Just when E3 2012 was looking to be a bit of a letdown, Ubisoft unveiled Watch_Dogs, the new title from Ubisoft Montreal that looks set to prove to the world that current-gen still has a ton of life left. With incredible graphics, a refreshing take on free-roam action games, and an exciting narrative, Watch_Dogs raises the bar for innovation and creativity in an industry driven by derivative sequels and an overabundance of shooters.
Skull and Bones surprises with second-highest player engagement in Ubisoft's history, marking an unexpected success story.
Funny how all the clickhate was trying to spin that it was "struggling" to reach these very numbers.
Over 700 Ubisoft staff in France strike due to failed salary talks, highlighting a major dispute over fair compensation.
Ubisoft is eroding from within. They used to be such a great publisher, but their hubris, greed, ignorance, and willingness to embrace crappy business practices such as intentionally releasing broken games with a "patch it later" mentality just so they can garner Black Friday sales, their in-game cash shops to sell you virtual junk, over priced collectors editions where their price increases but their quality remains the same, giant open bland land masses to explore packed with copy & paste boring filler side quests designed to waste your time with menial tasks.
And let's not forget their employees constantly getting pissed at the executives treating them like crap, which has been an on-going problem for years. Yeah, Ubisoft had rightfully earned their title of Ubi-junk.
What a shame.
Couldn't happened to a more deserving company. Here's to a AAAA Strike for all those well deserved AAAA Salaries.
🖕 Choke on it U-beSawft.
The industry is hitting some issues I'm seeing games not selling as well, Sony projections are down, games cost way too much to make and are not hitting return on investment, and now employees demanding to be paid more.
It reminds me of the movie industry. The cost to make movies aren't making their money back yet you have everyone demanding to be paid more. The things that needs to change are cost of development including employee/contractor wages, and I'd even say to lower the MSRP on games. I know they are trying like hell to monetize games to bring in recurring revenue like mobile games, but that's not the answer. The onus is on the industry to correct this and I think the way to do it is cutting back on costs.
I don't see how employees can demand to be paid more when sh*t like Skull and Bones isn't bringing back money and god knows how much they spent on the development of that game. I think I remember seeing that after Black Flag or when Sea of Thieves was announced.
Ubisoft just announced its financial results for Q3 of the fiscal year 2023-2024 and confirmed a release window for Assassin’s Creed Codename Red, on top of a lot more information about the performance of its major games.
"The gorgeous and incredibly unique aesthetic could almost be considered next-gen"
If only he knew it was running on PC and won't look as detailed on console.
Um what about Last of Us and Beyond? It didn't 'single handedly' save current gen gaming.
Yes, because The Last of Us, Beyond, Tomb Raider, maybe Halo 4, and Assassins Creed obviously show us that the current gen is dead right? /s.
Feel free to add more amazing games to this list, proving that this gen is not dying yet. Or disagree and give me a reason why.
if only people's usernames reflected their thought process...
Okay Logic I think calling Last of Us an Uncharted clone and Beyond just an interactive movie just shows the level of ignorance you have despite the amount of bubbles you have or your name. QD already have said they have move beyond just the interactivity of Heavy Rain and calling Last of Us an Uncharted clone because it looks like Uncharted is really stupid.
OF COURSE it will look like Uncharted you idiots. ND made Uncharted so OF COURSE it will look like it. Is every Halo game a clone because it looks like the last one? Why does Quantum Conundrum look like Portal. Because it is a clone? NO! because it was the same company that made it.Is Fallout 3 a clone because it shares similarities to Oblivion. No! So stop the Last of Us is an Uncharted clone crap.