Maybe MS should've went after them instead lol
Ubisoft is, shockingly worth only 2.67 Billion USD
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No lie ubisoft content would fit a subscription model pretty well.
I think their biggest studios are all in Canada. They even have a school there with government programs so I guess they are stuck with these massive studios if they want to get these tax cuts.
At least their development budget should be cheap if some of the salaries are paid by the gov.
If anyone even wanted to buy them in their current state, they'd have to spend a lot of time and energy cleaning house and trimming the fat once they did.
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They do have Ubisoft+ which is coming to Xbox and PlayStation soon. My guess is that it gets revealed/detailed at their E3 Showcase. Best of all, it will include their games and DLC day one. Can't wait!!!
Nah, it's only highly undervalued stocks due to the controversies and some temporal poor results due to a handful flops and some canned projects. They will be fine, they have a ton of big IPs, successful games (including several active GaaS) many talented teams and a shit ton of big games with huge sales potential in the works. Once they start dropping them soon later this year they'll be back on track.
Tencent invested a ton of money on them and secured the ass of the current bosses, even from being acquired by Tencent themselves. This means Tencent must have studied what they have on their sleeve, their plans etc. and expect a good comeback.
I'm pretty sure they'll start their comeback with Mirage, Avatar and maybe also The Division Heartland.
Here's the list of their studios. When you click in some location it lists the ones there. In several locations like Paris they have multiple studios:
https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/company/careers/locations
Tencent invested a ton of money on them and secured the ass of the current bosses, even from being acquired by Tencent themselves. This means Tencent must have studied what they have on their sleeve, their plans etc. and expect a good comeback.
I'm pretty sure they'll start their comeback with Mirage, Avatar and maybe also The Division Heartland.
Well, in fact a big chunk of it already is integrated in PS+ Extra and they keep adding games almost every month.
Yes, they have over 20000 workers in over 40 offices across the entire world, but around a third of this people is in Canada (mostly in their Montreal and Toronto studios, but they have some more) because the tax cuts they offered at least in the past. These tax cuts are the reason of why many AAA companies have big studios there.
Here's the list of their studios. When you click in some location it lists the ones there. In several locations like Paris they have multiple studios:
https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/company/careers/locations
Nah, Ubi never wanted to sell. And less to someone like MS.
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True. Same on Xbox. However, Ubisoft will be bringing Ubisoft+ as a separate subscription service (similar to EA Play) to both Xbox and PlayStation. The main difference is that Ubisoft has confirmed twice that their games will be available on Ubisoft+ day one including DLC and expansions where as with Plus/Game Pass, it's basically their Vault games with the one exception being Rainbow Six Extraction a year ago.
Buy, reformat Division 1/2 into a new Division game that merges tech/has each locations, every so and so drop new "games" into it as new locations, helicopter "load travel" like that Div2 dlc section.
There's loads and loads of IP to refocus and reuse for broader Sony movies etc. But having Destiny and Division under hood helps GAAS goals.
There's loads and loads of IP to refocus and reuse for broader Sony movies etc. But having Destiny and Division under hood helps GAAS goals.
Nobody should be trying to buy Ubisoft, one of the most bog standard 3rd parties to ever exist. MS has poised the gaming industry well (and some of your brains) with this acquisition nonsense.
If you go ahead and sort out the Japanese groups like EPD (which is really 10/11 separate studios that just share a name/location) then Ubisoft Montreal is actually the biggest game studio in the entire world. It has something like 4000 employees, meaning its about 40 percent large as the entirety of EA or Activision. Its what all of their other tax-break studios have been (unsuccessfully) modeled on.
Problem is ubisoft has a management issue, the exact same thing plaguing xbox right now. Can't imagine how much more of a disaster it would be under MS.
What's really a shame about ubisoft is not only do they have alot of great IPs that aren't being used, they have the manpower and talent to bring these IPs back.
Possibly give these IPs justice as long as they aren't forcing GAAS and openworld on these IPs.
Possibly give these IPs justice as long as they aren't forcing GAAS and openworld on these IPs.
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I see it more like Ubisoft has a lot of potential, but it will take a company with more focus and resources to really bring that potential out.
Analists saw how Assassins Creed did and figured that all games could make as much money if they were the same but under a different skin.
They have some valuable franchises, but they're also a giant factory with many people from all over the world pumping games in the assembly line, making variations of the same game with different assets
Playing Wildland/Breakpoint/Watch Dogs 3 or even Far Cry 6, fatigue sets in hard
Playing Wildland/Breakpoint/Watch Dogs 3 or even Far Cry 6, fatigue sets in hard