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[Insider Gaming] Ubisoft Being Pressured To Go Private As Share Prices Continue To Fall
Paulistano
Member
It's the law of the jungle: they are weak they deserve to die!
The Chairman
Member
Games like Splintercell are already dead, ubisoft now don't have the balls to make another game like this.
Heimdall_Xtreme
Jim Ryan Fanclub's #1 Member
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.
Paltheos
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Brigandier
Member
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
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TommyCronin6969
Gold Member
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.
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.
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Hawking Radiation
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Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
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
Member
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.
Fbh
Member
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
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
Danny22
Neo Member
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
Member
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.
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.
RavageX
Member
Wrong.
ZehDon
Member
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.
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
Member
Yep, I really liked Odyssey. But Valhalla was so fucking bad...
Osaka_Boss
Member
The downfall was bound to happen. When they killed Rayman 4 for Rabidds, the writing was on the wall
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genesisblock
Member
Blame mismanagement in the AAA space. Why does Ubisoft get special treatment?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.insider-gaming.com
Lionel Richie
Member
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.
I want future historians to acknowledge that New Dawn is the game that killed Ubisoft.
Touch fuzZy. get BizZay
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semiconscious
Member
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
Member
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.
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.
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Lord Panda
The Sea is Always Right
Maybe they should consult with their Sweet Baby Inc. buddies, or ask their modern audiences to help them out.
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Unknown Soldier
Member
Ubisoft should be allowed to die if they are unwilling to produce games for gamers instead of "modern audiences"
That's how capitalism works
That's how capitalism works
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Shits_McGiggles
Member
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.
Go_Ly_Dow
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+all the crap they pull in their awful games.
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GHG
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