"The manufacturers want a way to control their platform"
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has told CVG he doesn't think the release of Xbox One and PS4 will mark the beginning of the last generation of home consoles.
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot commented on Grand Theft Auto 6, the future of Xbox, and Skull and Bones' pricing during the company's financial conference call.
No it won't, it will just further highlight the huge disparity in top tier open world games and Ubi's poor attempts at them.
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot was asked about the company's plans for the convergence between AI and creativity in game development.
Cool so I'm just going to have to climb towers in a more reactive world thanks ubi that wasn't your problem.
In my view ubi needs to clean house rehire all the writers because their stories are paper thin this focus on needing to be woke play as anyone has done nothing but harm the quality of their games which have gotten so bad lately it somehow makes their average games from 10 years ago look like masterpieces
Why don’t you just focus on making good games again? Hurts me to see what a soulless shell of a company Ubisoft has become. Captain Laserhawk on Netflix is the most creative thing they’ve had anything to do with in a decade. Which is just sad.
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot and CFO Frederick Duguet talked about Skull & Bones, Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard, and continued to tease the unannounced "big game" which is now slated for Q4.
That whole statement about the ABK deal I heard as "Hey, we're available for sale for $68B as well! Come buy us! We have good mobile IPs as well!"
I'm not saying it couldn't but after what they've just went through, imagine getting another one passed.
As long as there's money to be made in the console space there will be gaming consoles.
There is never going to be a final gen until either people get sick of consoles, or there is a huge market crash like in the 80's that is never recovered from. Anyone who thinks otherwise is blind. The gaming industry is worth billions. How can anyone think that that's suddenly going to dry up?
I'm confused...why would next-gen be the last? Who's even thinking that o_O?
So much of this talk about the end of console gaming is frustrating.. NO mobile gaming is not going to end console gaming as it is a different market! Just because 9 in 10 tweens are playing angry birds does not signify that console gaming has lost its need, are people going crazy here? Am I the only one to think that the media is ramming this belief down our throats?
Just because you buy a boat doesn't mean you never go on a cruise again..
However, the issue remains that studios are losing money, and as such I believe there are two key issues with todays console gaming scene:
1. The weekly blockbuster title.. Not everyone can afford to drop $60 on the weekly blockbuster title. and as such not every company needs a game that cost $10 million to make! The stakes are too high for the big gaming studios, just back it down and keep it real.. less titles, and not as many high end titles will help.. a lot!
2. Stop trying to reinvent yourselves every other day. I am going to loose it if I need to hear about one more motion controller, or new online experience..
All of the above cost the developers tons of money to keep up with.. One simple fix, get back to the basics..