Turez
16.05.2016, 14:21

Minifigures Online wird eingestellt

Hallo,

ein entsprechender Hinweis findet sich im Jahresbericht der Vertriebsfirma Funcom.

LEGO® Minifigures Online is an online game for kids of all ages based on the hugely popular Minifigures brand of collectible toys. Here you get to assemble your very own team of great Minifigures and bring them out on adventures through colorful and fantastical worlds. Funcom released LEGO® Minifigures Online on all planned platforms in 2015.The game features full cross-platform play, allowing anyone to play together in the same world regardless of which device they are playing on.

Even though the game certainly is enjoyable to just about everyone, it is particularly suited for kids. Funcom and the LEGO Group have worked closely together to make sure the play experience in the game is both fun and safe, and multiple functionalities was added to the game to make sure it is a secure and positive environment for everyone. This includes, among many other features, filtered and real-time moderated chat. The game is also fully COPPA compliant and KidsSafe certified. The collectible Minifigures are immensely popular throughout the world, and it is these iconic characters that everyone get to play with in LEGO® Minifigures Online. Here players can collect and play with the Yeti, the Bumblebee Girl, the Alien Avenger or even the Chicken Suit Guy and many, many more. Every Minifigure has their own unique abilities and special attacks that makes collecting them and playing with them an exciting discovery each time.

Each year, millions of bags containing physical Minifigures are sold throughout the world. Funcom and the LEGO Group have teamed up to make sure the game features seamless integration with the physical toys: in each of the Minifigures bags bought in stores everywhere, is a unique code that unlocks that very same figure as well as other exciting rewards inside the game. In 2015 series 14 and series 15 were included in the game.

Funcom communicated in the Q3 2014 report that the initial numbers coming in from the first weeks of live data indicated that it would take longer than planned to achieve the internal targets for player and revenue in 2014 and 2015. The Company has during 2015 been unable to improve these numbers. As a result of this the revenues generated by LEGO® Minifigures Online did not meet the internal forecasts. The Company has therefore fully written off the underlying assets of the game. As of the time of this annual report, the Company does not find it likely that any of the game metrics will improve, and has adjusted its investment in the game accordingly. The license agreement with LEGO for the LEGO® Minifigures Online game ends October 2016.

(aus http://brickset.com/artic...he-lego-mmog-scrapheap )

Aus meiner Sicht völlig erwartbar. War das nicht sogar fast dasselbe wie Universe? Ich hab's jedenfalls nie gespielt und wusste auch gar nicht, dass es überhaupt noch läuft.

Gruß
Jonas



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