Joel Taveras writes, "“We’re going to wait and see.” That’s been a common response that I’ve run into whenever the name PlayStation Vita comes up in conversation with anyone outside of Sony. Is it good business sense? Sure, whenever you’re talking about new hardware you always run the risk of things not working out as planned, and for that very reason third party developers can’t always justify jumping in blindly based on Sony’s good graces.
On the other hand though, why are those same developers already banking on “innovative” Wii U ideas with little, but more often zero, mention of the Vita?"
Behind XDefiant's toxic work culture, crunch, delays, and a group of directors and managers internally referred to as 'The Boys Club'.
Man the industry just keeps on going with all this bs and to think this is ubisoft again remember what happened with that skull bones team same crap.
https://www.theverge.com/20...
This game will be tossed out broken unplolished with a bloated budget trying to be cod but will fail sense ubi can get there shit in order. If i was me i would have gotten rid of this boys club asap there is alot looking for work out there.
Every industry has these issues
Some companies I’ve worked for were great and some were toxic as hell (UPS when I was a teenager was extremely toxic and I have heard it still is) It all starts at the top. They either hold people accountable , set standards and treat people with respect or the crap rolls downhill.
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.
They probably are to a large extend.
Considering the fact a Vita is not out of the box. Therefor a larger development risk should be considered.
Well seeing as to games being made with these functions mean that one must own a ps3 & vita is the first problem. Not everyone owns a ps3 or wants a ps3, if I have a 360 most likely I'm not buying a PS3 and vice versa. Secondly I've only seen the psvita perform remote play albeit with a lot of lag as well so all these people saying the device can perform everything that the wiiu can please provide video proof and we'll believe you!
That's not what I heard. I heard that a lot of developers are saying that the WII U isn't as capable as the ps3 and 360 are. And that the vita/ps3 combo is better than the wii u.
http://www.gamesindustry.bi...
This has to be an April fool's joke because I honestly don't believe that Nintendo will screw their fans by giving them a console that's weaker than both the PS3 and 360. Seriously these consoles are over 5 years old so it shouldn't cost much to produce something that's more powerful than both the 360 and PS3. Unless of course Nintendo is planning on making a massive profit with each Wii U sold.
Like I said before I honestly think it's an April fools joke.
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People will most likely favor the Wii U just because of how well the Wii sold and conversely shun the Vita as the PSP had very slow sales. Why invest in something that may not give you a good return. The Wii U will most likely sell extremely well while the Vita still must prove itself unfortunately.