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EA cancelled Mandalorian game due to Disney increasing the licensing fee (Rumor)
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efyu_lemonardo
May I have a cookie?
Outside of Star Wars they have a pretty great legacy though:
List of LucasArts games - Wikipedia
AngelMuffin
Member
Just when I thought I couldn’t hate Disney anymore than I already do,
TheInfamousKira
Reseterror Resettler
Yeah, I was reading about the cost of landfills going up the other day. Reminded me of this.
LavitzSlambert
Member
No wonder they canned it, there's no way to make any money. Even if it was the original 22%, I don't see how that is workable.
22% to Disney
30% to Sony/Microsoft/Valve
5% to Epic for UE5, let's say
So the remaining 43% of revenue needs to cover all remaining costs, that is insane.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Skip the giant fees EA.
You made a good call skipping the outrageous FIFA half billion licensing fees or whatever they were. It's like buying stocks. Dont chase.
You made a good call skipping the outrageous FIFA half billion licensing fees or whatever they were. It's like buying stocks. Dont chase.
Buggy Loop
Member
Cyberpunkd
Member
That is true, but when facts stopped people from making clickbait articles?
Disney seems so desperate and lost right now, turning to greed to try to patch things up. Amazing how strong they were 5-7 years ago. Knwo your audience idiots.
I guess only console manufacturers can afford the Disney tax, since they don't have to pay any other licensing fees. Or that might be the future for Disney.
I guess only console manufacturers can afford the Disney tax, since they don't have to pay any other licensing fees. Or that might be the future for Disney.
Embearded
Member
And then you are taxed, in Greece it's 23% and i hope it comes after the other 3 got their money and not on the original selling price.
coffinbirth
Member
Regardless, it's not the picture you are attempting to paint.
I am too, actually...for those easy daily cheevos. It's an ABC Kids show, and Disney owns ABC.
Starbuck2907
Member
Disney have been badly managed for years, and their handling of video games in particular has been awful. Games make more money than movies, but Disney shut all their studios down and licensed out their ip. I wouldn’t be surprised at all if they raised their licensing fee because their stock is waaay down and raising the fee gives epic less competition when releasing Star Wars games.
Disney has always wanted video game profits, but they don’t want the expense or trouble of running studios. Every time, they wind up shutting down their own studios and licensing everything out.
EA did want to move away from licensed games and get more original IP, and that’s how we got Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Dead Space, Mirror’s Edge, etc, but none of their original IP’s bring in the money that loot box farms like FIFA and Madden do. At least they finally managed to drop FIFA.
Disney has always wanted video game profits, but they don’t want the expense or trouble of running studios. Every time, they wind up shutting down their own studios and licensing everything out.
EA did want to move away from licensed games and get more original IP, and that’s how we got Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Dead Space, Mirror’s Edge, etc, but none of their original IP’s bring in the money that loot box farms like FIFA and Madden do. At least they finally managed to drop FIFA.
Heart_Attack
Member
I believe it. Disney are greedy and run by fucking idiots. They should had shopped the Star Wars License to everyone.
Negotiator101
Member
Everyone will go with their own IP going forward, these fees are untenable for anyone.
xrnzaaas
Member
The licensing fee is insane, especially for an IP like Star Wars that's not as strong these days. I hope that the companies like Ubisoft bail out after their current Disney projects are done. The only way to go is to wait it out until Disney bleeds more and there's a change at the top.
Duchess
Member
Well, Disney aren't doing as good as they wanted. Their streaming service, while big, has been losing subs lately. They're now planning Toy Story 5, moving the Moana TV series into cinemas as a full blown movie instead, and probably continuing to think of new ways to rinse Star Wars and Marvel for as much money as they can.
crackajack
Member
I guess if true that would also affect SW Eclipse. I hope Quantic Dream doesn't need to bail. They have not released anything for quite awhile and I would assume it is close, at least closer than when they dropped that trailer. They are past their kinda usual schedule already but might, like all others, just need couple of more years more than with previous games. Insane and scummy to renegotiate standing deals. Increasing it for the future is fair, and if barely anything was done, it won't matter much, but studios that have worked on some SW game for years and now learn that they have to achieve massively more revenue certainly feel betrayed.
CuteFaceJay
Member
Prolly another train wreck of a game? Battlefront was an actual stain on the brand.
Angry_Megalodon
Member
"B-b-but the AAA industry is in crisis... development costs... they should increase prices..."
Greed and incompetence. That's all.
Fuck Disney, the Umbrella Corp. of the present world.
Greed and incompetence. That's all.
Fuck Disney, the Umbrella Corp. of the present world.
StereoVsn
Member
EA should pull the same thing as with FIFA here, and no need for club license fees either.
Make a space opera game about totally not Space Wizards with laser swords, battling evil empire with a plucky here / space Jesus…
Wait, that’s Mass Effect and they already f-d that up. Nevermind EA, proceed as you were.
Make a space opera game about totally not Space Wizards with laser swords, battling evil empire with a plucky here / space Jesus…
Wait, that’s Mass Effect and they already f-d that up. Nevermind EA, proceed as you were.
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StereoVsn
Member
Nah, Disney is mismanaged and terrible, but it really isn’t that. Now, MS, Meta, Google, big Pharma, etc… those are the Umbrella Corps.
Disney is Mickey Mouse in comparison!
crackajack
Member
How cheap would the Rebel Moon license be?
But considering it might have worked well at the beginning but not after reviews, no one should actually pursue this.
StereoVsn
Member
They created a great world and IP themselves in Mass Effect and killed it themselves as well.
Not sure licensing yet another IP and paying license fees is worth it especially since Rebel Moon hasn’t proven to be particularly great or popular in this case.
Hell, they had their own IP, and had the engine in DICE, which admittedly proved to be a beer to work with and caused many issues.
Dr. Wilkinson
Member
God I fcking hate EA
VolticArchangel
Member
Sony would be stupid to pay 33% for Venom next year, Spider-Man 3, Spider-Man: The Great Web, Wolverine trilogy and the X-Men trilogy.
Fucking cancel the deal after Wolverine and send these assholes a message.
Fucking cancel the deal after Wolverine and send these assholes a message.
Masterofchapter
Member
For Sony it's about consoles
VolticArchangel
Member
33% royalty on top of a flat out license fee, is just ridiculous, for Sony or even Apple.
Morrie’s wig shop
Member
Fucking greed, it’s all greed
Everything bad that happens in life to the greedy……they deserve it.
Everything bad that happens in life to the greedy……they deserve it.
ResilientBanana
Member
I'm fairly certain Disney will up the price on their fees until no one can afford them so that they can buy or create a publisher to make games on their own. By upping the price, there's a potential that contractual obligations can't be met.
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Morrie’s wig shop
Member
Hmmmm, this could be a thing. Box everyone out with the price and say “darn, guess we’ll have to build(buy) a studio to create games for all the IPs that we bought’
ResilientBanana
Member
How else would you make the MGU?
yurinka
Member
Yes
There's also taxes like VAT, currency exchange fees, the cost of making and shipping the physical versions, the cut for the retailers in the physical versions, the refunds and the ct that goes to the publisher.
But the thing is that not all these percentages are applied to the money paid by the player, but instead after costs. And some of these percentages include some of these costs.
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Krappadizzle
Member
It's funny you mention this, I was just checking this out. I'd pick it up for my daughter, but I won't pay $40 for what is essentially 4 mini-games. Daughter is gonna have to go back to ball and cup.
Majima Everywhere System
Member
It’s obvious based on the fee they are switching to Titanfall 3, keeping all the mon-eeeey