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[BostonEd]

That $1B investment wasn't directly in Sora, was it? Wasn't it in OpenAI, because of Sora? Or am I mixing up how their investment worked?

I work in IT and it was a BA in History.

You're better at "IT" now because you studied history. Same with all liberal arts majors. They weren't trained for a specific job; they were trained how to think.

 

[RivShore]

Then there’s this rumor from the gaming community that Disney may just be biding its time for a possible acquisition of all of Epic Games:

https://www.ign.com/articles/disney...loper-epic-games-but-waiting-for-right-moment

With Disney's track record in IT/software, lets hope not. Not to mention that Epic still doesn't have a release date for the Disney Mode:
"Despite two years of development work, however, there's still no suggestion of when it will finally arrive."

Unless they were able to buy it for next to nothing, why would you want to enter an industry that will soon be completely disrupted by AI. And not to mention that in general, it is an industry littered with the carcasses of the "next big thing" companies (and this was before AI). Disney has to have better things to do with all the cash we give it. Can anyone make sense of such a purchase?

 

[HokieRaven5]

With Disney's track record in IT/software, lets hope not. Not to mention that Epic still doesn't have a release date for the Disney Mode:
"Despite two years of development work, however, there's still no suggestion of when it will finally arrive."

That’s not entirely uncommon in the gaming community. Had a running joke that I had an Active Pre-Order for a game that was announced in 2017, it finally released just last fall.

 

[RivShore]

That’s not entirely uncommon in the gaming community. Had a running joke that I had an Active Pre-Order for a game that was announced in 2017, it finally released just last fall.

Wow, that is is crazy! And that brings up the question, why the heck would Disney want to get involved in an industry where that is not unusual?

 

[HokieRaven5]

Wow, that is is crazy! And that brings up the question, why the heck would Disney want to get involved in an industry where that is not unusual?

I mean some movies live in development purgatory, attractions have lived in construction purgatory going as far back as Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion opening 6 years after Disney announced it would open. Delays can be a part of any entertainment offering

Disney has always dabbled in gaming, just another outlet for brand exposure. They could easily just license but can just as soon take ownership of a developer if they think it’s worth it

 

[fatmanatee]

Wow, that is is crazy! And that brings up the question, why the heck would Disney want to get involved in an industry where that is not unusual?

There's still a lot of money that could be made here. And I'm taking a guess that @HokieRaven5 is referring to Metroid Prime 4, went through a LOT of issues in development.

All that said I thought they had the right idea with the licensing strategy, had quite a few successes in the last several years without the exposure of actually managing a studio.

 

[clarker99]

That’s not entirely uncommon in the gaming community. Had a running joke that I had an Active Pre-Order for a game that was announced in 2017, it finally released just last fall.

Grand Theft Auto VI has been in development since 2013... Lol.

 

[clarker99]

Steve Jobs has a great interview from his Pixar days on why movie production takes long, can be expensive and still have a terrible story and how disney/pixar solve for this.

Steve was a hell of story teller.