David Jaffe says Sony should buy Ubisoft

[Yobo]

Nope. Nobody is selling right now, market isn't favourable for acquisitions and prices will be low.

Ubisoft have actively fought off takeovers and I hope they continue to do it

Sony should be buying from a selection of From Software, Larian, CD Project, Arrowhead and Shift Up

 

[Sircaw]

Nope. Nobody is selling right now, market isn't favourable for acquisitions and prices will be low.

Ubisoft have actively fought off takeovers and I hope they continue to do it

Sony should be buying from a selection of From Software, Larian, CD Project, Arrowhead and Shift Up

Stop stealing my ideas ffs

 

[Yobo]

Stop stealing my ideas ffs

Well it's obvious and logical so Sony won't do it

 

[Entropi]

So their operational costs skyrocket so much that the only sensible business choice is to destroy their own platform and become a full-blown third-party publisher?

Where have we seen that before?

(Before anyone says PS is already a third-party publisher, don’t bother quoting me)

 

[Bryank75]

To me, the choice is clear: don't waste money with them; instead, put all that cash into trying to get From software.

That is the clear S tier move. Also before someone else gets them.

 

[quest4441]

Acquiring and hiring French ponces will be a recipe for disaster, the only thing they are good at is being cowards. If you think commiefornia is a disaster wait till the lefty french join them it will be a fusion that will put Stalin to shame. We will get sterile paint by numbers generic slop from the politburo, oops from the game studios

 

[Gods&Monsters]

Acquiring and hiring French ponces will be a recipe for disaster, the only thing they are good at is being cowards. If you think commiefornia is a disaster wait till the lefty french join them it will be a fusion that will put Stalin to shame. We will get sterile paint by numbers generic slop from the politburo, oops from the game studios

Ubisoft is french but most of the studios that make the big hits like Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry are in Canada (Montreal) and Star Wars, Avatar and The Division are Swedish.

 

[riesgoyfortuna]

why anyone with funtional brain cells give attention at this lunatic ?

 

[Yurinka]

I think Ubisoft conference was boring and lacked big surprises, as could be BGE2 gameplay and release date or Far Cry 7 announcement.

And well, first Ubisoft doesn't want to sell, and even less to someone who could limit the platforms they support or their creative freedom.

And second Sony doesn't need Ubisoft to "compete", since they already dominate. And well, Sony aims with their acquisitions to grow to excel on types of games they don't cover with their internal development teams and Ubisoft may help a bit in some areas but pretty much they cover similar stuff that Sony already covers.

And well, Sony said they won't make big acquisitions for a while, maybe once they get the money from selling their banks, and that they are pushing to improve their profits and in recent years the costs related to recent acquisitions they aim to complete paying them soon.

 

[Shadow2027]

They are so bloated a company, mixed and also can only survive as a Multiplatform publisher. Lots of poor quality games coming from there. They have like 30k employees

 

[Darth Vader]

Yup! Ubisoft has so many good IP's but they just need some fine tuning. As you mentioned with The Crew it's a great game in concept and execution but I truly can't deal with the weightless floaty feeling of the controls.

I've always thought they'd be a good buy. They just need some quality control to be great again

I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt this year. Assassin's Creed Shadows and Star Wars Outlaws look like their best games in years. Hope they deliver.

 

[Dick Jones]

You'd be crazy to take over Ubisoft. It needs reorganisation as the staffing cost alone will be a millstone around Sony's neck for years. Jaffe is well off with his idea. Who benefits from this purchase? Not Sony who are resource strapped with Ubisoft staff, not Playstation players as the games are already on Playstation.

I'm not an acquisition type of guy. I'd rather third party remain third party.

 

[anonpuffs]

Compete with microsoft in the "going out of business in gaming soon" market? No ty

Ubisoft is way overstaffed and Sony would collapse under the weight of it

 

[AllBizness]

Jaffe is an idiot with no business sense. Makes no sense to buy an entire publisher especially one with 20,000 employees. No body bought Ubisoft for a reason when it was buying season on gaming companies recently.

 

[Eternal_Wings]

Jaffe is mad. Ubisoft is one of the worst publishers Sony could buy. First they are bloated as hell with 20k employees. Second their games are nearly all the same boring concept: Vast empty worlds which look generic. Third they would be too expensive with their assets across Europe and NA. It would be also an Odyssee for Sony to get this approved by the western antitrust authorities. If Sony wants to acquire a publisher, they should look into Japan. Either Sega or Square Enix. Both low valued but own popular and beloved franchises across the world. Also buying a Japanese publisher, Western Antitrust authorities could do nothing about it.

 

[Infinity]

Sony is content with Bungie. They won't make any moves like that again for a long time.

 

[Eternal_Wings]

Sony is content with Bungie. They won't make any moves like that again for a long time.

Not necessarily. I wouldn't rule out an unexpected M+A in Japan. The Yen is very low currently plus there are some legendary Publishers undervalued at the stock exchange. Also Hiroki Totoki the chairman of SIE wants to acquire IPs across Entertainment (not only Music or Pictures).
If there is an opportunity Sony will take the initiative.

Sony to Prioritize Strategic Investments in IP Going Forward - PlayStation LifeStyle

Sony Group has said that it'll continue to prioritize strategic investments in PlayStation IP going forward.

www.playstationlifestyle.net

 

[anonpuffs]

Jaffe is mad. Ubisoft is one of the worst publishers Sony could buy. First they are bloated as hell with 20k employees. Second their games are nearly all the same boring concept: Vast empty worlds which look generic. Third they would be too expensive with their asstes across Europe and NA. It would be also an Odyssee for Sony to get this approved by the western antitrust authorities. If Sony wants to acquire a publisher, they should look into Japan. Either Sega or Square Enix. Both low valued but own popular and beloved franchises across the world. Also buying a Japanese publisher, Western Antitrust authorities could do nothing about it.

I honestly think he has an axe to grind with Sony and wants them to fail

 

[Infinity]

Not necessarily. I wouldn't rule out an unexpected M+A in Japan. The Yen is very low currently plus there are some legendary Publishers undervalued at the stock exchange. Also Hiroki Totoki the chairman of SIE wants to acquire IPs across Entertainment (not only Music or Pictures).
If there is an opportunity Sony will take the initiative.

Sony to Prioritize Strategic Investments in IP Going Forward - PlayStation LifeStyle

Sony Group has said that it'll continue to prioritize strategic investments in PlayStation IP going forward.

www.playstationlifestyle.net

Dude Sony isnt buying anything big no time soon. They buy studios. Thats pretty much it. SE will never be bought by Sony. If they were, it would of happened already.

 

[Fenton]

This moron's opinions don't deserve any elaborate discussions. People just laugh at his tweets and move on.