At this point, it’s a familiar story. A major release intended as a tent-pole franchise is delayed, and the shares of the publisher go tumbling. It happened with GTA 5, Bioshock Infinite, and now Watch Dogs. Ubisoft Stock fell more than 26 percent when the French company announced it would be delaying both Watch Dogs and The Crew into 2014. Unfortunatley for the skittish investors unloading their stock, this trend just shouldn’t hold true for the games industry.
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With the world of information and technology, privacy and security growing every day, Watch Dogs deserves another chance in the spotlight, now more than ever.
The only Ubi title that deserves a faithful remake right now is Splinter Cell 1.
All 2014+ Ubi titles are just underwhelming. Especially ones from 2016+ are just cancer.
The fist watchdog game was the best by far
After that they weren't weird and annoying with that hipster stuff. Aiden was a badass.
From VG247: "When cars slide, they leave tyre marks. In a game like Driver, they’re an aesthetic touch, part of the inherent cool of a handbrake turn. But those dark shadows in the road also tell a story. From tyre marks, you can determine the speed of a vehicle, when it started to skid, and its ultimate direction of travel – long after the car itself has vanished into the distance."
Why did they stop making some of the best games ever? Driver was one of them.
A story driven game with pure driving gameplay. I'd love to see a new Driver game or a remake of the first one.
One of the better articles I've read from Forbes.
investors.... who needs em'
Wait stock drops after a delay by THAT MUCH??!! I guess I know when to buy some stock!
Who invests in Ubisoft?
While I'm sure this statement applies to games like Bioshock and GTA V, we should probably take a look at Ubisoft's track record with delayed games.
While I'm a pretty big fan of what Ubisoft typically puts out, they are arguably one of the biggest offenders when it comes to delaying games. Rainbow Six: Patriots, delayed indefinitely. Splinter Cell: Conviction and Blacklist were delayed numerous times, as was Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. And these are just as of late.
It's not just one major release from Ubisoft that was delayed for fine-tuning, either. It was TWO. I call bullshit, Ubisoft. Needless to say, I probably won't be purchasing Watch_Dogs after these continued shenanigans. You can't hype a game like Ubi did all year and then delay it a month from release, especially when it's touted as a next-gen launch title.