Disney Dropped Iron Man and Star Wars Games for Disney Infinity

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2013&sol;08&sol;05171234&sol;CAPH376-ap-Games-Disney-Infinity&lowbar;Fakk-676x4501&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-52045 aligncenter" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2013&sol;08&sol;05171234&sol;CAPH376-ap-Games-Disney-Infinity&lowbar;Fakk-676x4501&period;jpg" alt&equals;"CAPH376-ap-Games-Disney-Infinity&lowbar;Fakk-676x450&lbrack;1&rsqb;" width&equals;"676" height&equals;"450" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We reported back on <a title&equals;"Disney loses 58 million thanks to its game division" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;disney-loses-58-million-thanks-to-its-game-division&sol;">8&sol;9&sol;13 <&sol;a>that Disney reported a loss of &dollar;58 million due&comma; in part&comma; to its exclusively focusing on its new Skylander type game&&num;8211&semi;<em>Disney Infinity<&sol;em>&period;  Not only did they pass up possible games in two big franchises such as Iron Man and the newly acquired Star Wars franchise but they shelled out a whopping &dollar;100 million to produce it&period;  Disney is hoping the Skylanders magic will rub off on Infinity since the Skylanders franchise has had more than &dollar;1&period;5 million in sales since it launched back in 2011&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Disney&&num;8217&semi;s CEO Robert Iger spoke with the Wall Street Journal and is very enthusiastic about the direction they are going&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;If Infinity does well&comma; it bodes very well for the bottom line of this unit&period;  If it doesn&&num;8217&semi;t well&comma; the opposite will be the case&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Iger&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; a former employee called Infinity somewhat of a &&num;8220&semi;Hail Mary with a tremendous amount of pressure to be hit&&num;8221&semi;&period;  <em>Disney Infinity<&sol;em> launches on 8&sol;18&sol;13&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrace;Source&colon;<strong><a title&equals;"Disney passed on iron man&comma; star wars games to focus on disney infinity" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;joystiq&period;com&sol;2013&sol;08&sol;16&sol;disney-passed-on-iron-man-star-wars-games-to-focus-on-disney-in&sol;"> Joystiq<&sol;a><&sol;strong>&rcub;<&sol;p>&NewLine;