In an investor-focused article on the Walt Disney Company website, the entertainment giant revealed an achievement that caught me off-guard: Kingdom Hearts, the mesmerizingly strange Final Fantasy x Disney crossover series, numbers among the company's "billion-dollar franchises."
The article, "How Games Are Helping Shape Disney's Next Chapter," looks to be a combination victory lap/game plan meant to be read by the market-minded individual. It's shareholder chic, touting the company's numerous sales-related achievements in the gaming space, such as its increasingly close relationship with Epic Games and the Fortnite Creative platform, or Marvel Rivals' success among Gen Z. Also, the Kingdom Hearts thing.
Disney executive vice president of games and digital entertainment Sean Shoptaw explained that the company boasts "nine games that have grossed over $1 billion at retail." Among that nine: Mobile game Marvel Strike Force, and Kingdom Hearts.
I truly do not know what to say about this development or its wider implications for Spaceship Earth. The Kingdom Hearts phenomenon passed me by, even t...
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