Disney's Fear?

[Eliza Creststeel]

Please remember about the Kraken and Jones... this game was supposed to come out to promote Pirates 2 and 3... It was LATE and even then they weren't done.

For some reason, they still kept promising the Kraken, I guess to keep players coming back. But, after At World's End - they killed Kraken off. Our characters are stuck in a timeline between the 2nd and 3rd movies. Now, here comes POTC4. So, now what?

This would be like playing in the Star Wars Universe after Episode IV and before Hoth. We KNOW where the story is going, but our characters are stuck. Trust me, after 3 years - nothing they can do with the Kraken that will make it equal what you've been imaging.

I would say if they are imagineering Chapter 2, it needs to get us beyond the old timeline restraint, so throw out a lot of preconceived ideas mates. Supposedly Disney's Online division has a new boss - I'm hoping this is a GOOD thing.

[ex8404]

Originally Posted by Eliza Creststeel

Supposedly Disney's Online division has a new boss - I'm hoping this is a GOOD thing.

Disney Interactive now has 2 bosses. Disney named James Pitaro and John Pleasants as Co-Presidents of the Disney Interactive Media Group (DIMG). They are replacing Steve Wadsworth who stepped down in September. This follows a move by Disney to acquire nearly a billion dollars in assets designed to strengthen their position in on-line content, gaming and social networking.

Pitaro come from Yahoo where he was the head of several of the website’s most popular sections, Finance, News and Sports. Pleasants was the CEO of social game developer Playdom and will continue in that role now that Disney has recently purchased Playdom for just over $700 million.

Pitaro and Pleasants are taking over DIMG at a troubled time. The LA Times claims that DIMG has been a “financial burden” to Disney and that “Wall Street has grown impatient.” The article goes on to cite that both Pixie Hollow and Pirates Online are less successful than anticipated. Club Penguin is, in essence, carrying much of Disney Interactive on its shoulders.

The most interesting point in the news release is the lack of reference to Pirates Online:

Originally Posted by LA Times

BURBANK, Calif., October 3, 2010 -- John Pleasants and James Pitaro have been named Co-Presidents, Disney Interactive Media Group (DIMG), it was announced today by Disney President and CEO Robert A. Iger….

Pleasants, who will be based in the Bay Area, will oversee Disney’s overall games strategy and its global network of game development studios, including recently acquired mobile publisher Tapulous. The games group will include such popular online virtual worlds as Club Penguin and World of Cars as well as console and mobile titles.

The omission of Pirates Online from Disney’s official press release might be just that. An omission. Time will tell.

I really believe that the only thing Disney is afraid of is losing money.

[Midhav]

Originally Posted by ex8404

Disney Interactive now has 2 bosses. Disney named James Pitaro and John Pleasants as Co-Presidents of the Disney Interactive Media Group (DIMG). They are replacing Steve Wadsworth who stepped down in September. This follows a move by Disney to acquire nearly a billion dollars in assets designed to strengthen their position in on-line content, gaming and social networking.

Pitaro come from Yahoo where he was the head of several of the website’s most popular sections, Finance, News and Sports. Pleasants was the CEO of social game developer Playdom and will continue in that role now that Disney has recently purchased Playdom for just over $700 million.

Pitaro and Pleasants are taking over DIMG at a troubled time. The LA Times claims that DIMG has been a “financial burden” to Disney and that “Wall Street has grown impatient.” The article goes on to cite that both Pixie Hollow and Pirates Online are less successful than anticipated. Club Penguin is, in essence, carrying much of Disney Interactive on its shoulders.

The most interesting point in the news release is the lack of reference to Pirates Online:


The omission of Pirates Online from Disney’s official press release might be just that. An omission. Time will tell.

I really believe that the only thing Disney is afraid of is losing money.

Is there a way of contacting these two new bosses (you know? to inform them of the plight of PotCo since it released?)?

Now, if PotCo is "less successful than anticipated", I should be worrying right now of the fate of this game

But based on what you referenced to, PotCo was of course omitted. But think about in this way. Even POtCo's "highly successful, fast progressing" game Toontown was not mentioned over. They probably stated CP and WoC's driving of the game as an example.

But either way, I believe that Disney will pump in more money for developers by the time the 4th film would have released, to make the game serve as a better marketing tool for the series. Well I'm not counting on it... but it seems to be going that way, since the famed 2nd chapter hasn't come out yet (making it seem as though they want a 2011 release).