Well They're In Trouble

[@Octav2000]

Ubisoft should get used to not owning their company

[@Alfonso88279]

Great reference.

[@codexpopzx2860]

They will shut down or down sized and bought out next year because no one is talking positively about their next game

[@kingkeng2268]

I won't pat 70 bucks for a 15-hour game.

[@djwrongen]

Hope they get brought and there big ips get new games like the division, rainbow six more like to vegas.

[@dr_diddy]

​@@Alfonso88279bro I doubt he even knows what the original quote meant, just regurgitating for likes.

[@TheSchwartz12345]

This is what Ubisoft gets for disrespecting their customers. I do not feel bad for them one bit.

[@Noname15514]

Tencent is the reason why they w0ke. Ubi Soft was influenced to w0kifiy their game, thus drive the stock down, and then Tencent comes in to buy them out for a low price.

[@JohnnySarault-h2r]

I agree and Asian games and VR games are the way of going now along side retro gaming

[@GM-Shenmue]

@@JohnnySarault-h2r don't forget the indie games.

[@chrismoore5333]

Ubisoft ruin things new and old, no matter what the fans want. For example, witb assassin's creed syndicate, I was so excited because the setting was my dream setting back then! The advertising made clear Jacob was the main character, and evie was really an extra character. I got the game, and don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it, but evie was indeed an extra in Jacob's game, the problem was that evie was also extremely cringe, 2 dimensional, and her chatacter simply didn't suit the experience that had been build. I never wanted to play as her, and when I had to it was frustrating. The season pass dlc sotrylines were both painfully bias to evie on the grounds that Jacob was the base game main protagonist, yet evie was still playable in Jacob's game, meanwhile Jacob was outright removed from evie's dlc. This didn't feel like an effort to make them equal, more it felt like an effort to replace Jacob with his boring sister. The journalists began painfully slandering and attacking Jacob's character at this time, to a point where even Jacob's actor spoke out and stated that he felt journalists and reviewers couldn't have possibly played the game due to how inaccurate their takes on Jacob were, and eventually simply saying you liked Jacob more than evie was enough for "fans" to attack you as well. In this time, evie suddenly began being referred to as "the protagonist" even tho the game as a product is clearly about Jacob, not Jacob and evie, just Jacob. Evie had a equal amount of storyline in syndicate to that of what Haytham or Aya had in AC3 or Origins. So how she became a "protagonist" is beyond me. All of the toxicity and double standards against Jacob were also against me as a fan who wanted to play that game that was advertised. Jacob running a gang called the rooks, while he assassinates templars in victorian london. But all of a sudden I was being fed this lie that the game is really about evie chasing the shroud and going on dares with Henry. Safe to say if that had been advertised, I may have never paid for the game at all! Both the reality of syndicate as a game and Jacob a as character have since been lost to obscurity, even people who played syndicate fall for some of the lies told to promote evie, and devlaue Jacob. That's how aggressive the campaign ti essentially dethrone Jacob as the protagonist, has been. When I played odyssey, I noted that the devs managed to squeeze Aya into the game alongside Bayek, but instead of Jacob and evie, we had evie and the blighters. It was then I realised the double standards. It was never about making the frye twins equal. It was about trying to replace Jacob with evie. And ever since the game has had a massively unhealthy fan base who are always attacked by the extremely toxic fan base for evie. Because fundamentally Jacob is still the main character, so Jacob's fans are upset due to how badly treated their favourite character is. And evie fans (tho there are far fewer of them) are angry because they want everything just for their character and they have been told by journalists that they deserve to give the boot to Jacob's fans. This is why I knew instantly I wouldn't buy shadows. I am not going through that with any game again. It was and continues to be so toxic!

[@Trinket_Master]

Ubisoft: "we are losing money, we have failed as a company, we would like you to buy us.....but you are not allowed be in charge, we will still run the company, you just give us money to burn that isn't our own"

[@drabnail777]

If anyone dies buy them, I can't wait for all the far left DEI employees to get kicked to the curb.

[@tencheenian]

ubisoft: "Tencent, you should get use to not owning the company you pay for...."😂

[@King_ace22]

Xbox gonna buy them out 😂😂😂😂

[@HoudiniFontmeister]

They need new management to come in specifically. Because the things hurting them the most is the Management. They have horrid DRM. They have terrible DLC practices. They are not consumer friendly. I think they make good games. I just think everything around those games is aweful. I hope Shadows fails miserably.

[@2RotorRacing]

​@@King_ace22 I don't think so, phil Spencer at Xbox said after the Activision deal that they are not going to do any more large acquisitions maybe some smaller studios. I don't think it's impossible at all, but I do think EA will be the next one to go down like Ubisoft.

[@Jamesfo8rf]

I don’t think Ubisoft is worth saving. Years of mismanagement. I would rather another company to buy their IP catalogue.

[@dranon0o]

I'm literally waiting for my severance package, i hate it here

[@Yuri-xx2gi]

Yeah, Ubisoft can burn, but they have plenty of IPs worth saving

[@Jamesfo8rf]

I don’t mean to be inconsiderate but Good luck and I wish you well.

[@yipperdeyip]

​@@dranon0o That would actually be hilarious if you really were a Ubi employee. Same with the whistleblowers at Obsidian and Bioware. So much toxic "positivity" run by nutjobs, people can't speak up as they're afraid of being cancelled for having common sense. Absolute circus out there

[@Adamtendo_player_1]

Maybe Sony should buy Ubisoft 😂😂😂

[@misdrievousdemise3815]

Well if Ubisoft goes under I hope the Rayman IP at least is saved from them. It's one the few things they have that isn't soulless and a hot mess.

[@doubleohnine]

My first thought was let Nintendo somehow aquire the Rayman IP, since they already have a mario crossover it wouldn't be that hard of a leap over and I think Nintendo could do some interest things with him in 2d OR 3D and we can FINALLY get Rayman in the next smash

[@battman505]

Prince of Persia too

[@RetroCheats]

@@doubleohnine Nintendo is lacking in 2D platformers, so rayman might be a good fit for another series besides Mario.

[@RhythmGrizz]

And Prince of Persia and Beyond Good & Evil

[@doubleohnine]

@@RetroCheats I know we don't have duel screens anymore but Rayman legends was the BEST on wiiu, I trust they could do a good job with new minds working on it

[@angelgodric]

Big mistake they did 1. Make all their games live services 2. Don't release on steam 3. Make their game launcher mandatory

[@HaxHaunter]

even if they release it on steam, they still shoehorn that trashy game launcher anyway. For Honor is a clear victim of that.

[@AlphaladZXA]

The biggest one was kill off every original IP they had in terms of gameplay. The constant flood of open world games lost the hardcore gaming audience for them. After that it was only a matter of time before more casual gamers got tired of this too, along with the other things you mentioned...

[@spankrocketgaming294]

4. Every game is open world with boring fetch quests

[@TokyoFool2]

5. Fumbling that Sands of Time remake so hard

[@kamurotetsu4860]

6. Failing to innovate their franchises, it's the same game over and over.

[@SotNist]

I can't see anyone wanting to buy Ubisoft. That's nearly 20,000 people who would mostly need to be laid off just to get some overblown IP's that have been run into the ground and some tech that nobody wants to use.

[@dr_diddy]

eh tbf, it's all smaller studios so I can see them being picked up like how krafton brought tango after Xbox shut them down. There's some very good talent at Ubisoft.

[@gamingedition5165]

​@@dr_diddy not any more it's all gays and trans lmao

[@SotNist]

Their big AAA games have like an hour long credits roll. If there's any smaller studios in there, it'd be a more attractive buy to sell them piece meal, but getting any IP with that complicates things. I don't know who any of the individual talents are, but they could probably just be poached without buying entire studios and publishers. I was actually thinking of a company like Krafton acquiring the Rayman IP and the UbiArt engine. That could be nice. Maybe they'd be more interested in Tom Clancy IP but man... you know that would carry a hefty price tag.

[@terrysyvertson9205]

ubisoft doesn't deserve to be saved, nor should they be they should be forced to sell everything and go out of business

[@HoudiniFontmeister]

They should sell everything. I think they would do best to piece out their IP's if they do though instead of selling everything. The value of each property is gonna depend on what companies come to them. I do not trust Tencent to do the good Ubisoft games justice.

[@terrysyvertson9205]

​@@HoudiniFontmeisterunfortunately, tencent gets first dibs on every due to being the 2nd majority shareholder of ubisoft, so if tencent wants all of ubisoft's IPs, then they will get all of the IPs

[@shimtest]

"we want your money but we'll still be in charge" is a bold ask from Ubisoft

[@JohnnySarault-h2r]

My money and I would fire everyone and get real Talent and get rid of Ubisoft and rebrand the company and make good entertainment

[@ariyanadumon4549]

Ubisoft should get used to not owning Ubisoft. Talk about karma.

[@JohnnySarault-h2r]

This is the Universe dealing Justice.. Karma

[@ChaseSchleich]

The problem is the family and they're so egotistical they're refusing to let go. Even with a buyout, they want to stay in control. Literally nobody wants that. That's why there hasn't been a buyout yet. No company wants to buy them if they have to keep the family in charge. That doesn't fix anything. Word is, even Tencent backed out because of that stipulation. The family would rather let the company go bankrupt than step down. It's insane.

[@AltCutTV]

I mean.. Maybe it is just a negotiation strategy, or the guy has a genuine attachment to the big hulk. If the captain going down with the ship, or the ship going down with the captain. Sometimes they are the same thing, but maybe sometimes it is not the wrong thing at that point? There is no saving most of the crew anyway. That is nearly always how it goes in these deals.

[@kylebarclay9352]

The people in charge of making these games are out of touch with the consumer. Independent devs are making better games and it’s obvious to see why. Sad to see big game companies go belly up, but nobody is surprised. Make stupid games, win stupid prizes.

[@anaguma90]

Its not even like Ubi doesn't know how to make good games. They've had some great ones over the years. They just decided at some point to remake the same 2 games reskinned over and over every year and consumer fatigue setting in was inevitable.

[@WaynesWorldUnlimited]

I’ve worked 13 years with Ubisoft in the early 2000s what an amazing experience. Not the same company anymore. It’s a shame though.

[@Epic3032]

Its what happens when a leftist agenda takes over the company via BlackRock and Vanguard.

[@anaguma90]

Ubisoft had some bangers back in the day.

[@Epic3032]

ffs my comments keep on getting removed

[@Mercs_Beamers]

@@Epic3032great comment, thanks for letting us know!

[@JambiJuice]

Man what a “Far Cry” from the glory days of Ubisoft.

[@Happy_Hand]

haha!

[@animedreamnetwork245]

Most of those games were built as single player games. They have to go back to their roots and stop the bs. It’s a single player game for $60 usd and make a collector version for 120usd. It’s that simple and cut out all the battlepass and micro transactions in a single player game. It will also let you stand out from EA. If you need to cut costs remove uplay as it’s not needed and is a waste of money in general.

[@princess_niya2407]

All games need to be like that, I don’t understand why in this day in age full games aren’t on the disc and without having to be connected to the internet to do and update as a day one patch, and if they want to have DLC put it on a separate disc like how GTA4 was

[@IaconDawnshire]

It's as if you tell your customers to get used to not owning your games it will bite you in the a**!!

[@dr_diddy]

he was right tbf as he was referring to subscriptions

[@IaconDawnshire]

@ don't defend him and give him excuses!

[@robovinefilms1811]

Sucks to suck

[@travelstar241]

You have experience with it? 😂

[@drabnail777]

Go w oke go broke

[@itchyisvegeta]

I stopped bying Ubisoft games when they required Uplay accounts when went to play them

[@ALI-soon1Milli]

There’s obviously talent at the studio. But management killed the once legendary studio.. hopefully the good devs gets a job at a place that lets them find their passion again.

[@anaguma90]

Imagine actually good management leveraging the huge game making machine Ubi has to make something fun and worth playing...

[@robk5427]

They should try a new approach where they hire based on ability and make games people want to buy.

[@dr_diddy]

eh they do, Prince of Persia was a great game but didn't sell well and the team was disbanded. There is obviously talent at Ubisoft but bureaucracy seems to stifle them imo

[@robk5427]

@D4C_LoveTrain1 Even a half decent game is part of the problem. Instead of a character that everybody knows and likes, they make it about a guy that looks like a giraffe with a dread mullet. Most people thought it was another character swap (because why wouldn't they these days), but the truth is almost worse. The prince isn't saving a woman or even himself; now he's the one who needs to be saved, and the game isn't really about him - it's about some random guy that nobody knows or cares about coming to the rescue. I can't believe it flopped.

[@alexh7513]

The big problem is: If you've played one Ubisoft game, you've played them all. Every game is nearly the same, just with different skins.

[@geminijinxies7258]

Yeah. The formula they been using the last 10 years or so made me totally avoid their games. The last game I did buy was Rayman Legends.

[@Hazza101]

Not true, look at Fromsoftware games. They are all basically the same too. I would say Ubisoft's DEI focus killed their games

[@dr_diddy]

​@@Hazza101what specifically has it affected, have you any examples?

[@noperopepope]

​@@Hazza101please shove that brain dead culture war BS up the arse of whichever rage baiting grifter you listen to.

[@FrostclawTheGatomon]

Rayman is an exception.

[@crunchyfrog555]

Back on the PS2 I was getting to quite like Ubisoft, and I even told my dad that he should consider investing money in them as I could see their shares going up. They were putting out more decent games, and seemingly getting better. But of course they did the usual greed and bloat and it blinded them. They utterly deserve to go kaput frankly. Yes, I feel sorry for the workers but Ubisoft have had more warnings and blatant telltale signs than anyone frankly deserves. To not get out of it is etnirely their fault. They have squandered any goodwill and liyalty they may have had as well.

[@theoffspring07]

This was the golden era for Ubisoft. Prince of Persia, Splinter Cell, Rayman and Beyond Good and Evil were some great games.

[@JohnnySarault-h2r]

Maybe they should have listened to the customer and fired all the Dei trash and try to do things right..heck even if they did a survival game they would botch it lol enjoy your Karma Ewbisoft

[@crunchyfrog555]

@@JohnnySarault-h2r It's got fuck all to do with DEI. Stop believing that bullshit right wing crap - all companies do is try to please EVERYBODY and they don't realise they cannot. It's not "DEI". Their problem is demonstrably because they're greedy nothing more nothing less.

[@ResidentXombie]

Desmond Miles got his revenge.

[@ariyanadumon4549]

They did my Mans dirty.

[@Aquanios08]

I miss old Ubisoft 💔

[@Kenooe]

Brother!

[@vaughn1804]

AC 1-3, Ghost Recon Wildlands, far cry, splinter cell... good times and works of art! Ubisoft, though, can dye now. 💀

[@devingiles6597]

Not to mention the Just Dance series of games.

[@zachdude4284]

@@vaughn1804What color?

[@dr_diddy]

​@@zachdude4284maybe some green, some yellows... perhaps purple.

[@rg975]

Oh no, no more live service slop 😢

[@w0000t-1]

Noticed, your sarcasm, I have 😂

[@aphryo]

Sounds like the Guillemot family need to get comfortable not controlling Ubisoft anymore. ;)

[@barabajagal2625]

Wish it was EA.

[@RetroCheats]

same

[@Giliver]

Why? EA has been making good games the last handful of years. The last bad game they made was probably Battlefield 2042. Immortals wasn't great either but I can't blame EA for that one but instead the actual devs, at least EA kept monetization out of the game.

[@RetroCheats]

@@Giliver EA fans have low standards? They don't even have to try, since they got no competition.

[@backupplan6058]

⁠​⁠@@Giliverlike what, at no point in the last 5 years have they had a run of consistently good games. Then you give an example of a game that EA only published, said it was the developers fault for its faults but to give EA credit for not putting in monetisation, a game they only publish. The same EA that entire sports series are resembling casinos that is developed and published by them.

[@Obsidian8R]

@@Giliver alrighty enjoy wasting money buying the EXACT same game every year, and oh wait did I say game? I meant slot machines

[@ThePillowGamer]

Ubisoft is the modern day equivalent of LJN (if LJN were a developer rather than producer). Once you see that swirl, you know you’re in for a ride.

[@NicodemusT]

@@ThePillowGamer LJN lowkey knew they were garbage. Ubi thinks they are amazing.

[@JonSmith-hk1bq]

Eh, I've got a soft spot for LJN.

[@salvadormendoza5045]

All UBISOFT had to do was give us great single player games. instead they chose to give us live service/online only garbage.

[@Giliver]

Huh Most of their games are single player wtf do you mean? Most of their biggest most harmful flops are all single player. Extraction probably cost near nothing to make. Xdefient probably hurt to I can guarantee you Avatar and Outlaws hurt SIGNIFICANTLY more though lol

[@berg6393]

The Star Wars Jedi games have been good single player games though lmao. Same with Mario&Rabbids

[@PlazDreamweaver]

​​@@berg6393 CORRECTION: The Star Wars Jedi games are developed by Respawn Entertainment and published by EA. The Mario & Rabids games were a joint venture with Nintendo and we can use basic common sense to notice the games' quality was due to Nintendo's input. That didn't stop Ubisoft from ignoring Nintendo's advice to wait a while before publishing the sequel, which Ubisoft execs said they regretted doing as said sequel failed to meet expectations because of that.

[@tonymcneill7779]

​@@berg6393EA does the Jedi games.

[@dr_diddy]

​@@Giliverskull and bones is also live service and took like a decade to make 😭

[@RulerX.]

People want Ubisoft to do better, I want Ubisoft to fail to be an example to the industry.

[@theofficialzeldamaster6377]

EA first

[@lochlannach7]

@@theofficialzeldamaster6377 Both at the same time while holding hands.

[@dr_diddy]

>Ubisoft & EA fail **monkey paw curls** >Microsoft somehow gains control of them

[@JohnnySarault-h2r]

I would laugh if Snails Studio bought Ubisoft and rebrand the company name

[@ronniefazzio6979]

Prince of Persia the Lost Crown was an excellent game and it’s a real shame that more people didn’t support it. The physical Switch version of the game is getting phased out in favor or just a code in the box. So if anyone wants the physical version for the Switch then you better get on that.

[@the_jambassador]

I have Switch physical copy of this game, and it's really good.

[@ronniefazzio6979]

@ Yeah, it’s a well done version of the game. The developers made the game with the Switch in mind.

[@dr_diddy]

yh this is the reality, you can make a great game but it can still fail. game dev is alot more nuanced than just "make a good game"

[@ronniefazzio6979]

@@dr_diddy Yeah, it’s easy to use a blanket term like, “Make a good game”. However, life is never that simple with anything.

[@jedimindtrickonyou3692]

Thanks for the heads up, did not know this and would like a physical copy

[@ChiruKobra]

It's the Guillemots' fault that Ubi is the way it is now. And they dare say they want to stay in control? I say the better option is to seek the company in pieces. Someone gets Rayman, someone else gets the Tom Clancy IP, another gets Assassin's Creed, etc.

[@sparkz1554]

The crow's picking at the corpse. The IP's will be better with the crows anyway.

[@StigmataTickles]

It's insane to me that ubisoft has so much popular IP and still managed to mess it up this bad. I feel like at some point they stopped innovating and just started endlessly chasing marketing trends. Just let your studios make the games they want to make with the insane IP base you've got.

[@DarTame]

"Gamers Need To Get Comfortable With Not Owning Their Games" - Ubislop 2024

[@TheCilpcolp]

The big problem I see with Ubisoft games is after a month or two the game is almost half price and it makes no sense to buy right away.

[@1995griff1995]

They dont make sense to buy them later either… a bad game is a bad game…

[@Happy_Hand]

When sales at launch are so abysmal that next month you try to get more sales via a half off discount, you know your game has failed.

[@PlazDreamweaver]

​@@1995griff1995 Exactly.

[@arjanzweers6542]

Maybe Ubisoft should go into the vacuum cleaner business with how much they suck

[@nightwingnl5354]

i've been waiting for a new driver game since san francisco

[@Flaris]

Ubisoft really screwed everything up for themselves. Just constantly making bad decisions that have finally have caught up with them. Best to just let it fail.

[@holobucket7626]

you went back just a few years to start identifying ubisoft’s trend of missteps, but I think back to assassin’s creed unity and the glitches that took over the internet at the time. There’s been so many shoddy plays by the company ever since

[@nukers1234]

Ubisoft's missteps was chasing trends instead of trying to create their own trends. We have just finished a periode where everyone wantet to create the next Fortnite/CoD something something/PUBG... Their core games have been great, people just thinks that a game that is getting an 8 is shit, especially when it comes to the loud online minority.

[@corey2232]

If we're to a point where selling 10 million copies is considered just "Ok" or "pretty good," then almost nothing but a handful of games can ever be considered successful... I hope Ubisoft & other companies start having more reasonable sales goals.

[@gomichow]

my only holdup is the UPlay launcher. I'll pickup a game if it's cheap enough, but the middleman just feels too intrusive/bloated, and their crusade against ownership is unnecessary. Just let me play the game without hassle

[@lochlannach7]

I've been avoiding their games and EA games too because of their launchers, it's an unnecessary and undesired extra step that, if removed, would make the customer experience better, but their ambition for money won't allow them to make decisions that benefit the customers, they only want to see the benefits in their pockets even if that means scre. wing up their fanbase.

[@Happy_Hand]

it took them like a year or so for their partnership with game pass to actually be able to be used. Uplay wouldn't link up with the game pass launcher for a whole year of their partnership...

[@dr_diddy]

yup same, they drop the launcher AC Shadows, Outlaws and whatever else they want to sell is day one tbh. I don't want to boot 2 launchers for one game, R* is the only exception since they release a game once a decade 😭

[@lochlannach7]

@D4C_LoveTrain1 Day one? Yeah, not sure about that, they still sell slop.

[@Schnitzeldoeners]

Seems like gamers are not comfortable with "not owning games".

[@greed-1914]

I wouldn't be surprised if the Guillemot family insisting on staying I'm charge means no buyers, and they'll end up just selling off IP.

[@bluduece420]

Well, when their employees would rather sue the company over them coming back into the office, then you know there is a problem.

[@Chris-dy1cb]

I think it really became obvious to me how complacent Ubisoft had become after playing through 3 different games from their biggest IPs and realizing they were all basically far cry reskinned or just the same open world slop.

[@MassiveRican]

Honestly it’s sad considering they’re quality and quantity of output just a decade back but once the suits and shareholders got a stranglehold or maybe once it’s once it gets to a certain level of profit, the quality and vision of the project really diminishes due to monetization and suits really dictating major decisions in the creative process.

[@jme6036]

Water is wet

[@notmousse]

Fire will burn.

[@__Weasel__]

*adjusts glasses* Actually, water isn't wet. It can make a solid object wet, but water in itself is not wet.

[@EightOneGulf]

​@@__Weasel__ the definition of wet: "Covered or soaked with a liquid, such as water." Isn't water covered in itself, thus making it wet? 🤔🤔

[@drabnail777]

Can't forget Go w oke Go Broke

[@Obsidian8R]

Dirt is Dirty

[@epic_iram]

Ubisoft has been on a hard decline since Unity and Watch Dogs. They lost consumer trust with both of those releases back to back and never bothered to regain that trust. Every game since has been riddled with micro transactions, artificial game lengtheners, bugs, and false promises. They have refused to innovate, refused to respect their fans, and refused to abandon the live service model. They deserve this, honestly I hope no one buys them.

[@danielsmith7247]

Make sure that like button......never understood why words are missed.

[@christiancrow]

How can they go from watch dogs 2 to having no one playing these games at all. They had it all and thrown it away, i wonder what happened inside the dev team, who ever was in charge in the 90s and Early 2000s had a tight ship......

[@m.w.2401]

Watch Dogs 2 was a disappointment, the first game was so much better.

[@IEgOImkAwx]

Yeah because the execs in gaming industry knew what good products looked like. This is no longer the case.

[@christiancrow]

@IEgOImkAwx I like those words , yeah I grew up on $20 PS2 classics From a Walmart bin where their games mainly were.

[@MSGGAMINGANDSTUFF]

Ubisoft as well as several other companies need to completely start over. Clean house, go back to the way games we're viewed in the 90s and early 2000s

[@YunisRajab]

They dug their grave with the AC glut year after year and traded the long term health of the company for short term profit. They should've just stopped at AC4 and switched to making something original

[@vernonthompson3060]

Assassin's creed used to be 1 of my favorite IPs. They've completely run it into the ground. Doubling down on stupid. Nice play Ubisoft 😂

[@justenbenally522]

I've been waiting 10 years to see this

[@Xen0gears515]

For me, i want to see a detailed audit of these big gaming corporations and see that the money that they're using are actually being invested in areas that actually improve the quality of the game. Tbh, with the amount of $$$$ they're spending for developing games is ridiculous. I actually suspect money is not being properly appropriated and someone is siphoning more resources than they actually should be, like dei consultants and CEOs getting bonuses.

[@IEgOImkAwx]

Execs are always a problem. Statistically I do not think they're often the crux of the issue, though, when it comes to their pay. I think what's going on is executives in this industry literally just don't know what they're doing when it comes to these sizes of companies. The industry grew way too fast, now people in control are career finance or tech execs. They don't know what a good product looks like. I'd wager it's leads of the company outside of the typical executive seats that are the real problem.

[@DanSutherland]

100% of the money spent on Ubisoft’s UPlay/Connect launcher is misappropriated at the very least. There’s a good chance they have a bunch of background extras doing minimal work when there’s nearly 20,000 employees.

[@elfgelf]

Ubisoft got what they deserved. A decade of stagnancy and fluffed launches, forced online play, shitty launcher. I literally could not give 2 fucks about them going under. Sad for the employees but oh well.

[@scotty28653]

If they get bought out..... the first thing on list is to get rid of the DEI department.

[@blizmo2]

Happy Sunday 😁 Ubisoft is terrible they could use a buyout & complete overhaul

[@SakuraAvalon]

Good riddance to a blight on gaming. What once was one of the producers of some of the best games for its time, turned into a greedy, uncreative, boring and lifeless machine. Abusing its consumers with garbage business practices, forcing their dumb service down your throat, and releasing unfinished games with deluxe editions.

[@matthewhardwick8208]

This is honestly the most tragic downfall of a video game company. Ubisoft used to be one of the best in the world. Making legendary franchises. But now they're making flops. Losing a lot of money and trust from gamers.

[@MarcusM334]

Everyone thought Xdefiant was the COD killer 😂😂😂

[@Mr3-j4m]

Ubisoft need to go all out buying big game company likes Take Two, Activision from Microsoft, EA, Konami, Capcom, Valve etc

[@Hadeks_Marow]

The sad part is. . . ubisoft actually had some good IPs/Entries if they just knew how to make them like they did before. An actual sequel to Watch_Dogs 2 (no, legion doesn't count), a sequel to Assassins Creed Black Flag (no, skull and bones doesn't count). A far cry styled splinter cell game (I imagine it similar to how Metal Gear Solid V was design). Point is, it's not like the ubisoft brand were in a position where this outcome was unavoidable. The problem is ubisoft just doesn't know how to make the "correct" games anymore. Even watch_dogs legion was the closest they got but decided to mess it up by doing lazy AI voice acting with no real story or character design. Ubisoft just needs to make good games again and they'll be fine. But that means ubisoft FIRST needs to get out of their own way, which isn't going to happen any time soon.

[@Damateos-pn8ct]

Ubisoft is in trouble, trouble they brought upon themselves

[@2810Mad]

I really want ubisoft to go under and have someone else buy up the rights to assassin's creed but I also find it very unfair for all these people to lose their jobs because of morons high up in the hierarchy.

[@PlazDreamweaver]

That's why capitalism is in its final stage; it's unsustainable.

[@1enhanced1]

They/them are in trouble

[@mirageh264]

Ubisoft is going down the Konami path. Massive fall from grace. They should sell to vivendi and relinquish ownership, instead becoming board members and investors. Eidos did that with SquareEnix in the late 2000's and I believe it's worked out for both parties

[@Souseitatsu]

It's okay to criticize Shadows for the inaccurate representation of Yasuke.

[@SuiteLifeofDioBrando]

They make games for investors nowadays. Ubislop

[@bk9509-o2o]

Lost Crown was one of the best games in 2024, proof that Ubisoft can still make good games when they want to. Of course, they said it was a failure because it didn't sell the unrealistic number of units they expected and now it's likely we won't get another game in that series for a while.

[@ronniefazzio6979]

Yeah, apparently they were expecting it to do like 3 million copies almost out of the gate. Which if that’s true is insane.

[@oregano2771]

Rider's Republic is actually really good, if it didn't require it's own launcher, internet connection and wasn't an Epic exclusive I'd probably play it regularly. Unfortunately that's not the case.

[@EduFirenze]

Bye bye ubisoft, serves you right

[@_GuestFive]

Good. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

[@RetroGamerBoy]

People don't understand that this is a management buyout with their major investor. This is common practice to wipeout your other share holders and clean up your cap table. It has all sorts of benefits and allows you to restart your investment drive.

[@breelz]

What's rough is assassins creed was part of intel's HOLIDAY gaming bundle (free with a laptop, cpu or videocard) kinda going to be an Easter holiday bundle by the time anyone gets it and Intel is hurting already

[@thebuccaneersden]

Oh wells. I can count on one hand how many Ubisoft games that I truly enjoyed. Ubisoft also pumped out a lot of shovelware. I’m sure poor management is part of why they are struggling (ain’t that always the way?), but I also have a feeling it’s because they spread themselves too thinly when it comes to resources and game designers.

[@mortiz4576]

Ubisoft is really dropping the ball here. WatchDogs was a huge letdown that has been revived by the modding community. Now it’s a game that if you played it you wouldn’t even think it was ever made by Ubisoft.

[@blackoutgang09]

Is it actually surprising???...they have lost touch with gaming.

[@nukers1234]

Or the loud gamers have lost touch with gaming. Because ubisoft have created a lot of great games the last years, but the elitest gamers have been taking over, and anything less than a 9,5 is trash...

[@lochlannach7]

​@@nukers1234 No, you just give mediocrity a pass and allowed it to become the standard. Ubisoft used to make games that had a soul, now most of them seem soulless.

[@louis-ip1nm]

Screw live service games.

[@DP3com]

I'm kind of hoping that Ubisoft & Tencent are open to selling Ubisoft Toronto to Nintendo. Assuming most to all of the members that worked on Starlink are still working there, I would like to see them take a crack at an open planet & universe Star Fox game sans toys to life feature outside of maybe some minor Fox, Falco, & Wolf amiibo support.

[@dankfarrik8376]

My plan for Ubisoft tomorrow is short the stock like crazy. Then down the line try and pinpoint the reversal and then ride the stock back up. (A bit of a gamble but could be lucrative, especially if there is news on a take over)

[@tinaburner556]

If "The Division" IP doesn't get picked up or at least finished it will be a huge loss to gaming. It's got such a vibrant community that has been massively under utiltised by Ubisoft.

[@Woods1228]

This is so sad. The reason I got into computer science was bc I wanted to become a dev for Ubisoft. I’m in CS in university.

[@hellman9655]

Bloated company out of ideas. They are beyond saving.

[@el_arte]

That’s no trouble at all; it’s just part of being a public company. It happens all the time. And the Guillemot brothers have to approve as they still have a controlling stake. Tencent could issue a tender offer to gain control, but that would hostile and produce the results they seek.

[@thezx5795]

Rider's republic is actually pretty fun. Especially with the introduction of mountain boarding

[@tiosadan]

I started losing faith on Ubisoft when they pivoted last minute on prince of persia two thrones, i was realy excited for the original version of it, but then last minute they changed the whole concept of the game because of the warrior within reception

[@DizzyDiddy]

They could announce they are going to change their strategy around deep sales and stop devaluing their IP so much. Some of their games are good enough that they don't need to do deep sales so consistently across the board. They can be more selective and hold out longer even if they give up some revenue in the short term to do it. It would help them build value again long term.

[@firekungfuhero1150]

The worst thing to ever happen to Ubisoft is if they shut down servers for For Honor and R6S

[@HoudiniFontmeister]

There are things about the new AC game that are just crazy to me. I read the Assassin’s Creed Shadows DRM wants to monitor your RAM. This is crazy to me. I hope they fail on that alone. I wanted this to succeed until I read that. We cannot normalize companies invading our privacy like this just to advertise better. smh.

[@mchammer5592]

Ubisoft leaders: yeah go ahead and buy us out. We’ve got some great ideas for the future of the company!

[@AustinT97]

Assassin's Creed Shadows has a massive uphill battle that I'm afraid it won't be able to conquer. I think Tencent will end up buying the company and taking it private, and getting rid of the Gullimot family. Sadly, I also think that A LOT devs will lose their jobs, which sucks.

[@jacksonlanterns3731]

May this be a cautionary tale for others going down their path. EA, I’m looking at you….

[@TommyCrosby]

I wonder how the move from French to Chinese ownership will affect Ubisoft here in Quebec. Ubisoft Montreal is one of the biggest game studio and creator of the biggest Ubisoft titles. I'm pretty sure the Quebec government helped a lot because it was a french company. This might help Guillemot somehow >_>

[@daviddesrosiers1946]

The Guillemot family is the main reason Ubisoft is the disaster it is. Leaving them in control will not right the ship.

[@DonaldGaron]

Yeah it's over for Ubisoft. They completely ruined their reputation in about 1 year. It's fascinating when you think about it.

[@HylianBull]

So essentially Assassin's Creed is either Ubisoft's salvation or swan song.

[@Goldmight]

i feel like they had millions of opportunities that this wouldn't happened and they can really blame themselves.

[@nintendoboy1001]

tbh it's been known that the top brass at ubisoft have been eyeing a buyout for a good while now. it was jsut the question of when it would be most profitable for the family in charge. the amount of stories i've heard of the top at ubisoft directly sabotaging development of games is insane. like suddenly not wanting to give the budget for historians on ass creed shadows. talking shit about their customers. throwing games out before their finished at insane prices with multiple versions with locked content behind higher prices. all of which will probably only get worse under tencent. at this point i hope ubisoft just rots away and has it's IP's scooped up by more competent publishers that will actually give them the time/ money they need to make a decent game

[@SnuggsMcDuff]

looked through some of the games i played in the last few years and not a single ubisoft game there. i legit cannot remember the last time i played, let alone bought, an ubisoft game.