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[Solidsnake_1]

CEO Yves Guillemot: "Other publishers buy companies, we try to build things"

Star Wars, mobile and free-to-play: Ubisoft's bid to transform its business

 

[Topher]

 

[Bojanglez]

Shots fired

 

[Victor Omega]

 

[X-Wing]

Well said. I’m starting to appreciate Ubisoft. Showing great games and showing a decent attitude.

 

[DeepEnigma]

 

[KaiserBecks]

I used to love Red Storm, I wonder what happened to them.

 

[Victor Omega]

 

[DeepEnigma]

Bo_Hazem GITT

Your boys getting crazy!

 

[Varteras]

I used to love Red Storm, I wonder what happened to them.

Apparently, they're working on Heartland. That Division spin-off. Also doing Assassin's Creed Nexus VR for Quest 2.

 

[Robb]

Well… Other companies also seem to be doing quite well while Ubisoft looks like a sinking ship.

 

[Heisenberg007]

#UbisoftGonGiveItToYa

 

[Phase]

Yeah, the same things over and over.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

Oh, we like Ubisoft now?

 

[DeepEnigma]

Oh, we like Ubisoft now?

Yep. Just like we like 30fps creative choices now.

 

[Begleiter]

It's a fine attitude, but it's not exactly going well for them just now, is it? Skull and Bones, that's definitely a "try". Their management is similarly shit to Microsoft's when it comes to actually making things.

 

[adamsapple]

Ubisoft's live-service and mobile games aren't quite at the same level, and it doesn't have the capital to simply buy itself a Zynga or a King.

"because we can't"

 

[SJRB]

 

[feynoob]

Release splinter cell you cowards.

 

[BossLackey]

"try" being the keyword here.

 

[Mr Hyde]

Microsoft buying Ubisoft confirmed.

 

[ConkerTheSquirrel.]

Star Wars, mobile and free-to-play: Ubisoft's bid to transform its business

If by 'build things', he means building the same type of structure over and over again, but with a different coat of paint, then yes, I agree.

Fuck Ubisoft.

 

[X-Wing]

"try" being the keyword here.

You are right. Microsoft is trying to buy Activision

 

[GHG]

I love Ubisoft now.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

I love that the creator of the "Ubisoft Game" is firing shots at Sony and Microsoft. Companies with dev teams that actually create some really original stuff.

 

[Kacho]

Was he hoping Microsoft or Sony would scoop them up? He sounds bitter.

 

[KaiserBecks]

Apparently, they're working on Heartland. That Division spin-off. Also doing Assassin's Creed Nexus VR for Quest 2.

It’s such a shame. That studio arguably invented the tactical shooter genre…

 

[Topher]

Oh, we like Ubisoft now?

Who is we? Plenty of folks like Ubisoft games. AC Mirage was one of the few games I was excited to see at the Playstation showcase.

 

[Sleepwalker]

I love that the creator of the "Ubisoft Game" is firing shots at Sony and Microsoft. Companies with dev teams that actually create some really original stuff.

 

[salva]

Ubisoft building things

 

[checkcola]

There are Ubisoft games I like, but there's also a formula plenty of them follow, huh?

 

[SlimySnake]

I am not a fan of Sony and MS buying shit up left and right so im with this guy.

You make do with what you have. Scooping up developers just to keep them off other platforms is dumb.

Sony spent $3.2 billion on Bungie and forgot that they had single player studios who needed some bodies.

 

[FullMetalx117]

Statement would've meant a lot more if it wasn't ubisoft

 

[Methos#1975]

Weren't they begging for a suitor just a few months ago to buy them and they were pretty much mocked for it?

 

[Ronin_7]

I am not a fan of Sony and MS buying shit up left and right so im with this guy.

You make do with what you have. Scooping up developers just to keep them off other platforms is dumb.

Sony spent $3.2 billion on Bungie and forgot that they had single player studios who needed some bodies.

My friend if you don't like Sony strategy i advice selling your Ps5.

You'll not be getting more SP games than on PS4 Generation, the focus is keeping those as it is, the new stuff is GaaS focused.

Expect More acquisitions to show this alongside mobile investment.

 

[Certinty]

Yep, you guys definitely built the most boring open world repetitive bullshit game ever made in Ass Creed Valhalla, i’ll give you that.

 

[xrnzaaas]

Ubisoft will get swallowed sooner or later. If it's not Microsoft then it's the Saudis or the Chinese. They may be trying, but they're failing in the recent years and now switching more attention to mobile & f2p won't get them many new fans.

 

[TVexperto]

other publishers dont sexually harass their employees

 

[Robb]

other publishers dont sexually harass their employees

Activision Blizzard right now:

Nintendo:

Sony:

Microsoft

 

[RoadHazard]

Yeah, because Ubisoft haven't bought a ton of studios?

 

[Sleepwalker]

Ubisoft will get swallowed sooner or later. If it's not Microsoft then it's the Saudis or the Chinese. They may be trying, but they're failing in the recent years and now switching more attention to mobile & f2p won't get them many new fans.

Yup, they recently resisted and rejected a hostile takeover but sharks smell the blood in the water, tencent specifically is circling around them so hopefully they turn things around.

 

[Big Baller]

 

[deriks]

2025 comes and
"Microsoft buys Ubisoft"

 

[Bo_Hazem]

 

[Impotaku]

Bit rich coming from ubislop

 

[twinspectre]

Someone tell him to stop making cod clone ffs.

 

[Kvally]

I wonder how Jim Ryan and Phil Spencer feel about this comment?

 

[Verchod]

Not sure you can build on shit

 

[Buggy Loop]

Weren’t rumours saying that Ubisoft tried to be sold and they were laughed at by potential buyers?

 

[CSJ]

Emphasis on try.