Disney Infinity Has Been Delayed: Wallets Around The World Breathe a Sigh of Relief

<p>Disney Interactive boss&comma; John Pleasants has confirmed that <em>Disney Infinity<&sol;em> will not be launching in June&comma; as previously planned by the company&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Originally reported by the New York Times&comma; <em>Disney Infinity<&sol;em> is Disney&&num;8217&semi;s take on the popular <em>Skylanders<&sol;em> franchise which sees gamers collect figures which do a lot more than simply &&num;8216&semi;look nice&&num;8217&semi; as when placed on other accessories allow you to play as which ever figure you have chosen&period; The figures themselves&comma; at least in <em>Disney Infinity<&sol;em>&comma; are also keys to extra story arcs which can be played through in game meaning each set of toys which you purchase is much more than just a simple DLC character unlock code&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The delay has been made at the request of retailers who apparently want it released closer to Christmas although moving the release date from June to August &lpar;20th Internationally&comma; 18th in the US&rpar; doesn&&num;8217&semi;t make that much of a difference in your writers opinion&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Pleasants also stressed that this wasn&&num;8217&semi;t just a grab for more profits saying&semi; <em><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 13px&semi; line-height&colon; 19px&semi;">&&num;8220&semi;Will a two-month timing change help us&quest; Sure&comma; of course&period; It gives us a little more time to add bells and whistles and make sure it really sings and pops&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Are you interested in Disney Infinity&quest; Let us know in the comments below&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;mediadecoder&period;blogs&period;nytimes&period;com&sol;2013&sol;03&sol;13&sol;disney-delays-release-of-video-game-and-toy-initiative&sol;">New York Times<&sol;a> via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;eurogamer&period;net&sol;articles&sol;2013-03-14-disney-infinity-delayed-to-late-august">Eurogamer<&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"zemanta-pixie" style&equals;"margin-top&colon; 10px&semi; height&colon; 15px&semi;"><img class&equals;"zemanta-pixie-img" style&equals;"border&colon; none&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" alt&equals;"" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;img&period;zemanta&period;com&sol;pixy&period;gif&quest;x-id&equals;28afb5ec-3d7d-4150-9bb7-a7585cbc3c8f" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;