ChaosZeroX
Banned
Requiescat em Pace, Ubisoft.
Sucks man. They are really the only 3rd party publishers who invest in new IP this gen.
Requiescat em Pace, Ubisoft.
It's not to hard to think or worse outcomes, especially in the game industry, (remember THQ?).
Nirolak, don't do me dirty like this.
I will legit cry if Vivendi are successful. Ubisoft are by far the best third party publisher in this industry today. They are a shining light of this industry and if we lose them it will be disastrous. Good luck getting games like Steep greenlighted in the future if the takeover is successful. 7bisoft are the most underappreciated company in this industry and the quality, variety and creativity of their game lineup is pretty much unrivalled by any other third party publisher. I'm praying right now.
Is this a good thing for the games/employees or not.
If things keep going like this, Yves is going to climb a tower, and I'm not talking about the video game variety.
What % does Vivendi need to take over full control?
I hope they are able to maintain their creative freedom to release a new identically designed open-world game every 10 months.
I will legit cry if Vivendi are successful. Ubisoft are by far the best third party publisher in this industry today. They are a shining light of this industry and if we lose them it will be disastrous. Good luck getting games like Steep greenlighted in the future if the takeover is successful. 7bisoft are the most underappreciated company in this industry and the quality, variety and creativity of their game lineup is pretty much unrivalled by any other third party publisher. I'm praying right now.
Hahaha..
New meme born ala "Shot themselves in the foot"
Well, I expect a THQ-like situation if Vivendi takes the control.
Well, as is well known, Vivendi is buying the company to shut down all their most profitable businesses.
Less profitable divisions could well be hacked off -- this will probably mean fewer games like Rayman or Child of Light, and more Far Crys, Creeds, Tom Clancy stuff, etc.
The Guillemots will have hundreds of millions so I doubt they'll be too sad.
30% and then legally they have to make a bid to buy the company, as I understand it.
You joke but if they put new management in there is no telling.
Execs will do anything for a percieved "win"
"We are sunsetting the siege service as we look into how to better synergistically maximize the brand across more platforms, especially mobile, blah blah blah"
That was under a different Vivendi owner. The current one is known for being a lot more proactive.There is no real reason to think that, Activision/Blizzard survived and are doing well.
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Watch Dogs, Assassins Creed, Splinter Cell, Rayman, Valiant Hearts, Child of Light, Rainbow Six Siege, Grow Home, South Park etc. All high quality titles. All varied. Please name me a single third party publisher with a lineup of games recently as varied or high quality as this. Please name me another third party publisher greenlighting games like Steep or For Honour.New meme born ala "Shot themselves in the foot"
Please name me a single third party publisher with a lineup of games recently as varied or high quality as this. Please name me another third party publisher greenlighting games like Steep or For Honour.
Paradox Interactive, Sega. I'd even go as far as say Capcom has (subjectively) better output than Ubisoft.
Watch Dogs, Assassins Creed, Splinter Cell, Rayman, Valiant Hearts, Child of Light, Rainbow Six Siege, Grow Home, South Park etc. All high quality titles. All varied. Please name me a single third party publisher with a lineup of games recently as varied or high quality as this. Please name me another third party publisher greenlighting games like Steep or For Honour.
Come up with an actual argument to dispute what I said instead of just laughing. I really don't see how one can deny the quality or variety of Ubisofts lineup compared to other major third party publishers. They really don't get enough credit.
I don't think Sega's output is very good at all any more. They are a shell of their former selves. I was as big a Sega fan as anyone in their day, but now? They'd be lucky if they cracked my top 10. Capcom are a similar story.Paradox Interactive, Sega. I'd even go as far as say Capcom has (subjectively) better output than Ubisoft.
Yes of course, Ubisoft is one of the largest publishers after all. Though I do feel that they are starting to narrow their efforts towards open-world online design, and less on their more niche offerings.I mean its all subjective I suppose
But in terms of the actual market representing the vast majority of gamers, none of those companies can even come anywhere near approaching Ubisoft
Sega: Warhammer series, Alien Isolation, Yakuza, Valkyria, Football Manager, Project Diva, Sonic, a bunch of jRPGS and fighting games, and a whole lot more, all within the past 2 years. That's pretty diverse, ain't it?I don't think Sega's output is very good at all any more. They are a shell of their former selves. I was as big a Sega fan as anyone in their day, but now? They'd be lucky if they cracked my top 10. Capcom are a similar story.
There is no real reason to think that, Activision/Blizzard survived and are doing well. I guess I can't say the same for Sierra, but that was probably inevitable.
Keeping a majority stake. It's what Rare had going.Stupid question perhaps, how do public companies prevent these hostile takeovers?
I'm sure Vivendi will still need AstroturfersIs Crossing Eden okay?
lolSoon.........
I will legit cry if Vivendi are successful. Ubisoft are by far the best third party publisher in this industry today. They are a shining light of this industry and if we lose them it will be disastrous. Good luck getting games like Steep greenlighted in the future if the takeover is successful. 7bisoft are the most underappreciated company in this industry and the quality, variety and creativity of their game lineup is pretty much unrivalled by any other third party publisher. I'm praying right now.
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Oh wait your serious...
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There's only 3 companies I absolutely refuse to buy video games from and that's EA, Ubisoft, and Gearbox. The way Ubisoft treat their developers and how to they handle a lot of their titles is no better then EA.
Oh no! Now Ubisoft will only greenlight safe sequels and apply a standard, focus tested template to all of their future games.
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Why is every Ubisoft topic filled with drive-by shitposts? I hope that this acquisition doesn't happen. I hope that if it does noone be negatively affected by it.
Everyone knows that For Honor, Southpark, Far Cry, Grow Home, Steep, Anno 2205, TrackMania, Just Dance, Beyond Good & Evil, Watch Dogs, Rainbow Six Siege, Rayman, Assassin's Creed and Child of Light are all just 'safe sequels' that just use 'a standard, focus tested template'.
Lots of people complain about Ubisoft and towers, but they'll be darned if they step off theirs.