10月9日消息,据国外媒体报道,迪士尼互动(Disney Interactive)近日发布了一份官方声明,称公司在iOS、Android和Windows Phone平台近100款应用将“退役”,其中绝大部分都是游戏。迪士尼互动并未将这些应用从各大应用商店下架,玩家仍可以下载并体验,但这家公司将不再为它们提供后续内容更新或运维支持。
此次迪士尼互动停运了含基于《玩具总动员3》和《创战纪》等过气IP改编的游戏在内的一系列应用。“虽然这是一个艰难的决定,但这让我们得以专注于创作更能够引人入胜的新游戏。”迪士尼互动在声明中表示。
有业内分析人士指出,迪士尼互动选择停止更新老游戏,某种程度上反映了这家公司正改变游戏研发和运营思路。在未来,迪士尼互动不会再将主要资源投入热度持续时间有限的影视IP改编类游戏,而是将更专注于开发能够长期流行并创造利润的移动游戏产品。
实际上,迪士尼互动前不久发行《迪士尼互动:玩具盒子3.0》就不再是一款电影的衍生产品。这款游戏将漫威、星战以及迪士尼的知名人物和经典场景纳入其中,玩家在游戏中有机会操控迪士尼旗下动画所有角色进行冒险。
迪士尼互动将停止更新的应用详细名单如下:
Avengers Initiative
Avengers Initiative Lite
Captain America Live Wallpaper
Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty
Disney Checkout Challenge (iOS, Amazon, Windows 8, Windows Phone 8)
Disney Bola Soccer (iOS, Android, Windows 8, Windows Phone 8)
Disney Hidden Worlds (iOS, Android)
Disney Infinity: Action! (iOS, Android, Windows 8, Windows Phone 8)
Disney Photo Finish
Disney Pix (iOS)
Disney Super Speedway (iOS)
Disney XD Grand Prix
Fix-it Felix Jr.
Gravity Falls Mystery Shack Attack free and paid (iOS, Android, Amazon)
Guardians of the Galaxy: The Universal Weapon
JellyCar 2
JellyCar 3
JellyCar 3 Lite
Lone Ranger
Lost Light (iOS, Android, Windows 8, Windows Phone 8)
Marvel: Avengers Alliance (Windows 8, Windows Phone 8)
Marvel Run Jump Smash!
Mittens
Mittens HD
Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: Le Chuck’s Revenge (iOS)
Monsters, Inc. Run
Monsters U: Catch Archie
Phineas and Ferb Arcade
Pirates of the Caribbean: Master of the Seas
PIXEL’D
PIXEL’D Plus
Stack Rabbit
STAR WARS™: Assault Team (iOS, Android, Windows 8, Windows Phone 8)
STAR WARS™: Tiny Death Star (iOS, Android, Windows 8, Windows Phone 8)
The Great Piggy Bank Adventure (iOS, Android, Amazon)
The Secret of Monkey Island (iOS)
Thor: Son of Asgard
Toy Story Live Wallpaper
Toy Story: Smash It! (iOS, Android, Windows 8, Windows Phone 8, Barnes & Noble)
Where’s My Summer? (iOS)
Where’s My Water? Featuring XYY (iOS, Android, Amazon)
Winnie the Pooh Wallpaper
Wreck-it Ralph
Alice In Wonderland – An Adventure Beyond The Mirror (iOS)
Alice In Wonderland Lite (iOS)
Ariel: Numbers & Counting – Disney Connected Learning (iOS)
Blackout (iOS)
Brave Utility (iOS)
Breakspin (iOS)
Cars: Numbers & Counting – Disney Connected Learning (iOS)
Cars 2 (iOS)
Cars 2 Lite (iOS)
Cinderella: Shapes & Patterns – Disney Connected Learning (iOS)
DGamer
(NOTE: DGamer will continue to offer consumers the ability to chat locally via Wireless Play mode.)
Disney App (hub – iOS)
Disney Christmas eCards (iOS)
Disney eCards (iOS)
Disney Fairies: Art – Disney Connected Learning (iOS)
Disney Fairies Fashion Boutique (iOS)
Disney Fairies Fly (iOS)
Disney Fairies Fly Lite (iOS)
Disney Fairies Fly on iPad (iOS)
Disney Fairies: Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure
Disney Fairies: Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue
(Pixie Hollow Online integration, such as Fairy and items upload and download, Polls, and News)
Disney FilmPulse (iOS)
Disney Fireworks (iOS)
Disney Memories (iOS) – see Disney Memories HD
Disney Mobile Magic (iOS)
Disney Mobile Magic (Android app)
Disney Muppet Mail (iOS)
Disney Muppet Mail Lite (iOS)
Disney Puzzle Family (iOS)
Disney Spooks eCards (iOS)
Disney Valentines eCards (iOS)
Digicomics
Frankenweenie (iOS)
G-Force: Mooch Fly (iOS)
G-Force: The Game (iOS)
Handy Manny Flicker’s Flashcard Fiesta (iOS)
Handy Manny Workshop (iOS)
Hong Kong Disneyland Magic to Go (iOS)
Kick Buttowski Loco Launcho (iOS)
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Road Rally Appisode (iOS)
Motorcity: Drive (iOS)
My Baby Einstein (iOS)
(Including downloadable video segments)
Prep and Landing (iOS)
Spectrobes (iOS)
Spectrobes Community Site and Leaderboards
(Server location for uploaded high scores and other battle profile information)
Split/Second (iOS)
Split/Second Online Multiplayer Gaming (PC)
The Daily Shot (iOS)
The Incredible Machine (iOS)
The Muppets Animal Drummer (iOS)
Totally Tangled (iOS)
Toy Story: Letters & Sounds – Disney Connected Learning (iOS)
Toy Story 3 (iOS)
Toy Story 3: Operation Camouflage (iOS)
Toy Story Mania (iOS)
TRON (iOS)
TRON: Legacy (iOS)
Winnie the Pooh eCards (iOS)