shikamaru317 said:
Yeah, it is sad to see. 7 unannounced games cancelled in 6 months (4 in July, 3 in January). Skull & Bones delayed yet again (though this time only from March to Q2). They claim they are cancelling these 7 unannounced games to focus on their core series and make them larger sources of revenue (presumably those Core series would be Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, Just Dance, Tom Clancy, and maybe Watch Dogs). I hope it works out for them, I'd really hate to see them get acquired by Netease or Tencent, as I don't trust the Chinese at all, and Sony would be even worse as they would make most of their games exclusive to PS. Embracer meanwhile probably wouldn't be allowed to acquire them, as Embracer already has 132 game studios and 17,500 employees, and acquiring Ubisoft would bring them up to 184 studios and nearly 38,000 employees, not sure if the regulators would like the idea of the fate of 38,000 game developers and publishers resting in the hands of a single company. So that doesn't exactly leave anybody good to acquire Ubisoft. Xbox wouldn't be allowed to unless they abandon ABK first. |
Management/Leadership brought it on themselves, I once was a big fan of Ubisoft but not so much anymore, I feel sorry for the employees, I think Yves has got to go to turn this company around. Pretty crazy to see that even Mario + Rabbids underperformed, it feels like the general public are just tired of Ubisoft, even Ubisoft's own employees seem sick of the company.
They've gone from a $12bn company to a $3.3bn company...Incredible drop...The sharks are probably circling the company. They're now worth less than Square Enix, Capcom and almost worth as much as Sega, Avatar can't come soon enough for them (and AC Mirage). Skull & Bones is going to completely bomb.
Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 11 January 2023
