Ubisoft Employees Get More Bad News...

[@blatherskype25]

The Killmonger haircut on all black characters 😂.

[@jcf2103]

@@blatherskype25 uniforms really set up memorable villains.

[@Counterbalance_]

I'm a big PoP fan (I mostly mean the original trilogy, but some other games are good as well). As soon as I saw that 'prince' of anything but Persia, I decided that I wanted nothing to do with it. This is the first PoP game that I skipped. I don't care if the game is good or not. I'm just done with this and Ubi won't get a penny from me ever again.

[@Gdsryrox]

That is who these white people think all black dress. They either have KillMongs, braids, buzz cuts, dreadlock or afros literally nothing else

[@Perezeta-zu7tf]

Hey man, it's popular among the black folks don't hate😂

[@RagingGoldenEagle]

This industry did it to itself, nothing of value will be lost.

[@somiariopusunju174]

You live by DEI, you die by DEI.

[@USMC49er]

You can't spell DEI without die

[@acemax1124]

*DEI 🤔 DIDN'T EARN IT*

[@plumaDshinigami]

Let me guess... only the ones who truly worked on it were fired, and the execs who made all the bad decisions got a golden parachute.

[@linusgustafsson2629]

Execs probably got other teams to suggest DEI improvements on.

[@lonesoul663]

Same old capitalism 😑

[@plumaDshinigami]

@@lonesoul663 corporatism, actually

[@jamessilva1259]

The weirdos who are solely responsible for sinking the company.

[@HickoryChip0]

The activists are the ones whispering in these execs ears

[@365ral]

Make stupid games, win stupid prizes.

[@Miparwo]

It fell under my radar, and I failed to downvote it early. Fixed.

[@0x8badbeef]

They know what we want. They know what we don't want. But they make what they want. This is not hard to figure out.

[@Raul_27]

I blame the modern audience haircut.

[@RiptoGakt]

It *never* made any sense fashion-wise.

[@trschaos]

I blame the cat

[@LimC.A]

"Modern Audience" likes the KillMonger/FearMonger/Dreads on all blacks cuz they only identify blacks only with that one haircut how diverse lol...and how boring.

[@RiccBallard]

LOL

[@The_Last_Data_Hound]

POC Factory Settings haircut.

[@Counterbalance_]

Prince Of Persia with the main character that doesn't even resemble a Persian, AC taking place in Japan with the main character that doesn't even resemble a Japanese man. No, thank you. We all know why they did it. As a fan of both PoP and AC, I won't buy either of those games.

[@Parlimant_Strifey]

you missed the black pirates in an classic pirate era game (since they only ever existed in the new 20-21st century as pirates, whilst being mediocre at that). Or the mary sue Star Wars, where tiny weak women throws arms against big tall men somehow, insanity.

[@AndyDillbeck]

Black African in ancient Persia? I wonder what would bring him there... I'm totally sure it was his choice.

[@DontKnowDontCare6.9]

Thats not Prince of Persia. Thats Prince of Jamaica.

[@Waltzforzizi02]

Prince of Persia without the prince

[@linusgustafsson2629]

I'm sure some love the games. But to me Prince of Persia was just walking into death traps and dying.

[@Counterbalance_]

And without a Persian character, too, because *that* looks anything but. As a PoP fan, I didn't buy it.

[@carlsiouxfalls]

We need a "Daily Dose of Dismal Disney" for Ubisoft. All I can come up with is Unfortunate Ubisoft Update

[@superomegaprimemk2]

I guess they made a deal with a certain sea witch and now they cannot pay the price, 🎶poor unfortunate souls!!😁😁🎶

[@samphadhavihara4035]

Unsightly rather than unfortunate. Latter would imply a level of empathy towards them, don't think that would be accurate considering how many feels towards them. 🤷‍♂️

[@vergillives9890]

That requires its survival

[@Arizona-ex5yt]

Why isn’t the Prince of Persia portrayed as ethnically Persian?

[@nojuanatall3281]

I don't care what they teach you in school, Persians are black. -brain damaged woman

[@Sparticulous]

Because iran bad

[@r.l.royalljr.3905]

Because "Prince of Nubia" didn't already have a pre-built audience waiting to buy it.

[@ShinHakumen]

Because it has to be more diverse. We'll have Black Chinese, Black Koreans, Black South East Asians, Black Indians and so on in the future. We already have Black Japanese, so it's a logical progression.

[@Sparticulous]

@@Arizona-ex5yt because Eran ba.d

[@jerromynolting1139]

If you love something you have to let it go. If it was meant to be it will comeback to you better. so let the game industry die off, it will fall an suffer but if it comes back it will be 100 times better. Your relationship will be stronger as well. Its best for everyone to let it suffer by its own stupidity.

[@alextang1030]

@@jerromynolting1139 just like the whale fall in the ocean.

[@blockmasterscott]

‘That’s a really good point.’

[@godzillafan4033]

This is the result of pushing out all the talent and replacing them with people that have nothing but weird hair and an ax to grind.

[@icewolf1974]

As a Persian, this game is highly offensive to us Persians for having a black protagonist instead of a Persian that gamers play as. Shame on Ubisoft. So glad they are going down the crapper. I hate this company out of all the western gaming companies out there.

[@EatWave]

Ubisoft's reasoning (if it can so be called is: "Indigenous population bad! Immigrant good!" They are colonizers to the core and do not realize it.

[@blockmasterscott]

I haven’t paid attention to Prince of Persia. Ubisoft also put in a black guy instead of someone that is indigenous?

[@Kiobao]

Honestly, it's one of the main reasons I didn't get it. Especially since they are using the modern social media hairstyle that hardly anyone actually has. Felt like it was trying too hard to cater towards a certain modern audience with the protag. The other reason is it was about $10-20 too expensive for a metroidvania game.

[@salmonaco]

The wrong people were handed opportunities. These people not only didn't pay their dues, had little to no actual experience but also had the mindset that any half baked idea they came up with was the greatest thing since slice bread and any criticism or thoughts that could make the product better was seen as "black hatting" and your concerns based on expericne was quickly dismissed.

[@MissRora]

@@EatWave I think it's more that they don't understand the differences between Persians, Arabs and Africans; they're all just "dark-skinned people" to them. Pretty ironic from the people who constantly shriek about racism and lack of cultural sensitivity.

[@wluTom]

YEAH Neon's back! Welcome back and hope you begin feeling way better soon!

[@mr.whisper3338]

Are people seriously still hiring SBI?

[@sword4005]

i think work is drying up but they most likely got games they corrupted still in the pipeline, after all dustborn was started in 2016 and only came out

[@MisterGreis]

There are plenty of such consultation companies to choose from. Heck, Japanese companies make their own "ethics" departments.

[@jcf2103]

It will take a year or two for the last of their games to cycle out with the SBI label. Probably another 5 years before the last of these 'consultants' stop popping up.

[@andrewtaylor940]

Apparently not. They are quietly firing them.

[@rayhoyer4829]

​@@sword4005yep.

[@dwood78part23]

A major correction is going on. & it's much needed in the entertainment biz. We need more indie entertainment that's not coming from these major companies. PS, your voice is improving. Just glad you're feeling better.

[@LunaticKD1991]

Shocking. 😱 It's almost like if you make a product for a set of customers that either don't exist or are a small minority of people you're not going to rake in the money.

[@LoganHunter82]

I'm surprised they didn't make it "Princess of Persia"

[@Veteran_Nerd]

More meritocracy and less DEI = more money. Is this really so difficult?

[@Parlimant_Strifey]

ask the bankers. Oh, you can't...since they stay isolated in that city of London.

[@josesmith1329]

Sweet Baby Inc has ruined gaming industry

[@DerUnglaublicheFrank]

No, gaymers that have bought Ubislop and other AAA titles full of not only woke but also lootboxes, microtransactions and so on are at fault.

[@viewtifuljoe66]

sweet baby inc has admitted that was goal all along to destroy the gaming industry!!!!!

[@veggsbacon1891]

Them and along with the rest of the similar "consultants" are the sin of entertainment.

[@LandStrider23]

Eh i blame they/them that's hiring them

[@jismeraiverhoeven]

Nah the triple A industry was already really bad. Just think of ubisoft "gamers need to get used to not owning games". Sbi was simply the straw that broke the camels back

[@DEREKAILES2010]

My Wal-mart had clearanced a lot of the PS5 games including the Prince of Persia for $5 each.

[@JChaosMaster]

Lucky, I miss the old 10 doller game bins. Mine stopped doing that.

[@koringoto3196]

In the end of the day, all that matters is sales. 💲💲💲

[@magnemoe1]

Captain obvious to the bridge, you are promote to admiral of the navies.

[@andrew8168]

Before 2016 you would be correct. Now, not correct - pension, printed money, and tax revenue never runs out.

[@JumpingJack6]

DEI is their strength. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@LuigiTheMetal64]

Attractive sex dimorphic characters, immersive worlds, effective sounds, lively visuals, content being full, and fun gameplay are how you should make video games for video game players. Merit should be the matter.

[@Undomaranel]

Not even attractive, just put together. I don't need to get off on characters to like a game, and neither should anyone else. If sexual attraction is a qualifier on if you enjoy a story/ challenge or not, that speaks to your character over knowing what quality is... and shows you don't appreciate classics like Hollow Knight, classic pixels like the original Zelda, or The Impossible Quiz with inhuman, unsexy images. Seriously, sex is part of life but it shouldn't be everything, and making it a pivotal marketing strategy is demeaning to the game and customers alike, let alone those making the games.

[@BishtrainerTai16]

Damn right. I want to fuck the prince of Persia. Not some Killmonger reject. MBJ was still hot in Black Panther. His low effort clones are not.

[@BishtrainerTai16]

Damn right. The actual prince of Persia was hot. This lazy Killmonger clone is not. No offense to MBJ, he was hot in Black Panther.

[@aeternusdoleo4531]

@@BishtrainerTai16 Dunno, the 16 bit DOS version I played was a bit pixel-y...

[@magnemoe1]

​@@aeternusdoleo4531 Who was kind of expected at the time. CGA or TV.

[@LuigiTheMetal64]

Khu reported that Z-A will be similar to SV. That made users mad because they know Pokémon fans are mad because scrapping the iconic art style, character designs, and fun features turns the series into what it is not. Lumiose Post is right when he said the SV characters look like dolls. True Green 7 showed pretty good sex dimorphic Pokémon ideas. Overworld effects from any depended Pokémon's Ability add value and strategy that the monsters can actually help you as their training. Stores may stop selling bad video games like those. DEI hires are always bad for any company that potential customers and the alike will boycott for better companies.

[@forsociopoliticalstuff2629]

The question is this though: if you can do it all yourself, why bother getting “picked up” and losing control/rights after already finding success on your own? Being taken to a bigger audience isn’t worth a damn if your creation that you’ve already built a following on your own no longer has almost the complete control (and profits) and instead goes in large part to the companies that didn’t help you get there in the first place and will have the option to meddle with it, wreck the marketing, etc if they so choose. I’m a firm believer in a “you’re there from the start/when it finds its footing, or you shouldn’t be involved at all” and “if you build something, subsequently sell off, and then get f*cked over, then you only have yourself to blame” mindsets.

[@Theranthrope]

Because not every one can do every thing. While I am a staunch opponent of the cult of the MBA (a typical MBA's actual primary skill is _networking_ and they are terrible at actually managing business) a talented founder/creator who is capable of successfully running a small business/studio usually does not have the knowledge-base or connections to transfer those skills into running a medium or large corporation. Most times it's better to hand off the mess to someone else and just take the paycheck rather than to run it into the ground.

[@CommanderBohn]

There were a lot of issues with Lost Crown. The character and his design are one of them. The other stuff was typical corporate blunders (which also affected the character). Meanwhile the team making The Rogue Prince of Persia is not only fine, they released a new update yesterday for the game. Also TRPoP doesn't require UbiSoft Connect. And same it is with HoMM: The Olden Era that also won't require UbiSoft Connect. Well justified since both games are being done by outside studios. Olden Era is being done by the guys who did Iratus.

[@AndyDillbeck]

I hadn't heard of either of those. TRPoP looks pretty cool. Reminds me a lot of the old PoP games before they went 3D. I couldn't find and info on HoMM though...

[@CommanderBohn]

@@AndyDillbeck It's actually pretty dope. Even takes some ques from older titles when it comes to atmosphere. The character design...I'm mixed on it, but it doesn't affect gameplay. Heroes The Olden Era on the other hand is shaping to be even more of a Heroes III successor than Heroes V, yet at the same time it's taking cues from V's expansions (the alternative upgrades and such). There is even more this game has in stock, so better observe any news on it. And I can sleep well knowing that the Iratus guys are also big fans of the series. So I trust them to deliver good gameplay.

[@matane2465]

When Sands of Time came out, it was new and different. No one had really played anything like it before. The Lost Crown, on the other hand, is a metroidvania, which we have a glut of. There is no shortage of metroidvania games being released.

[@mr.melancholy4973]

At this point everyone should flee Ubislop because this ship is going down.

[@Raximus3000]

And then make a spiritual successor to prince of persia called "persian nights," lol.

[@magnemoe1]

@@Raximus3000 Now it might be an plan but not by ubiisoft or the other cooperate idiots. Its not that you can copyright that title or something close to it :)

[@Raximus3000]

@@magnemoe1 Real developers of course and as for the title they can make smth that is close enough and be okay to use, it is how one uses a thesaurus and imagination.

[@Vulpine407]

1) Don't hire activists. 2) Don't hire "consultants." 3) Don't virtue signal. 4) Profit. Yeah, I get that most of these horrible games coming out have been in production for 3 to 5 years (unless you're a total disaster like Concord, which reportedly took eight) but there is no arguing with facts. No amount of lies, gaslighting or personal attacks will change the cold, hard facts. If you let activism infest your studio, you are doomed. You will not make a profit. The "modern audience" does NOT buy games. The average gamer will not be bullied into buying crap. Either rid your studio of activists, or prepare to lose everything. Remember, the narcissists that bully out the actual talent in companies DO NOT CARE about their fellow employees in any way, shape or form. All they care about is having a platform to push their agendas and force out everyone who disagrees with them. This will not make your company any money. The activists will happily ride your company down in flames, all the while attacking everyone else and blaming them for their own evil. And while these studios are on the express elevator to bankruptcy, grifters and charlatans in the form of "consultants" will gleefully fleece these studios of millions of dollars while using the cover of progressiveness and virtue signalling to fend off actual critics.

[@aeternusdoleo4531]

Those game studios closing are joining the Modern Audience. It's funny how studios that are on good terms with their playerbase (Wube, Coffeestain to name some examples) seem to be doing just fine. It's the studios that cater to either investors/managers or to 'focus groups'/'consultants' and dunk on their playerbase, that end up not having one. Playerbase or studio? Yes. This is just the market adjusting.

[@texanjoecoffeehouse8141]

They need to be honest - those employees are being moved to other projects to ruin those games too

[@iratepirate3896]

Bad for whom?

[@kevo300]

You

[@jholloway58]

For them and us….Is this a real question?

[@andrewtaylor940]

Sorry they lost their jobs. Hopefully they land someplace that lets skilled developers, actual devs, not “Sensitivity Readers” make good games.

[@DongleVerse]

@@jholloway58Nothing of value is lost

[@tenchraven]

As much as we love Geeky, particualrly in a fine rage, she needs her sidekick. Whom we all imagine had his hand hovering over the "geeky button".

[@sgtmajor5700]

Ubisoft board needs to get out of their echo chamber. Cutting costs is not the same as making successful games.

[@kevinsanders4835]

It has been a lackluster generation for gaming. Nintendo is definitely the winner out of the big 3. I for one can only think of about 30 games that has been good for the PS5 and it has been out for years. It has been absolutely pathetic. Too much trash, mediocrity, and agenda driven products make up the bulk of this generation of games.

[@Jordan-Ramses]

They should learn to code.

[@cannibaletiquette5038]

my new born niece once said, "i dont care what they tell you in school, THE PRINCE OF PERSIA WAS BLACK.". she had me canceled when i checked my games cabinet to check her assertion.

[@Bird-Birdy-Love]

Iooks like this more or less confirmed the sands of time remake is probably cancelled too. Just how much did ubisoft expect this game to sell if it was well received and still did not meet expectations? honestly their standards are just way to high these days.

[@thenonexistinghero]

I don't think they did any marketing research by pricing it at $40. Not saying the game's not worth it since it's definitely a large game even compared to most other Metroidvanias, but... this type of game is the type that people really won't pay more than $20-$25 for. Basically only Metroid can get away with more than that these days.

[@davidgantenbein9362]

Well received just means that it got good ratings from the people that bought it. Looking at steam player charts, it must have sold terribly (peak at 1.4k players).

[@johnnycash5858]

“Solid reviews” from rags like Kotaku. Gamers didn’t bite and sales were in the toilet because no one asked for this. F em. The more publicized failures like this, the less tolerant for activist nonsense within the industry everyday artists and code monkeys will become and hopefully start policing within their own ranks.

[@magnemoe1]

Unfortunately unlikely, cooperate will simply shut down studios who don't perform. You let the fanatic in and you will have an problem. And after they taken over its dangerous to complain until the fanatics are defeated. Not that your new masters is nicer as in Tencent but they make games who make money. So happy I never got into game development.

[@richardwaring937]

Crazy I’m buying lots of games just not yours. You have told me you don’t want my business. I have a rule now if you sell your company to a corporation I will stop buying them till the bargain bin and I can see the reviews..

[@VolfKami]

My comment was going to be laughing at the Eddy Gordo lookalike that they tried to turn the prince into, then I googled Eddy so that I can spell the name correctly and now I want to cry cause of the tekken 8 design

[@icewolf1974]

Yep. That stupid hairstyle is why I haven't bought him. Sucks Japan is buying into this nonsense too.

[@brettrace]

You mean if you cause a boycott from repeatedly shytting on your customers that all products will be affected?

[@leoSaunders]

10:57 i love how you say gamefax and not FAQ. that's how i usually say it too.

[@FluffehStuff274]

Funny enough back in the day they did a daily poll that was 50/50 between these two ways of saying the name.

[@wntrwolfx]

it rolls off the tongue better.

[@rockon8174]

1:10 indie developers will do fine. Unreal Engine has been a plus for independant developers.

[@andylaauk]

Couldn't be happening to a more deserving employees. #dei

[@NorrisMilstead]

Can't wait for kotaku to go under..

[@cyxceven545]

It's too bad. PoP TLK is a good game. But it launched around the time Ubi was revoking copies of The Crew, among other Ls they were collecting. So, really, the team got done dirty by the terrible behavior of their parent company.

[@spookieboogi6161]

It wasn’t the prince of the Persia and that wasn’t the prince it was a kill monger self insert

[@KrowMitxel]

Thank you Kneon for being a trooper through all this! Hope you fully recover from all of this. Still looking forward to your videos! 👍

[@jerromynolting1139]

Kneon take some time off with your wife. damn man we will understand if you don't put a youtube video up for a week or two.

[@enrique6335]

Unless they have videos already completed and ready to be put up, the reality is that'd be equal to an employee taking an unpaid vacation elsewhere. Content creation means always having new stuff ready to go as you can't rely on just the views for things you've previously put out.

[@jerromynolting1139]

@@enrique6335 im awaear i do youtube as well but taking small breaks with a backlog of videos ready to give some breathing room will be fine. As he said himself that both have other ways to make incoum not just youtube. so if its for better health for both of their lives better. i would rather it be no videos. A break is not the end of the world.

[@davidtyler6708]

Kneon is still alive.

[@sureberferber9101]

Oh, and the hits just keep on coming!

[@LimC.A]

"Another one" by DJ Khalid lol and "Suffering from Success" Plus when it rains, it pours lol

[@akaBoG]

I started my journey into content creation when i was 15yo in 1997. I was lucky and got hired into an entry level positiin at a non-profit Museum. 23 years later and they pay me a nice salary to make KZbin videos for their (small) channel. I get to produce books, magazines, clothing and more for them. It's a good gig if you can find the work.

[@pops99]

Gaming has been taken over by those pushing an agenda that most players aren’t interested in. Then rather than listening to what the players really want they keep releasing the same stuff that didn’t sell the first time and expect a different result.

[@skullwolff9442]

Q3 might be the best thing for the gaming studeo's right now. the negative impact on woke games, should be the wake-up call they should have had a long time ago. wrong target adience, no sales.

[@grimhammer00]

Modern audience haircut was once hawt af….it was supposed to be the limited. Today they start that crazy and chop off their mammaries for clicks!

[@dantespicysausage9615]

Sounds like its well deserved being the parent of SBI and everything

[@EddyBinxEB]

As someone who plays Hi-Rez's games, it's not all that surprising that DKO and Realm Royale are shutting down. In fact I'm surprised this didn't happen sooner. DKO didn't get much fanfare to begin with back when it was first announced and not many people really played it on release after the beta. As for Ream (even though it was trying to be a Fortnite-esqe game like many other games at the time) it was pretty positively received but balancing and bugs kinda killed it. There was a point where they had to (iirc, it's been so long since it happened) shutdown the servers to fix the issues which took a long time and by the time the everything was up and running again they had already lost a lot of their player base. By 2021-22 most matches were filled with bots and still are. I really am just honestly shocked that it lasted this long. Hi-Rez as a company honestly just doesn't really try all that much to keep a game relevant or keep their audience interested after a release. They'll hype it up for the first 3 updates, then nothing. Unless it's Smite (and sometimes Paladins). They just wanna get their next game out if it's interesting enouge. Enough being "eh, why not".

[@MarvinPowell1]

The few people I feel pure schadenfreude for seeing fail are woke activists, and gaming seems to be tied with comic books for having the most woke activists in it, so unless they speak out and disavow, I don't feel bad for any of them. These are the same people who hate us and call us "untalented freaks."

[@Manic.miner2077]

Musicians made the transition, instead of trawling clubs and bars they showcase their music on here or similar from the comfort of their homes or studios.

[@shocktnc]

Still a lot doing the hardwork. Not all of them have given up on actual performances.

[@zeorhymer6]

These activists will blame everyone else for not liking what they like

[@FemtechDominion]

Hope you feel back to 100% soon, Kneon. Your health is the most important thing 💪

[@The3DSphinx]

I vowed not to buy another Ubisoft game after I brought the newest Just Dance. The price I paid for them to lock the license to the user account. So when the my family users on the PS5 went to play it was saying they needed to buy a copy. 😡 I was already upset that I brought a physical copy only to open to no disc and a digital code which wasn't stated before buying. I was like fool me once shame on you...but you won't be fooling me again.

[@barryon8706]

I hear some Korean companies are doing well. Maybe they're hiring? I imagine some, maybe a lot, maybe most, of the people who worked on the game didn't contribute much to the decisions that caused it to fail.

[@ArtificialQT]

From what I could gather, the Prince of Persia game was a mechanically well made game that was sunk by its extremely poorly executed DEI main character and marketing. Turning the Prince into the damsel could’ve worked. Look at that new Zelda game where you play as Zelda. After being caught off-guard, Link, the hero, literally sacrifices himself to give Princess Zelda a chance to escape. Nothing like that happens in the Prince of Persia game. The titular Prince is a damsel from start to finish, and instead we get the greatness of the DEI MC shoved down our throats.

[@polinco737]

I'm just glad you are doing better. Keep resting.

[@chriscummings4206]

Back in 1997 my first true video game was Resident Evil for the PlayStation. I really enjoyed that game and I played Jill, for some reason but, I remember fondly seeing the video game magazine covers with Lara Croft. Nowadays video games are everything whereas, back in my day, I didn't really like Nintendo, I preferred action figures and toys. Those dominated the toy market back in the day, and nowadays I think video games have maxed out the market. I have a theory that I call the "Clone Wars" effect; where due to marketing data that says something is dying, you end up creating a new way to sell things through FOMO. There also is woke, whereas not buying and participating in something, means that person is a racist. This especially has a degrading effect on the emotional well-being of young people, in my opinion.

[@gibsonswcollector]

Good to see you're better and back.

[@jillthinksimabreakfasttaco4904]

I may have to wait my entire life until the "modern audience" comes through and helps these studios out

[@Billy.Bacsko]

I like this nice young man with the green hat, he seems nice. But can we bring back the lovely lady that kept telling companies to "Sit and spin"? 😊

[@Jsin969]

Cool you're not dead. welcome back.

[@banthatracks_gaffisticks]

The original game and movie are there for us to enjoy.

[@Zarkasim]

At first I thought it was a good idea to buy Ubisoft shares. Afterall, the founding family is still there and these were the same people running Ubisoft when Ubisoft was in it's Prime. I figured Ubisoft would likely recover and coyrse correct, but I never got around to buying any shares. Now I'm glad I didn't because every other day, there's another controversy afflicting Ubisoft. I think it's over for them.

[@Coufu]

Sounding better 👍 glad your voice is coming back

[@cerealnpixels]

A prince of persia can never have such haircut

[@vorlonanon4055]

If indies want to produce games, move out of cali fast. let it rot.

[@nicks_mix]

You could always make a REALLY GREAT GAME that's challenging, and fun, and (almost) endlessly re-playable!

[@Tentacl]

The prince of persian game has no representation. It's the prince of Persia - modern day Iran. The dude looks persian. The issue with this one was pricing. This game has a lot of indie and even AA games to be compared to that cost a LOT more.

[@TheREALSimagination]

Not a fitting hairstyle for the Prince, I must say, all things considered.

[@schemage2210]

The game, at least of what I played of it, was fine. It simply wasn't the Prince of Persia that people wanted. If it had any other title instead of Prince of Persia, it would have sold way better I think.

[@blablup1214]

Wow - 40€ for a game 2D plattformer ? Kinda high asking price. Doesn't look like a game for me and I was never a big fan of this franchise. But people who bought it seem to like it.

[@Beernuts-r7f]

Kneon, a nice shot of brandy, followed by one of whiskey, then some dark rum, and ten a nish hot of bourbon, anf den shome shamp-champr- bubbl...........................Isn my he lp yor thraut

[@cyxceven545]

🤣

[@devindavis2238]

Its just getting worse and worse for Ubisoft but more better for us

[@mikael2670]

Prince of Nigeria, why is it so hard to name the game appropriately?

[@Nautilus-ne3gz]

Goodbye Google, hello Twitter (also known as X).

[@weebamf]

Maybe they should have started the game on steam and not charged too much for what it is, and finally make the character oh, I dunno, PERSIAN! Not a black dude with the killmonger cut.

[@TechGuru666]

KNEON you guys should start a GOOD consultancy agency

[@TheProtoon]

Praise the Gods! Our Kaneeen is back with his lovely uWu-voice.😄 We are truly blessed!🙌

[@decayed_firecaster]

I love metroidvanias and loved beating prince of persia way back but since the new prince of persia metroidvania is from ubisoft I didn't even bother buying it, ubisoft ceo's should feel stupid after taking away games like the crew and losing customers

[@tma2532]

Honestly, just take Ubisoft out of your games credits and you'll boost your sales at this point. Ive seen games that i saw ubisoft on and immediately noped out many times

[@queazy03]

Surely the modern audience would buy this game

[@thisisfyne]

This really sucks, because aside from some questionable design choices that Prince of Persia is the best thing Ubi put out in the last years. Are the Skull & Bones, Assassins Creed, and Star Wars Outlaws teams disbanded as well?

[@rekahrunanu]

This prince of Persia game looks ok but not the one I liked. If they played into the og game it might have sold well. Ps I am tired of this haircut like do something else. Pps welcome back kneon glad your voice is doing better.

[@thenonexistinghero]

Honestly though, the game's main problem is that it's just too expensive. The only one who can get away with expensive Metroidvania games is Nintendo.

[@oldmanbiscuit7518]

Why is this all happening? The covid bubble burst and people are being pickey on what they play. And its mostly indies

[@nojuanatall3281]

When you see someone is crying tell them their haircut isn't that bad.

[@ianmorris6437]

Unfortunately that team are casualties of war. Businesses have spent too much time listening to Vocal minorities, Telling them what "They" think everybody wants, But businesses did not bother to check with everybody else, and implemented changes based on the word of the Vocal minorities. This why there is so much pushback recently, How can you object to something you knew nothing about, until after they have made the changes. If Ubisoft and the other businesses survive, Maybe take the time to ask the majority what they want and maybe come to a compromise rather than smash the majority over the head with the minority wants, then blame the majority because of Executives poor choices.

[@Jan-hx9rw]

Looks like more and more pf us are completely used to not owning Ubisoft stuff.