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HappySqurriel on 06 June 2008
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DMeisterJ said:
LordTheNightKnight said:
A Ubisoft boycott was just meant to be games they developed. NMH and these games would be fine to buy.

"Oh, and because I'm not going to deprive myself of a good gaming experience based upon some misguided sense of purpose."

The purpose was that Ubisoft looked as though they were trying to deny good gaming experiences to Wii owners. It may not be the case, but that was what was setting so many off.

But you're still handing them money.

You're not giving them as much money for both developing and publishing, but nonetheless, you are putting some money in their pocket, that they will use to fund projects on the PS3 and 360.  


I could be wrong, but I thought the entire point of the Ubisoft Boycott was to not give Ubisoft money for their third rate casual Wii games; it wasn't that people really cared about them having money to spend on PS3 or XBox 360 projects.

Personally, I said I wasn't going to be involved with the Boycott because these things tend to work themself out. If Ubisoft doesn't want to devote the money to producing quality games for the market leading platform, they won't see the rewards of developing quality games for the market leading platform; and if there is an opportunity there, someone else will capatalize on it.

What we have seen from Ubisoft is a certain level of inconsistency which could be explained by a power struggle between two different executives; this isn't uncommon in any industry, and I have seen many companies "screw themself" due to this ...

You might have one executive who has been labeled a visonary and was (in part) responsible for building Ubisoft and has gained a lot of respect within the company; for years she has sold games products on buzzwords and new technologies with little focus on the product itself. At the same time you have a young executive who is working their way up the corporate ladder, and has gained the ear of some of the senior executives because he believes that change needs to happen in order to save the company in the long run.

Sadly enough the older executive has (way) more control over various portions of the company and sees the young executive as a threat, and may do things to hurt the success of the young executive's projects in order to maintain her control.