Warren Spector er en af vor branches mest ikoniske designere, og han har blandt andet stået bag Deus Ex. Han arbejdede dog for en stund for Disney Interactive sammen med hans studie, Junction Point, hvor de skabte Epic Mickey. På det tidspunkt var Disney interesserede i at skabe og udgive deres egne spil, men disse planer blev naturligvis skrottet.
I dag udlejer de rettighederne til deres serier til andre udgivere, som de eksempelvis har gjort med Star Wars og EA, men ifølge Spector så burde Disney have siddet tungt på spilbranchen takket være kvaliteten af deres serier, de IP'er de ejer.
Vi snakkede med Spector ved Nordic Game, og her begræder han at Disney ikke investerede i spil som de kunne have gjort - dog ville han sige ja med det samme hvis de ringede.
"I think Disney actually did pretty well when I was there, not because I was there, but we were doing really well. The guys at Avalanche with Disney Infinity and my studio Junction Point with the Epic Mickey games and several others. I think as developers we were doing a pretty good job. I think Bob Iger the CEO is talking more about the publishing side of things, where Disney was never able to make the kind of splash that it wanted to. The whole Disney Interactive experience was great for me, but it was frustrating, because with all the properties, I mean Star Wars, Pixar, Mickey Mouse and friends and Marvel - we should have owned video games, and we didn't"
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