RamaTheVoice
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Because of Bolloré. Who knows, maybe if they sold Canal to someone who actually gives a shit they might get some talent back.
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Guillemot's purchase 2 million shares of Ubisoft
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Because of Bolloré. Who knows, maybe if they sold Canal to someone who actually gives a shit they might get some talent back.
Linkstrikesback
Member
Nintendo does, and I would argue so does sony. Microsoft I don't pay enough attention to make the call.
I think by publisher they were trying to distinguish from platform holders though.
Bolloré wants to remodel Vivendi into a global media company that is able to compete with the likes of Disney, Time Warner and 21th Century Fox.
Ubisoft is a profitable company with a strong catalog of IP that would fit in nicely with Vivendi's vision of creating synergies between music, movies, television, and videogames. It's also a French company which makes it easier for them to acquire.
Right, my entire endeavour in this thread has been trying to get people to criticise Vivendi for its actual flaws best expressed by the Bloomberg columnist I quoted earlier and am about to quote again
I just don't think that laughing at the amount of net cash (as if that means anything, especially when it took less than two minutes to check where a lot of it went) or trying to see who can make the most hyperbolic statement is beneficial to any sort of discussion about the very real threat of a hostile takeover.
Criticise Bolloré for being the contentious corporate raider he is, don't make shit up and criticise him for being an alien incarnation of Hitler or whatever.
Yes, South Park and Mario + Rabbids and Steep and Watch_Dogs are all the same game.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
Truly a dev making the same games over and over, with the EXACT same mechanics and game design.
OdysseusVA
Banned
What the fuck happened with UbiArt games?
TimeEffect
Member
I like Ubisoft and they lowkey created the best fps multiplayer so good for them
giant_frying_pan
Member
You would miss them if they were gone.
And what Vivendi would turn them into would be basically the same thing.
Even if you believe this, you haven't explained why Vivendi is the solution to this.
Shake up doesn't actually say anything. Not every 'change' is a good change. Vivendi would just make those problems 10x worse.
Heckler456
Banned
Holy shit, does that mean they're basically safe now?
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Vivendi would not have allowed Mario + Rabbids to exist. I don't even know why some of you are entertaining the thought of them changing Ubisoft for the better.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
Couchaddict
Member
I still think the Vivendi take over is impossible. Once the law is triggered, all the Guillermot family needs to do is find a White Knight to counter Vivendi.
Lots of people have vested interested into the continuation of independent Ubisoft.
Nintendo & The Province of Quebec for starters.
Lots of people have vested interested into the continuation of independent Ubisoft.
Nintendo & The Province of Quebec for starters.
No, you see THOSE ARE ALL THE SAME
with towers and stuff!
Seriously, I hope Ubisoft pulls though.
xXRedxSlugXx
Member
All these people complaining about Ubisoft making sequel after sequel of the same games are right. It's obviously not because Ubisoft wants to have a slightly guaranteed money stream to spend on more diverse projects.....
1. You are talking about UBI 5 years ago.
2. Vivendi does not give a fuck about design philosophies or anything other than exploiting the brands available to them. It would be like having 2 Activisions in the market.
terencecah
Member
5 years ago Ubisoft put out
ZombiU
Trials Evolution
Ghost Recon Future soldier
Rocksmith
just dance 4
I am alive
far cry 3
Assassin's creed 3
Like what?
This has to be a troll post. Right?
If it's not then you're an idiot. Everything you said is literally and factually wrong
Skullwaker
Member
I haven't been the biggest fan of Ubisoft in recent years, but Mario + Rabbids reminded me that they really can put out some creative stuff. A takeover by Vivendi would be horrible on every metric.
Those kind of posts often come from people who don't have a freaking clue what they are actually talking about. Maybe next time you educate yourself or play some more recent Ubisoft games before you post something like this, mate.
On topic: That are some great news. Vivendi needs to stay the hell off of gaming. Just look at how they handled Activision before Acti got "independent".
BananasWithGuns
Member
Awesome, glad they're fighting back.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
Their indie games and smallest productions are among the most varied of AAA publishers.
Calm Mind
Member
This needs to be quoted every time someone says Sony had the better E3 conference this year.
It's not technically possible to down more than 100%. Actually it's down 93% from $7.31B to $540M.
Nah, not even close.
Vivendi is very close to the ownership required to launch a takeover bid. Once Vivendi hits 30%, they have to make a mandatory tender offer.
Why would fanboy nonsense need to be quoted?
EDIT: Also, holy hell Crossing Eden, do you really need 14 GIFs to prove a point? Making my browser sputter like crazy here.
Good job on Yves and his brothers, ubisoft needs to stay strong and for the love of god prevent that vivendi swallows them. It will be the end of there unique games as we know it, major layoffs and no creative stuff.
We saw what happend with Activision, that didn't turn out well and the numerous of studio's closed in the process.
We saw what happend with Activision, that didn't turn out well and the numerous of studio's closed in the process.
Seriously ? there is no developers atm with more diversity than Ubisoft.
Lord of Castamere
Member
I'm happy for the brothers. They seem dedicated to gaming. I have issues with Vs new CEO, but I'm not sure how much they hurt Acti. Seems to me they didn't really change from 2007-2013. Shitty license games that they've always done, and only two major flubs from the top of my head; Ghosts, and Diablo 3.
funkystudent
Member
Prediction.
Guillemots do a heel turn and sell all their stock to Vivendi in the end and make billions
Guillemots do a heel turn and sell all their stock to Vivendi in the end and make billions
RichiRamjag
Member
I'm so glad people around here are finally giving Ubisoft their due. They've improved drastically over the years and at least try new things.
Nobody ever has said that. I think it's a consensus that the best conference this year was Ubisoft's.
Alexander DeLarge
Member
Fuck. Yes.
DAREALGUMMY
Member
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
I've developed a very healthy respect for Ubisoft in the last couple years. They've been using their cash cows like AC and Far Cry to put out genuinely experimental multiplayer titles like For Honor and R6: Siege and they also clearly care about their smaller titles like Mario Rabbids or that Might and Magic X release a few years ago. I hope they remain independent of Vivendi
That's what I would do.
_Aaron_
Member
Wonder if this news is related to that announcement Ubisoft is making tomorrow.
http://montreal.ubisoft.com/en/ubisoft-announcement/
http://montreal.ubisoft.com/en/ubisoft-announcement/
disappeared
Banned
run run as fast as you can
they'll get you eventually
Unfortunately this is the likely reality.
Still props to the family for fighting to hold on to their legacy for as long as they can.
I know right? I get that people might want to take over companies on the cheap, so they pick them up when they have something they want and their stocks have been declining.
But extremely hostile takeovers like this should fall under a special kind of law, especially if it is known when the company being taken over is currently healthy and will suffer a lot from said takeover.
hemo memo
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TheGameshark
Member
Good, Vivendi can fuck off