Even after their recent financial woes, Ubisoft is apparently still continuing forward with their interest in online spaces, and it doesn't just stop at Heroes of Might and Magic Online. Five new MMO titles, including Heroes of Might and Magic, are currently in development.
“I would like to say that there’s a lot of space for very high quality games," says Yves Guillemot.
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?
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.
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.
This will probably last ti'll 2020. lol
Even with their MMO's they will probably STILL have their DRM software inplace, only Ubisoft.
just how many MMOs do they need
Good luck with that.