Close another studio? Cancel some more games? That’s the best way to make more money, right? Lay everyone off and stop making products?
I do think they should actually downsize. Stop pushing out a new Assassins Creed every year or 2. Reduce the magnitude of the games a bit. First few Assassins Creeds were special. Far Cry games used to be great too. Now they just feel like a grindfest. As do the AC games.
But I don’t think Ubisoft leadership would be capable of doing it right. They’d probably just lay off everyone who actually does work, and expect a similar amount of games.
This is why the reform needs to start at the top. Ubisoft is doomed until the leeches are gone.
Release a new Splinter Cell game!
Could try pachinko like konami
More microtransactions into the slop they are putting out soon.
Sadly it usually does result in a stock price increase, because less expenses
Ubisoft will own nothing, and we will be happy…
How much have the executives pay dropped?
Executive pay is mostly stock so… 95% over 8 years?
But this isnt what enshittification is
Its why their stock was so high and at least partially why theyve been suffering as of late. They’ve completely enshittified their portfolio and cant milk any more out of fed up users. They chose not to innovate content and instead found new ways to pump up numbers for short term shareholder returns.
Im sure they haven’t learned and will only innovate more ways to enshittify themselves as that is their MO.
What do you say Lemmy, should we all put in $20 and make an acquisition offer? The people in this thread should cover it.
The markets probably didn’t like all the cancelled games in the pipeline but a reset is probably for the best. Their main franchises have gotten steadily worst. I used to look forward to their games, now I don’t even buy them on special.
Nobody deserves insolvency more than Ubisoft. They are not just greedy. They’re also incompetent and delusional. They took solid gold franchises and fucked them to death.
Meh. Their games are mediocre at best and the bullshit they attach to playing a game makes it totally not worth bothering to give Ubisoft any money.
Turns out making games just to please shareholders doesn’t make sales?
I loved AC Shadows, a really fun game. I was surprised though, Mirage was shit.
What about Mirage was shit? As much as I loved Shadows, the story kind of went nowhere towards the end. On the other hand, Mirage despite having a simple story, is the best AC game I have played in ages. That said, I’ve always been a fan of the original pre-RPG AC games.
You know, it’s all taste. I don’t even remember what it was about and it was really short. I remember every other game of theirs. I paid full price, so I was salty about that because it was so short.
Good, maybe turning that $70 game into a free to play wasn’t such a good idea, eh?
Ahh ubisoft. I have known you since the 90s with classics like B.A.T. 2 The Koshan Conspiracy (a game that still looks beautiful even if i still have no fucking idea what it is about!) And… well… I dont remember what else.
Anyway, you suck now and you can die peacefully.
Far cry 7 better be good
Far Cry 7 is rumored to add a 24-hour time limit (similar to Dead Rising’s mechanic) and lean heavily into multiplayer
It won’t be.
Love that for them ❤️
I hate that Ubisoft have Steep and Riders Republic. Hands down my favourite snowboarding/skiing games that aren’t SSX.
I don’t suppose there are any better alternatives? I much prefer the arcade style over realism. It’s nice to be able to finish work and just freeride to unwind.
Descenders has mountainbiking and snowboarding
Thanks, been looking into this and it seems there is Descenders and Descenders Next. The former is really well received but it seems Next is still quite a work in progress. The impression I get from the store page is Descenders only has mountain biking? Still looks great though.
Yeah that’s kinda how the devs work. Descenders received a lot of love after its release, Next will get there too
Shredders is one of the best snowboard games I’ve played. I feel like it captures the feeling of snowboarding really well.
