If only bankruptcy actually meant consequences for those responsible.
this post was submitted on 09 Jan 2025
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Pretty much. The leadership team all have a golden parachute and will be integrated back into an industry and fuck that up too.
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Gamers say that Ubisoft execs need to get comfortable with not being solvent.
I'm afraid Ubisoft execs won't feel much from that.
Ubisoft execs need to get comfortable flying coach.
I'm a very casual gamer. Where can I find out what Ubisoft is doing to get them so much hate?
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Man Ubisoft could be so great but they just land so meh. Watchdogs, tom Clancy wildlands, the division, farcry. They all have potential but just don't have that last 15%
That's because they fear giving that 15% out for free when they could have monetized it.
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Eat shit and die motherfucker
"Company fails to generate infinite revenue even after implementing every abusive tactic known".
Imagine, about five years ago, they peaked at $82.
It was also during that time when they talked about getting into Crypto, NFTs, and all sorts of other get rich quick schemes.
Now look at them.
More like, company keeps pushing for short-term profits, runs out of goodwill built up in the past.
I want to say the same thing...
But then you have like every other corporation on earth doing the same, and most of them see their stock price soar.
Ubisoft had many long standing issues, but disowning The Crew users was the worst possible move they could have made in their already dire situation.
I played and enjoyed both of them, shutting down the first one instead of giving it offline functionality really pissed me off and was the final straw for me with Ubi. It had a fully offline playable story, NPC vehicles to race etc. and the game would've been preserved forever.
Instead we got the crew 2, always online AAA signature garbage.
Ubisoft Executives need to get comfortable not eating food anymore.
I'm sure they can wipe their tears with hundred dollar bills.
You love to see it
It feels tragic. On the one hand, they made some of my most favourite games especially the Splinter Cell series, and it would be sad to see a once great developer to go. But then on the other, the greedy bastards deserve to go under for ruining some of my most favourite games including the Splinter Cell series.
But seriously though, if Ubisoft do go under, I hope that their IP would go into safe hands, like how Baldur's Gate franchise has been handed over from Bioware to the competent team of Larian (and I do hope Larian does not enshittify unlike the fate of other companies, such as Ubisoft and EA).
I do hope Larian does not enshittify
They will, as the studio is close to be owned by Tencent now.
If it's any consolation, probably all the game devs that worked on your favourite titles have left Ubisoft long ago.
Larian isn't making another Baldur's Gate.
It’s funny how many times they’ve clearly stated it too lol
The best thing about it is that they're not making another BG just because they don't want to. I think it is safe to say say that they won't enshitify as long as Swen Vincke is at the helm.
They were decent to the Anno series, but honestly that's probably just because they didn't see the value in messing with the formula that Anno solidified around the time of the acquisition and it reliably boosts their numbers with strategy gamers who otherwise might not be customers of Ubisoft's at all
Literally all they had to do was make good games
Hey, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time was great!
Not sure what you mean. They needed more NFTs and AI from what I can tell! /s
Honestly though whenever I hear big companies like this fail, it keeps making me go back to the Steve Jobs interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlBjNmXvqIM
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Part of me is sad because some of my favorite games might get shitcanned as a result, but it’s a loss I’m willing to accept if it kills such a parasitic company.
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Ubisoft executives need to become comfortable with "not being employed."
Unfortunately, that's not how this works.
This is late stage capitalism, execs are judged on how much money they managed to squeeze out before the company died. They'll be hired immediately specifically to do it again somewhere else.
The company dying in incidental.
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they MBA'd themselves into extinction
edit; everyone with an mba is only qualified to be a farm laborer
Every single MBA holder I have met has been a completely shit human being. Without exception.
They’re qualified to be pig feed.
Hey now, I know a bunch of farm laborers and started out as one myself.
They are nowhere near qualified for farm labor. That requires being able to work, not just regurgitate platitudes from the most recent bullshit management fad.
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You're right Ubisoft, I am pretty comfortable not owning your games 🥰
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