Ubisoft Says Microtransactions Make Games More Fun
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Chiggs
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Far be it from me to rain on this parade, but I'm willing to bet they have enough market research to back that comment about many players enjoying microtransactions.
Ubisoft might be dumb, but gamers as a collective sure as fuck aren't Isaac Newton.
Remember, there's a large city in the North American desert where millions and millions of people go each year to willingly lose their money on games that are intentionally rigged to prevent them from winning. But hey...DRINKS AND BUFFETS, AM I RIGHT?
geary
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I was interested to see if that phrase actually exist in the Annual Financial Report and it doesn't (at least i haven't found it). Unless this was said on a conference call, they didn't mentioned MTX makes games more fun. This is what i found regarding MTX in the document. But the clicks must flow...
UNIVERSAL REGISTRATION DOCUMENT and Annual Financial Report
UNIVERSAL REGISTRATION DOCUMENT and Annual Financial Report
It's more nuanced than that. Fundamentally all game content is measured for engagement/time spent - most players that buy games still use that as their criteria of how much they are ready to pay for a new game as well.
Now in GaaS - the content flow is meant to perpetually engage the audience - there's many ways to go about that, but 'numbers grind' is definitely a popular mechanics that everyone seems to understand - and for most part, embrace. And it decidedly isn't just about 'time' - you need 'engagement' else people just drop (pay-2-play has made some publishers complacent on that front - but they're paying for it with dying IPs now).
That said you want to be as inclusive as possible - there's players that engage with content mostly for free - and you really don't want to exclude them, and then there's those that are just out to win, so you give them a price/value ratio for that.
If it all sounds a bit manipulative - well it is, but then so is all of capitalism.
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mcjmetroid
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Will they just go out of business already.
Trash publisher
Trash publisher
PlayStaytion
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I'll hand you the controller and prove it to me.
yurinka
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I watched the entire webcast of the talk and didn't find anything about this.Are they stupid? They still haven't learned anything apparently
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Ubisoft Says Microtransactions Make Games More Fun
When you think about your best gaming experiences, what comes to mind first? According to Ubisoft, it’s microtransactions. In its recent financial report, the company claimed that monetization in…www.eteknix.com
Please can share somebody the timestamp where he does say this? Seems fake news to me.
Gonzito
Gold Member
I just read the news and found the articles. I haven't watched the conference but if journalist are saying this has happened, it must be true I suppose
Ubisoft Says Microtransactions 'Make the Player Experience More Fun'
Ubisoft claims that microtransactions can be a positive experience for gamers, as they 'make the player experience more fun' in multiple ways.
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newtypepilot
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it's also more fun not playing ubisoft games
Agent_4Seven
Tears of Nintendo
Only a complete idiot, creatively bankrupt and greedy impotent can write something like this.
semiconscious
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'ubisoft says microtransactions make ubisoft games more wealthy fun'...
Are they stupid? They still haven't learned anything apparently
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Ubisoft Says Microtransactions Make Games More Fun
When you think about your best gaming experiences, what comes to mind first? According to Ubisoft, it’s microtransactions. In its recent financial report, the company claimed that monetization in…www.eteknix.com
Tajaz2426
Psychology PhD from Wikipedia University
Hey, you got Einstein type geniuses on here, that back up what they say and purchase anything any corporation puts out. Don't blame them, blame the morons who keep buying microtransactions, thereby telling said companies to keep pushing the envelope.
Nostalgic Nightmare
Member
It's never been easier to save money than this generation. It's also never been easier to not purchase any of the slop these clowns put out.
No one wants to pay to customize in single player games, and no one cares about it in your multiplayer games that last a week. Anyone remember ubisofts battle royal name? Me neither. The reason we didnt call concord that name 2.0 is because no one even rememberes that game existing.
Techno_Inked
Member
You know what gamers like more, great games. Just saying..
Windle Poons
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
Ubisoft can say what the fuck they want however they are wrong. On every level (even the ones you pay for)
Dalbajobas
Member
Oh, ...we only needed to buy more ingame store items to make ubi games extra fun.
Zannegan
Member
I want to call him a complete and total moron, but I'm conflicted.
On the one hand, he did start Ubisoft and expand it into one of the most significant gaming publishers in gaming. On the other, for the last decade he has been burning it to the ground one tone deaf decision at the time.
So, he's progressing toward total incompetency but there may be a spark of the mind that locked up the Tom Clancy license and greenlit Assassin's Creed left inside.
On the one hand, he did start Ubisoft and expand it into one of the most significant gaming publishers in gaming. On the other, for the last decade he has been burning it to the ground one tone deaf decision at the time.
So, he's progressing toward total incompetency but there may be a spark of the mind that locked up the Tom Clancy license and greenlit Assassin's Creed left inside.
vodka-bull
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Yop.
LordBlodgett
Member
Wait ...........
Giallo Corsa
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ZehDon
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I think their stock price is sufficient commentary on their leadership's understandings of gamers.
From you, Dante.
WhamBamThankYouMaam
Member
If I never ever see a Ubisoft game again it is still too soon.
SidViscous
Member
if I see a game has three editions at launch and "early access" locked to the most expensive edition that comes with a season pass for content not even disclosed yet, plus in-game currency store - well, fuck that game, off my radar it goes. I have no idea how it got to the point where it's acceptable.
Honestly, the Nintendo approach of just charging more for next-gen games is infinitely more consumer friendly.
Honestly, the Nintendo approach of just charging more for next-gen games is infinitely more consumer friendly.
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yurinka
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This is what I thought, so went to the original source to try to double check it and didn't find such quote.I just read the news and found the articles. I haven't watched the conference but if journalist are saying this has happened, it must be true I suppose
Ubisoft Says Microtransactions 'Make the Player Experience More Fun'
Ubisoft claims that microtransactions can be a positive experience for gamers, as they 'make the player experience more fun' in multiple ways.
I also found that some news sites mentioned that they supposedly announced there that the new Ghost Recon will be a FPS, when it wasn't the case. The most similar thing is that in a reply the guy sitting with Guillemot said (1:08:03) said "Some of that money [the new one from Tencent] will go to pay debt and ...blablabla... and some of the money will go back from the subsidiary to fund other games likeGhost Recon... this is just an example, or our FPS type games, and we also want to boost our live service games (Anno, The Crew....)"
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Radical_3d
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Ueda: the age of gameplay is over.
Ubisoft: hold my beer!
What a terrible week for the U.
Ubisoft: hold my beer!
What a terrible week for the U.
