CI Games CEO: Tencent is a great partner for Ubisoft. Their cultural impact may only be positive. No DEI written on their forehead. Refreshing!
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Does this guy realize that Tencent was already a shareholder at Ubisoft?
I thought the commentary was mainly about the quality of their work and their gameplay. It's the same teams being retained to work on the IP.
How did we really get to this stage in gaming, where the discourse is now overly focused on non gameplay related things?
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bitbydeath
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Kotaro
Member
They didn't have control over Ubisoft IPs.
Now they do, full control, if I understand their agreement correctly
Lux77
Member
Because its affecting gameplay related things?
CompleteGlobalSaturation
Member
I'm anti woke / DEI as much as any other dude but this is cringe. CEOs need to shut the fuck up and worry more about making good games.
Lethal01
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what made you thnink that? I read the exact opposite.
Killer8
Member
Clearly you didn't.
The IPs will be controlled by the new carved-out entity, of which Tencent has a 25% stake. Not full control.
StereoVsn
Gold Member
Yeah, thinking of Tencent and positive effect is pretty wild. Creativity will be curtailed (admittedly it's Ubisoft so not a big loss) as Tencent has to make sure games don't offend Winnie the Pooh and CCP."their impact on culture may only be positive"
BlackTron
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What happened is that they spun off a new subsidiary for top Ubi IP like AC and Rainbow 6. This subsidiary has its own autonomous leadership team, no doubt with plenty of authority from Tencent to return their investment.
This allows the Guillemots to retain complete control of Ubisoft itself. But they won't make any decisions over AC anymore. I think while looking for something to do for themselves, we will get Rayman.
This allows the Guillemots to retain complete control of Ubisoft itself. But they won't make any decisions over AC anymore. I think while looking for something to do for themselves, we will get Rayman.
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StereoVsn
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Or bad guys winning, cops or military being bad (or losing), or have skeletons in the game and billion other things CCP doesn't like.
nowhat
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Maybe like Disney movies, we'll have completely different flyers for the Chinese market for AC et al. As far as I know, the actual movies themselves are not different - but, that's hard to do with movies. Cutting/altering content in video games is much more easy. So perhaps there will be CCP-approved Ubi titles that will be different from those in other markets.
(Yes, this sounds very tinfoily, but as the quote goes: "just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you".)
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Kotaro
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Denton
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Tbf no western company dares to offend Winnie and CCP these days, with or without Tencent involvement. So from that perspective nothing changes. And yes, that is a sad indictment of the west.
Killer8
Member
"customary minority protection veto rights"
They are, hence the term 'customary'.
It won't give Tencent power to veto every single decision Ubi makes. It's typically reserved for critical business decisions. Usually things like making changes to the company structure or governing documents, significant transactions like acquisitions or disposals, or a significant change to the business direction. If you think it means that Tencent will wield their corporate cock because Ubi made the shinobi a woman, you're delusional. The teams still have the creative control.
The deal is basically a glorified way for Ubisoft to escape debt while Tencent can skim some of the royalties off the top of their best performing franchises.
Loomy
Thinks Microaggressions are Real
Literally on Tencent's website, detailing what ESG and DEI means to them and how they implement it.
Stop letting these fucking idiots rile people up for absolutely no reason.
ESG - Tencent 腾讯
腾讯于1998年11月成立，是一家互联网公司，通过技术丰富互联网用户的生活，助力企业数字化升级。我们的使命是“用户为本 科技向善”。Founded in 1998, Tencent is an Internet-based platform company using technology to enrich the lives of Internet users and assist the digital upgrade of enterprises. Our mission is "Value for Users, Tech for Good".
www.tencent.com
Stop letting these fucking idiots rile people up for absolutely no reason.
ReBurn
Gold Member
Obsessive culture warriors.
Killer8
Member
Let's not forget the biggest pusher of ESG are Chinese wealth funds:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...on-wealth-fund-backs-esg-as-us-divisions-grow
So you're saying all the crying in the Intergalactic, Fable and Ghost of Yotei threads was because people were afraid the gameplay would be impacted?
Lmao
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
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Reizo Ryuu
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You generally don't understand things correctly, this included.
hemo memo
You can't die before your death
How? Western developers significantly increased the inclusion of overt political themes in games, shifting focus from gameplay to social commentary. That's how.
NickFire
Member
More people are sick and tired of the pandering than ever before. That's why. This is obvious.
Gaiff
SBI’s Resident Gaslighter
Do you really think a Chinese company having full control over the IPs of one of the most valuable gaming companies in the world wouldn't make more noise?
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