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[AGRacing]

Oh my dear friend…
Ubisoft is already dead.

 

[Deerock71]

More like Youbisoft.

 

[Paulistano]

It's the law of the jungle: they are weak they deserve to die!

 

[Msamy]

Sony should have buy them.

 

[Lokaum D+]

Its very simple, do better or gtfo, there is no space for mediocrity in the market right now.

 

[MLSabre]

If they don't make a product that's compelling to me, no buy. I'm a customer, not a charity.

 

[The Chairman]

How could (coughsplintercellcough) prior beloved IPs be resurrected?

Games like Splintercell are already dead, ubisoft now don't have the balls to make another game like this.

 

[Roni]

Companies should suffer the consequences of their leadership's actions.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

So we should just buy their games even if they suck?

The serious question, should we reward the disappointments that Ubisoft gives.???


I was going to buy Star wars Outlaws, but you can't run over enemies, you can't steal vehicles, you can't shoot NPCs... These were reasons that put me off.

 

[Coconutt]

Ubisoft has no one to blame but themselves, constant shitty games should not be rewarded.

 

[Paltheos]

Fuck ubi. Where’s Rayman. Where’s Splinter Cell. All their games are shoved into their cookie cutter open world schtick.

PSA that the last, real Rayman game came out 11 years ago. And it was great too.

 

[Brigandier]

They make shit games and ignore quality IP that they own and they detest their own fans/customers.



The management sound incredibly incompetent, BGE2 in development hell for 12 years, Splinter Cell announced and assuming canned, Rainbow Six forgotten about, That Seige shit doesn't count, Ghost Recon poof, AC soulless, oh and Rayman finished too... Why would I support this terrible publisher.

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

 

[nkarafo]

Everything that is wrong with modern videogames Ubisoft embraces it. So, personally, i will let them.

 

[TommyCronin6969]

The reason I want Ubisoft to stay alive unrelated to my avatar would be I don't want a stream of Ubi employees to be let out in a flood to get high positions in other gaming companies to poison all other games with what they do in Ubisofts games.

I like knowing most of the time they're all kept there away from me and my games for the most part so every time I see that Ubisoft logo on a game I skip it with ease.

 

[Ceadeus]

I just bought the crew 2 and riders Republic and I'm having a blast. Especially Riders Republic. An open world extreme sports mmo? It's insanely fun, I highly suggest anyone to play.

 

[Hawking Radiation]

Came for this gif

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

I haven't enjoyed an Ubisoft game since Rainbow Six Vegas 2, and I think they're actively harmful to the industry as a whole at this point. We're better off with them gone.

 

[Robot Carnival]

I'm not going to tell anyone else what to do, but I've been fine not getting any Ubisoft games the last 10 years maybe? I'll be fine not getting anything from them going forward. I'm doing the only thing I can, vote with my wallet.

 

[Sgt.Asher]

Sometimes, you just have to let things die.

 

[ToneyJ]

Nah, I'm alright with western publishers getting what they deserve. Get rid of the activists in your company masquerading as game developers and then we can talk.

 

[Fbh]

Can't really say I give a crap if they go away. The last game from them that was of any appeal to me was probably Rayman Legends 10 years ago.

Can't think of any valuable IP they own either, at least to me.
AC was the only interesting one for a bit but they ran it into the ground to the point I think their recent games would have benefited from just being standalone historical action adventure games instead of part of the AC franchise

 

[Bodom78]

They died long ago. May as well get some of that Chinese money before disappearing into the night.

 

[Bitstream]

On one hand, Ubisoft has shown some of the most graphically impressive trailers of all time. On the other hand, none of those incredible looking versions resembled the games when they released. Losing another studio doesn't really benefit the gamers, but..

 

[Danny22]

I'm a bit surprised that Ubisoft is in trouble. Wasn't ac valhalla their biggest ever hit? They've successfully transitioned their biggest series into live service despite it being singleplayer. I suppose they have nothing else to fall back on as EA does with FIFA or Activision did with COD.

 

[Nydius]

If Ubisoft doesn’t want to die, go back to making competent games that people want to buy instead of making by-the-numbers games full of modern audience pandering.

It’s not my obligation to prop up a company so they stay afloat. It’s their job to keep themselves solvent and relevant. If they die, it’s on them.

 

[demonstr8]

I don't want people to lose their jobs but I genuinely have not played a Ubisoft game in years.

 

[RavageX]

The last ubi game I bought was AC Odyssey. That was a steaming pile of crap. It is better if ubi's current management died and someone else starts managing the company, especially if they allow it to be as creative as ubi used to be before 2015.

Wrong.

 

[kubricks]

???
Business, or in fact every entity, should be accountable for their decision.
If a business dies because of their major fuck up then so be it, no one should stop it.

I'd go one step further by saying It's a good thing.

 

[Moses85]

Unisoft already died a long time ago..

 

[Crayon]

I am going to have to keep running away from anything with their logo on it, but how can I help?

 

[ZehDon]

Ubisoft has failed to evolve their open world formula. Instead, they doubled down, and forced minute variations of it into games like Avatar and Star Wars. So, if they die, it's on them. Which is sad - I think The Division 2 is one of the best looter shooters around and I'm still playing it.

But, when you're producing that many titles across that many franchises that all end up feeling the same, you're gonna saturate your own market and burn out the player base. If I don't buy Avatar, Star Wars, Assassin's Creed, or Far Cry because they all feel the same, you're doing something very, very wrong.

 

[Bojji]

Wrong.

Yep, I really liked Odyssey. But Valhalla was so fucking bad...

 

[Osaka_Boss]

The downfall was bound to happen. When they killed Rayman 4 for Rabidds, the writing was on the wall

 

[PSlayer]

 

[genesisblock]

yes its all true i know they are more crud now but we barely got AAA stuff to play

Ubisoft Being Pressured To Go Private As Share Prices Continue To Fall

As Ubisoft shares continue to fall, a minority investor is making public calls for the company to go private in the near future.

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Blame mismanagement in the AAA space. Why does Ubisoft get special treatment?

 

[BadBurger]

I buy at least one Ubisoft game a year. I guess I am doing my part.

I love Assassin's Creed.

 

[ahtlas7]

Where is Vivendi nowadays?

 

[Lionel Richie]

You know OP, as much as we all enjoy Ubisoft's epic decline, there was a time in which they almost reversed it. For me, it started with Watch Dogs 2 in 2016, then they had Wildlands, Mario + Rabbids and AssCreed Origins in 2017 and Far Cry 5 in 2018. Those games weren't PERFECT by any means, but they were fun. Enjoyable. Casual fun. Then Odyssey happened and that game turned their games into a grindfest. New Dawn then followed and that's when we reach rock bottom. The cancer had spread too much and they weren't able to recover since then.

I want future historians to acknowledge that New Dawn is the game that killed Ubisoft.

 

[Touch fuzZy. get BizZay]

 

[semiconscious]

i'm with the op. i like many of the ubi games everyone else despises (including star wars outlaws). not sure what's wrong with me, but I don't seem to be getting better, unfortunately...

 

[kevboard]

Ubisoft released the best Prince of Persia game, and an amazing Metroidvania just earlier this year.

so I can't hate them

also among the best fighting systems ever made by a western dev team. better than any God of War, better than DmC.
It's almost wasted on this type of game tbh. that's how good it is.

 

[Lord Panda]

Maybe they should consult with their Sweet Baby Inc. buddies, or ask their modern audiences to help them out.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Ubisoft should be allowed to die if they are unwilling to produce games for gamers instead of "modern audiences"

That's how capitalism works

 

[Shits_McGiggles]

On one hand I would very much like Ubisoft to die, on the other hand they seem to be a retard containment zone, so perhaps they should continue to exist. I shudder to think how much worse other companies would get if thousands of Ubisoft developers were unleashed onto the world.

 

[LRKD]

I wouldn't shed a single tear at the death of Ubisoft.

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

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News - Ubisoft's 'AAAA' open-world pirate RPG, Skull and Bones, will be released on Steam in August

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Drama - Cringe - Ubisoft is now using bots to promote AC: shadowss.

The next wave of controversy seems to reach the shores of Ubisoft. As the trailer is allegedly being targeted by bot accounts which glorify the game. The accounts all follow the same formula: Banner: attractive caucasian person. Username: First name + Last name + 4 numbers Account: created in...

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Develop at Ubisoft: mentorship program for women and nonbinary people, applications start September 16

https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/company/careers/interns-graduates/develop-at-ubisoft At Ubisoft, we want to build the most creative, diverse and inclusive teams, and that's exactly what Develop at Ubisoft is all about: empowering and supporting under-represented genders. The program provides...

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+all the crap they pull in their awful games.

 

[West Texas CEO]

 

[Ironbunny]

Only ubisoft game for me that was worth playing was R6 Siege. Everything else has been a copy paste. No clue how they still are afloat.

 

[GHG]

Ubisoft and Activision Blizzard’s deal for cloud gaming rights, explained

Ubisoft has control of cloud gaming rights for Activision games outside of the EU.

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They are doing a good job of killing themselves, but Microsoft might have no choice but to keep them on life-support.