Skylanders series mints $500 million

This one is fun. The first one as a bit buggy, hope this one is cleaner.

Maybe Pokemon will do the same

Never heard of it before.

Hate on Activision all you want, they know how to make money.

I have never even heard of Skylanders until this article. I always thought that as an adult, if another "pokemon" came along, I would see it coming. This makes me feel old...

Glad it did well.  If they made a game for adults based on the same model I'd buy it.

you have to admit that from a marketing standpoint the whole idea is pretty much genius

what the hell is a skylander?

dont mind paying for the skylanders. I can understand that it is a bit of a cash grab but my son and I have a ball playing it together which makes it worth every cent.   

The concept is really nice, however have you gone down to toys r us lately and checked out the price? for 1 toy it was $19.95 AUD. the thing is tiny and doesn't even have karate chop action!!

I love the idea of Skylanders. This is a new wave of the future. Can't wait until they make a DC universe version.

Yeah, and they reached these figures through exorbitant pricing for what would otherwise be an interesting concept, AND THEY DIDN'T EVEN DEMAND A CUT OF BATTERY SALES needed just to play because of the portal!

It's actually a really fun game to play. Collecting them is just optional and can easily beat the game with just the starter pack given to you.

I actually play this with my family and we all have fun with it.

wtf, I'm stunned

Toys for Bob. We want more Star Control!

This franchise has nothing to do with Spyro and it's just a pure abuse of the franchises name.

I look at these things, and mentally deride others at how silly and financially wasteful they are to spend money on a fad that will inevitably find its way onto the shelves of a Goodwill or a Salvation Army toy bin within a couple years.

Then I notice that I was doing just that in the 90s and early 00s, during the Pokemon craze. Those freaking boost packs were money pits, all for a couple of pieces of printed paperboard.

Stupid, stupid me.

Activision could use that money to donate to the hurricane victims.  look what Blizzard did..

Is it just me, or do I see massive esports potential with the Skylanders series?

whenever i see this game i just get angry at how much of a dump this is taking on my childhood game

Can we just have great Spyro games like the original Playstation games? This is just way too expensive.

At one point I thought this game was a pretty cool concept.  Then I realized they are selling you a crippled game that you have to pay way extra to open up functionality you thought was part of the game.

Activision's new cash cow

I wonder what would happen if the Skylander model was utilized by the rest of the games. Including pokemon...

How many of you who hate on this game actually played it?  Just wondering.

So if anyone ever asked me what's worse than CoD and it's yearly releases, this one might top my list.  I mean not only are they charging I believe $80 for the game and portal they are also charging $7 for what is basically DLC $20 for a pack of 3.  and DLC isn't released every so often it is released on a relatively constant basis.  However in order to bait parents into buying the DLC they disguise it as these  little action figures.  

I like spyro but this idea has always bothered me.

I'm so glad my son grew out of this.  He seem to enjoy the first one, but has turned an eye from 'Giants'.  And my wallet couldn't be happier. 

I like how they forget to mention the fact that you must buy the toys in order to unlock stuff in the game.

And i ask myself who said that You can't make money out of crap? 

man i hate do admit it but this is one of the best games i've played for this gen! sure it doesen't beat dishonored, halo and uncharted but it's so damn adicting, fun and awesome that i began to collect these figures... got them 12 by now, 3 of them are giants

Well it's good to see some other IP's make money other than the usual.

I'm rather pleased Spyro is doing so well.

Jesus Christ! Spyro is back and making more money then ever. He definitely bet Crash and Banjo.

Phase 3 is profit!

I'm 32, and I enjoy Skylanders Giants. Unlike the first game, this has a hard mode... which in some cases... is really hard. Beat the game and you unlock nightmare. The characters all play very differently, and have some really unique abilities. The voice acting is great... with some really big names such as Patrick Warburton, George Takei, Sumalee Montano, Richard Steven Horvitz, and even Bobcat Goldthwait. Tons of fun off main quest distractions, as well. It's too bad that the advertizing of this game really just emphasizes the "look, it's a toy, now it's in the game" feature... and nothing more. No one really know what this game even is... unless they're 10. Well, I guess they can't complain. they've made bank off of this thing.

I feel like the company appreciates the buyer, good prices and the allowance of using your older skylanders with the new games shows promise

what is it