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Ubisoft indefinitely suspends production on 1666
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Chinpoko_Master
Member
This is so sleazy.
ComputerMKII
Banned
Sorry Patrice 
Every time I start to think that I like Ubisoft, they do something that makes it worth hating them. What an asshole move. Of course, I don't know what went wrong in the background, but if you don't have any interest in the IP anyway, why spill even more bad blood between you and its creator?
Well, if you think about it. They are probably not keeping the IP to simply screw with Patrice. It makes sense to hold on to it as back pocket kind of thing that they would use or not use as they wish. The fucking over Patrice is just the bonus.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
I'm surprised the contract would have a cancellation clause but not a more robust definition of what cancellation means.
What was this game going to be about? The London Fire? Isaac Newton? And the subtitle practically writes itself: Annus Mirabilis.
First the "nobody gets a complete version of AC4" nonsense and now this. Ubisoft just keeps punching us in the gut.
First the "nobody gets a complete version of AC4" nonsense and now this. Ubisoft just keeps punching us in the gut.
grosvenor_92
Member
So did Ubisoft plan on getting rid of Patrice and canning his game the whole time ?
Oui.
They can't take the chance that he'd take the IP and make a hit game. If that happened, they'd look stupid. Better to bury the whole project.
I believe Hollywood does it a lot with scripts and IPs. Better that they pay for it and stick it in a vault than someone actually make something successful off of it elsewhere.
I think it is very different when there is a clause for the rights to change if you cancel the movie. I think he should have had the contract have a "release before x date" but I'm sure they would never agree to such a timeline. . .
AcceptableGhost
Member
I assume the studio will just be a workhorse studio for Ubisoft's other projects (probably AC).
Ubi became evil after PoP 2008's sequel was canceled and what they did to the Prince of Persia Fanbase.
If I was allowed to make a thread again or someone would bring the attention of the bigger gaming sites (gametrailers) to what I have to share about my site and my friend's forum. Then the gaming populace would be shocked in horror as to what occurred over the past 4 years or so.
If I was allowed to make a thread again or someone would bring the attention of the bigger gaming sites (gametrailers) to what I have to share about my site and my friend's forum. Then the gaming populace would be shocked in horror as to what occurred over the past 4 years or so.
Alcoholikaust
Member
Adam Scott Aukerman
Member
I'm starting to suspect that perhaps Patrice is actually a puppy-drowning bastard because there's no way someone, who by all accounts is a lovely guy, can be this unlucky... right?
Le sigh.
Le sigh.
reptilescorpio
Member
Move on Patrice, it fucking sucks but Ubi are being salty as fuck about the whole thing. Until you show that your focus is elsewhere they will keep it limbo.
Can Crusher
Banned
Motherfuckers. These UBI guys are a nasty piece of work.
I suppose we'll have to see how it ends up, but this sounds similar to what happened to Alan Moore with Watchmen. His contract with DC apparently specified that the rights to Watchmen would revert to him once the book was out of print. DC never intended for the book to be out of print and continues with the rights to this day. Alan Moore hates them, but DC got their way. Ubi may win out here as well.
piratepwnsninja
Member
Ubi going in for the full on grudge fuck, I see.
There is behind the scenes animosity that played into this, but seeing a creator forcibly parted from his IP is bad in any case.
There is behind the scenes animosity that played into this, but seeing a creator forcibly parted from his IP is bad in any case.
Welp that's definitely going to be a lawsuit.
OrlanisWorks
Banned
Ubi, EA, and Activision should go bowling together.
They seeem to have business practices that can relate to one another.
They seeem to have business practices that can relate to one another.
SMT
this show is not Breaking Bad why is it not Breaking Bad? it should be Breaking Bad dammit Breaking Bad
I knew someone who was a consultant for Ubisoft, and the paychecks kept coming. As funny as it sounds, you can only take liberties outside of the company, akin to the way the retired reviewers have more say in game development now.
I find it weird that there's so little violence in the corporate world. Is it because it's so hard to find someone to blame, but even if you did, they might be on a different continent? Or because they have systems in place to maintain a sort of illusion that they are working on improving the situation?
Karsticles
Member
Partly that, and partly that violence will not better your situation.
disappeared
Banned
It's called bullshit.
By definition corporations are organized group of people, and that generally would require people willing to work together and compromise rather than go out for each others throats. Well, and you'd go to jail for it, which is why it'd usually be saved for trying to overthrow a government rather than a corporation.
Ubisoft deserves to go under for this.
theSlacker
Member
Too bad I've already stopped caring about ubi or anything they are making after seeing what they did to the Assassin's Creed series or this would make me not want to buy their games anymore.
Even Watch Dogs no longer excites me after playing Assassin's Creed 3 and Liberation.
Even Watch Dogs no longer excites me after playing Assassin's Creed 3 and Liberation.
Common business practice in creative fields, especially Hollywood. The company doesn't believe in it enough to actually make it, but if they gave it up and someone else made a boatload of cash, it would look terrible to stockholders. Television is really the only creative industry I know of that actually lets IP go to competitors on a regular basis.
It's stil a shit thing to do, but relatively common.
zerokoolpsx
Member
Just to keep it out of Patrice's hand, they suspended it instead of canceling it. That's fucking low.