Posted Sat Jul 30, 2016 at 07:17 AM PDT by Justin Clark
Good luck.
Disney announced out of the blue a few weeks back that 'Disney Infinity', their attempt at a 'Skylanders'-type game/action figure cash cow, was going the way of the dodo, and today there's a schedule on how the game would be fading to black. Take a deep breath, take your time, we're gonna try and clean this up best as we can.
For console players, it's at least relatively straightforward: Everything will continue to function as normal on consoles until March 3rd, 2017. At that point, all online functionality for the game goes away forever on all platforms. The only exception to that is the Toy Box feature, where the ability to submit new content goes away for all platforms on September 30th of this year. Even then, on consoles, you can still download any content already approved and online until March 3rd. Pretty simple.
It's on every other platform the game came out for--that'd be PC, iOS, Google Play, Amazon, and Apple TV--that things get dicey as hell. So, as of right this second, in-game purchases are officially disabled for all those platforms, with the exception of the Windows Store ports, and the Steam version of 'Disney Infinity 3.0'. On September 30th, the game will be pulled from Disney's website, Google Play, iOS, and the Amazon App Store, and the game won't even be playable on these platforms anymore. The Steam versions of 'Infinity 2.0' and '3.0' stay up and running, sans ANY online capabilities, including the ability to download Toy Box content. The Apple TV and Windows Store versions will remain playable--minus the ability to upload new Toy Box content--however, the Apple TV version will no longer be available to buy from the App Store on that day, and on January 3rd, the Windows Store versions lose the ability to make in-game purchases. Then on March 3rd, the Apple TV and Windows Store ports are no longer playable altogether, leaving only the consoles and Steam still playable, albeit offline.
Quite the mess, eh? Well, because we love you, and Lord knows the poor folks who dropped $100+ on this thing deserve all the clarity they can get, here's the rundown another way:
Consoles (PS4, PS3, PS Vita, Xbox One, Xbox 360, WiiU, 3DS)
September 30th--Community sharing support ends; Toy Box content can be downloaded, but not uploaded
March 3rd, 2017--All online functionality shuts down. Game can still be played offline.
Steam
July 29th--In-game purchasing is disabled, except in '3.0'
September 30th--All online functionality shuts down. Game can still be played offline.
Windows Store
September 30th--Community sharing support ends; Toy Box content can be downloaded, but not uploaded
January 3rd, 2017--In-game purchasing is disabled.
March 3rd, 2017--Game will no longer be available for download, will cease to be playable.
Apple TV
July 29th--In-game purchasing is disabled.
September 30th--Community sharing support ends; Toy Box content can be downloaded, but not uploaded. Game will be pulled from App Store.
March 3rd, 2017--Game will cease to be playable.
Mobile (iOS, Google Play, Amazon App Store) and Disney.com Download
July 29th--In-game purchasing is disabled.
September 30th--Game will no longer be available for download, will cease to be playable.
And so, this is the way 'Disney Infinity' ends. Not with a bang, but with one of those 'Home Improvement' confused grunt noises.
Source: Disney
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