On the same day Ubisoft kicked off its E3 press conference to present many of its newest titles, the company registered over two dozen new domains for names and titles like Assassin’s Creed III: Rise, Assassin’s Creed: Utopia, Just Dance Disney Party, Petz Beach, Petz Countryside, Rabbids Land, Watch Dogs (2 – 5) and ZombiU (2-5). A new IP that Ubisoft unveiled at the convention was the stealthy/spy game Watch Dogs, and it appears the company may have long term plans for the game. Ubisoft registered watchdogs2.com, watchdogs3.com, watchdogs4.com and watchdogs5.com.
“I would like to say that there’s a lot of space for very high quality games," says Yves Guillemot.
" very high quality "
That's only true for one of the two though, and we all know which one that'll be.
I promise, only one of them will.
And it's the one that is the better franchise and respects the historical context of the region.
Dude’s getting the sweat because star wars outlaws underperformed, and that’s with far smaller controversy compared to AC shadows.
Well of course, but AC: Shadows will be on more platforms so I would expect it to sell more than Ghost.
Ubisoft announced on recent earnings calls that it has already recouped the cost of Activision/Blizzard streaming rights - which were only between €50M and €100M.
A minority investor in Ubisoft has called on the company to go private amid a shares slump following the release of Star Wars Outlaws.
Wait. So you're telling me spending years and years mainly producing high budget, mid games hasn't been working out for them?
And the weird thing is, this do-same-thing-over-and-over-an d-expect-different mentality is coming from the company, that was partially responsible for Vaas and his famous quote: «Did I ever tell you what the definition of insanity is? Insanity is doing the exact same fucking thing over and over again, expecting shit to change. That is crazy.»
Was it foreshadowing?
This started when AC games ditched stealth for RPG. You can see the downgrade in the visuals when compared, but all 3 sold well so I think they kept saying "fck it, people will praise mid games".
Once it started creeping into their other franchises, it all went downhill. I have Ubisoft + so its interesting going thru their whole library of greats just to see when the decline starts.
The last 3 games I bought of theirs were AC Syndicate, Division 2 and Immortals Fenyx Rising. They CAN make goods games, but they're coming less and less frequently.
Your argument here does not make any sense considering the RPG AC games are some of the most successful games in the industry.
@ElaBosak, genshin impact is one of the most succesfull games in the industry ever, does that now mean gaas/gacha is the best gamedesign?
I don't understand, I thought buggy woke AAAA games were the future, and yet the share is sinking almost 40% in complete free fall since the release of SW Outlaws ($3.76 on 30 Aug, - $2.55 today), it's brutal.
Ubisoft has really gone downhill because of the Guillemot family’s bad decisions. They’ve completely lost touch with what gamers actually want, focusing way too much on microtransactions, buggy releases, and XP boosters. It’s like they think these quick cash grabs are the future of gaming, and they don’t care that most of us aren’t comfortable with the idea of not owning our games anymore. The stupid comments they’ve made, along with the idiotic choices, have led to a massive drop in their stock—over 40% since *Star Wars Outlaws* launched. Honestly, I think the only way Ubisoft can improve is if the Guillemots sell the company. They’re holding it back.
Yeah, They have gone into that downward spiral of bad products and trying to chase every penny to make up for it while being anti consumer in the process.
All these companies want to squeeze very penny out of their customers instead of over delivering like a lot of them used to do
or its a buggy bland game, with horrible AI, bare bones mechanics, awful animations, and a predictable boring story
Woke IS a big reason because people are being hired based on their skin colour, gender, what they like to screw and how much they like to play pretend in their heads......instead of their actual skill. Which is why you get a boring, buggy, technically all round crap product like this and all the other steaming piles like it.
When creativity is replaced by a formula, sooner or later people tend to clock on, especially if the end result is continued mediocrity.
The IPs that ubisoft own have and had so much potential to be more than what we got, it's crazy. Watchdogs is a great example. How refreshingly different that looked when the original was announced and what did they do? Chased away all originality and replaced it with what ever insert people choose to call it.
Make less games if you're making too many but really put the time and focus into making each release standout in its own way instead of being generic reskinned worlds.
that was quick.
justdance-disney-party-game.co m?
holy crap its expanding.
wow part 5 already!
They saw the great critical and fan reception, and so they just had to go and plan to milk the franchise before it even comes out.
Ubisoft is ao desperate for successful IPs that when one is praised, even slightly, they will instantly milk it to death (see Assassin's Creed)
Hehe. Why not.
I bet Activision has domains up to Call of Duty 30, Square Enix for Final Fantasy 66 and Nintendo for the 200th Mario game.