I mean, does anyone actually care at this point? Ubisoft is a joke if a company that pumps out the most copy/paste games in the industry. For all their creativity, they sure fail to capture anything unique. They had a good run with the division and decided to hand it off to someone else, they botched hyperscape royally even though it was a great game, and their CoD clone just felt like a missed opportunity in the beta.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I think it is really funny that with all the consolidation talks in the gaming industry, we hear so little rumors about UbiSoft getting bought. Microsoft is on a buying frenzy, SONY gets nervous, EA and Take2 have many multiples of Ubi’s equity, just to name the obvious players. The gaming industry has just been rated as more valuable than each the publishing, music and movie industries. Still UbiSoft seems to be in such a bad spot we don’t constantly hear publicly about a possible future acquisition.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

The irony is that Ubisoft desperately now wants to be bought, but the massive kerfuffle over Microsoft buying Activision, and just how much of a ballache that has been may have made further industry-shaking acquisitions unlikely for the time being.

Yves is stuck with his massive, lumbering, inefficient, copy-and-paste factories and their collapsing internal structures filled with worker abuse and sexual harassment allegations.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Maybe no one wants them? 😀

BTW Ubisoft fought off a hostile take over few years back, and an year or so ago there were rumours of someone buying it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I remember hearing they narrowly avoided acquisition from a malicious entity. We can at least be thankful for that.

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