Fandom Pulse is reporting (paywall), according to a “Ubisoft insider”, that the beleaguered video game company is pushing back on Steam to try and get certain data points removed from public view. This would include data points like peak and concurrent users. The insider continues by saying that Star Wars Outlaws has still failed to surpass the 2 million units sold point having been released for almost 3 months. That’s a far cry (get it?) from the 5 million in the first month some investors were hoping for at launch.
The report also alleges that Ubisoft isn’t alone. Other companies would also like Valve to stop reporting numbers that they’d rather paint their own way on investor calls, or just dodge entirely like Ubisoft has done on recent calls where the lackluster performance of Star Wars Outlaws has come up.
Wtf kinda of investor calls don’t have concrete numbers? Nothin makes me more suspicious than when a company tells me things are fine but won’t let me see for myself.
Yeah, just more bullshit from AAA publishers to hide information that their games are mediocre and games to waste their money.
But if Ubisoft gets their way, they would not only get to fudge their numbers for shareholders, but also hide when their games completely break on Windows because their kernel level anti-cheat stopped working after a Windows update.
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I’m just glad it’s finally out that Windows 11 is offering OS level DRM. Some of us were called conspiracy theorists for pointing out that was the intention of the TPM requirement.
Seems like Valve is still a privatly owned company, poor aaa studios. Let’s see how GabeN feels about that.
They might pull their games from steam and try to sell them on UPlay again
I couldn’t give a shit either way. Not ever going to buy a Ubisoft game again. I was interested in Star Wars Outlaws until I heard they were involved.
Isn’t the reason they gave up on that because they lost all their customers?
I actually sympathize with their desire to resist silly reporting over player counts, because it can snowball and generally it’s silly not-news. But you do have to actually sell games at some point.
That would be nice, then their games won’t clutter the Steam store so much.
Maybe epic will give them money to go exclusive there.
Situations like these show us exactly why nonpublic company run by a sensible person is not only possible but can be good for everyone that matters (none of which are other big companys)
The only way I’m buying a Ubisoft game is if Valve hides the developer’s name lmao 🤣
Rayman, tho
Ok, look. We all have weaknesses…
Maybe that will be Ubisoft’s next demand of Valve. Might just work.
I can’t blame you on Rayman. Those games are so so good
The insider continues by saying that Star Wars Outlaws has still failed to surpass the 2 million units sold point having been released for almost 3 months. That’s a far cry (get it?) from the 5 million in the first month some investors were hoping for at launch.
It might do better if it launched on Steam and was playable on Windows 11.
Things that make companies mad are good things for consumers and that usually turns out to be more information or feedback.
Easy. Remove Denuvo and I’ll buy it.
I really want Ubisoft to shut down.
I got the Far Cry joke. I’m a nerd.
Star Wars Outlaws was a lot of fun. Nothing ground breaking but, it was a decent game.
I’m astonished by the hate UBI is getting for their games. Sure, the company has problems, but there are so many bad actors, if I stop buying games from Microsoft(Bethesda, Blizzard), Tencent(Epic, Riot, Grinding gear games and and and) there literally won’t be any AAA games left. Next to the games not being as bad as claimed. Have yet to play outlaws but it looks fun, and I’ve had quite a good time with ac Mirage. Some annoying bugs but otherwise a well made game with an interesting story. Yet when I post a screenshot of the game on steam, I get asked by ppl who don’t even own the game why I’m playing trash like that. Excuse me? Reviews are good, games runs really well with few bugs, why shouldn’t I?
Stop the DEI bullshit and start hiring real talent. Sack the CEOs and bosses and strip them of their bonuses.
Or, maybe people are waking up and not buying the bullshit any longer. If the latter is true, the problem fixes itself eventually.
Do people like you even know anymore what dei actually means
I’m far from the average consumer but I think the last Ubisoft game I bought was Farcry 5… before that I think it was Farcry 3. And before that Was AssCreed Ezio saga. Everytime I gave them a chance the game was passable but had some serious flaws that they doubled down on as far as I could tell in press releases for other games.
I really enjoyed the division, with some friends it was a fun playthrough. The last farcry we did not even finish.
This is a consequence of intellectual property laws. What in 60s and 70s was possible to do with recent enough culturally significant things, now has been indefinitely postponed.
But more than that, a consequence of human vanity.
Making nuclear weapons by 50 years old technologies is good enough for those who need nukes.
But personal computers and operating systems of year 1999 kind, which are realistic to do in many places on the globe, are not good enough even for people who may not be able to afford healthy food.
Matrix the movie really was onto something.
