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[dreamstation]

Call of Duty ain't even that good, but XDefiant was absolutely terrible.

Shame to see people lose their job but if I put in a poor effort at my workplace I'd be in the unemployment line as well

 

[N30RYU]

Those studios should have been Ubi and Soft

 

[Calico345]

Not

 

[Ozzie666]

Support studios it seems? not the main bread and butter. Good luck to all those impacted, but over 20K people is insane under Ubi.

 

[Nickolaidas]

Less then a 1% of their workforce.

Still an extremely bloated company.

Guess it's 2%, then.

 

[Thief1987]

Thread title was so good until the "2 Studios" part, shame.

 

[Robb]

 

[SJRB]

XD

 

[havoc00]

You know what to do Phil…

 

[tusharngf]

Dont touch IVORY tower.. please ubisoft,..thats the only good studio you have

 

[Gonzito]

I used to be a fan of their games and at times I even defended them when I thought that people was being too harsh with them, but yeah for me the company's magic is gone, the quality of their games went downhill in general and I cant forgive them how badly they have treated the Splinter Cell franchise so I just dont care anymore about them

 

[Ronin_7]

have a feeling tencent is going to gobble up ubisoft in the near future.

Why would they do that? It's an extremely unhealthy company.

 

[RayBoy]

 

[Cyberpunkd]

How do you wake up one day and go yes, time to create that COD killer!

Same way everyone woke up 15 years ago and went "time to take on World of Warcraft"!

 

[Bert Big Balls]

Only call of duty competes with call of duty.
How do you wake up one day and go yes, time to create that COD killer!
They had to genuinely believe they had a shot at this, otherwise one wouldn't even try.

Remember when Concord genuinely believed they had a shot?

 

[Bert Big Balls]

Production studio closing, business office remaining open. Ah, so getting rid of any actual talent. Got it.

 

[winjer]

Once again, it's the CEO hat screws up, but it's the workers that pay the price.

 

[KaiserBecks]

That Avatar game last winter flopped despite being tied to one of the most successful movie series of all time.

Skull and Bones flopped despite being the first AAAA game

Prince of Persia the lost crown did so bad it got the whole team broken up.

XDefiant was a live service COD killer that lasted less than a year.

Star Wars Outlaws flopped despite being an open world stars wars which people have wanted for 40 fucking years.

Assassins Creed Shadows currently at a farm up north with the dog I had as a kid. May not come back.

What an absolute shit show over there. How does anyone in leadership still have a job?

It’s Yves Guillemont’s company isn’t it? He won’t fire himself. But I’m sure Beyond Good and Evil 2 will set everything straight. Any day now.

 

[FunkMiller]

Once again, it's the CEO hat screws up, but it's the workers that pay the price.

Genuinely think Guillemot is the worst CEO of them all in gaming, and he has very strong competition.

 

[kruis]

Skimming google, UBI Osaka does these games. Not a lot.

Ubisoft Osaka Games - IGN

Check out this list of Ubisoft Osaka Games

www.ign.com

Hm... Both Ubisoft Osaka and Ubisoft San Francisco worked on Rocksmith+. I wonder if that game is also going to be sunsetted. That game got a PS4 and PS5 version just six months ago.

 

[FeralEcho]

I heard the Black Flag Remake is now getting a remake.

Does it launch before or after the Prince of Persia Sands of Time Remake Remake? Or maybe POP needs to remaster the remake of the remake first before launch.

 

[Woopah]

I heard the Black Flag Remake is now getting a remake.

Their Prince of Persia remake is getting a remake. So it's possible!

 

[kyussman]

Ubisoft are on the way down......I don't see there being any great revival for them,they would have to change their entire game design philosophy.

 

[poodaddy]

Ubisoft are on the way down......I don't see there being any great revival for them,they would have to change their entire game design philosophy.

 

[lh032]

Why would they do that? It's an extremely unhealthy company.

probably a few reasons below.
1. tencent has the money
2. buy it while its down and restructure the company (alot of good IP as well)
3. if the strategy fails, tencent just close it down or sell it to another company (like what embracer did currently lol)

 

[Mattyp]

Your right, they should all pack it up!

Honestly, it will never happen if no one tries. Every king gets dethroned eventually. Your delusional to think otherwise.

CoD honestly created that genre 20 years now dethroning Unreal and Quake even though the games are nothing alike, and nothings come close in two decades since. It to me is its own genre of fast paced semi realistic arena FPS with no equal.

The same as FIFA.

The same as Minecraft.

Some kings just don’t die.

 

[DirtInUrEye]

 

[Saber]

End results of chasing filthy trends, crash and burn money baby.
Hopefully Shadow fails hard as well.

 

[PatientGamer]

These guys will be acquired before the decade is out, guaranteed.

Just not sure who has the bandwidth to sort through all their shit, Sony are already severely handicapped from the Bungie acquisition lol - they can't afford another huge L.

Maybe Microsoft?

 

[AJUMP23]

I never played the games. Good luck moving on for the people.

 

[Ceadeus]

Only call of duty competes with call of duty.
How do you wake up one day and go yes, time to create that COD killer!
They had to genuinely believe they had a shot at this, otherwise one wouldn't even try.

Battlefield, when it's good, can give them a good run for their money.

Personally, I find BF gameplay deeper and more strategic. Much more exciting!

 

[IAmNotFromDelaware]

I heard the Black Flag Remake is now getting a remake.

The Sony strategy.

 

[STARSBarry]

OP tweet implies they’ve been working on XDefiant

Sure as hell wasn't shadows lol.

 

[Pandawan]

fire Guillemot and hire Bobby Kotick

 

[Zacfoldor]

Seriously though, sorry to those who lost their jobs. Sorry Ubisoft is acting like this and being so anti-consumer with their products. If we could convince them to listen to us and make games for us, the gamer, instead of a perceived audience that doesn't exist, they could become a great success. Yet still Ubisoft denies us, even as their only remaining competent game design, the open world, fails and becomes a meme around them. The transition to shovelware is nearly complete. This obtuse company can no longer recognize a good game, even when they themselves make one(the lost crown).

It's a mixture of arrogance, ideology, and greed that fuels Ubisoft's current idiocy and may destroy their entire company.