Disney is involved with and I will no longer be playing those games.

Hugs and miss you

flamanar:
Aww :(  Miss you, too!!!  :bighug:  You gotta let me know next time you can meet up.  I'll pm you my email address.  I get notices for new emails instantly.

I think you're right about VMK and Disney.  They screwed up bigtime.  I also think this is yet another area where Disney doesn't 'understand' how things work.  They throw a bunch of money at something or take something over...without understanding how it works, what the customers want, etc.  Shame.  Someday MAYBE they'll learn.  Then again, it's only $$ for them.  If an area fails, they have plenty of money left over.  Going into different areas is almost like a hobbie to them now.  There's so much money coming in from other areas that it really doesn't matter to the big 'D' if one area goes south.  Sigh.

Happy:
Very interesting.  Thanks for sharing.

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