Ubisoft is having a rough go of it lately.
They're delaying AC: Shadows after the poor reception of SW: Outlaws.
AC: Shadows is set in feudal Japan, about Samurai, and thus, obviously the main character is black...
This has not been well received in Japan.
Explains why they pulled out of the Tokyo game show at the last second.
They're being sued for sharing user data from their platform and subscription service.
They're stopping the exclusives with Epic and coming back to Steam.
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You cannot make this stuff up.
Not only is the main protagonist, in a game set in feudal Japan, a black samurai (he was a real person and the Japanese version of like a squire, but not a samurai), but one of the "collectible" actions in the game is to knock over holy shrines. These holy shrines are recreations of actual shrines, and such a thing would be sacrilege.
To top it off, they've added another playable character as a sort of course correction for all the people pissed. A sumo wrestler! Nothing more Japan than that, right? Only the sumo is female, which is still completely taboo in Japan to this day.
Shocking that Ubisoft is in so much financial trouble.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
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I thoguht Trump made this dumb shit illegal.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
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Yeah, I saw a different article about this controversy, and apparently, it's so legit that when someone suffered a medical emergency on the mat, female paramedics were asked to get off. The other men carried the injured person off the mat where he could be attended to, meanwhile they "fixed" (I'm missing the right word) the mat with salt to get off the girl cooties or something.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
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(Financial question for Catt at the bottom)
Another shill publication in the last moments of its life.
Make note that they specifically say "players" and not copies sold. The budget for this woke insult to Japan (Did I mention one of your love interests can be a man and another non-binary, which was all the rage in feudal Japan...) was around $250 MILLION. Not counting marketing and everything else. People more tuned into the business think they need to sell 4-6M copies to break even. At full retail price too, so deeply discounted copies 4 years from now won't count.
Meanwhile, let's check in on the game's Steam numbers:
Ubisoft maintains a lot of purchases are being made through their launcher, which would be a first...
Variety says it's activations and this is a huge success. Almost every other outlet is saying, "No it's not and no numbers suggest it's even remotely a hit".
In fact, this is interesting from the Variety article and the Steam numbers above:
Wow! 2K more concurrent players...and falling.
Lies are being told.
Ok, onto finances. Based on this disaster, there is a lot of talk that Tencent, an investor, has been watching and may buy Ubisoft, which was already financially struggling. (See below) Does the potential Tencent acquisition make the stock more or less attractive?
Another shill publication in the last moments of its life.
Make note that they specifically say "players" and not copies sold. The budget for this woke insult to Japan (Did I mention one of your love interests can be a man and another non-binary, which was all the rage in feudal Japan...) was around $250 MILLION. Not counting marketing and everything else. People more tuned into the business think they need to sell 4-6M copies to break even. At full retail price too, so deeply discounted copies 4 years from now won't count.
Meanwhile, let's check in on the game's Steam numbers:
Ubisoft maintains a lot of purchases are being made through their launcher, which would be a first...
Variety says it's activations and this is a huge success. Almost every other outlet is saying, "No it's not and no numbers suggest it's even remotely a hit".
In fact, this is interesting from the Variety article and the Steam numbers above:
Let's check those Odyssey numbers.Out of the total activations, PC activations account for around 27% of total activations, with Steam “playing a significant role” in that figure. On the gaming platform, “Shadows” has already surpassed 2018’s “Odyssey’s” “all-time peak” stat for concurrent users.
Wow! 2K more concurrent players...and falling.
Lies are being told.
Ok, onto finances. Based on this disaster, there is a lot of talk that Tencent, an investor, has been watching and may buy Ubisoft, which was already financially struggling. (See below) Does the potential Tencent acquisition make the stock more or less attractive?
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
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More. There's pretty much always a premium when buying a company.Leisher wrote: ↑Tue Mar 25, 2025 4:49 pm k, onto finances. Based on this disaster, there is a lot of talk that Tencent, an investor, has been watching and may buy Ubisoft, which was already financially struggling. (See below) Does the potential Tencent acquisition make the stock more or less attractive?
It's not me, it's someone else.
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Not too far off.
Cool. I might do a little stock trading for fun.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
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Adults made this...
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
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Ubisoft is on the way out. I hope EA doesn't buy Far Cry.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
Ubisoft
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
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Why is their stock tanking?
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
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They recently did get a boost from TenCent, but they are struggling badly. What I would do if I were them...
1. Immediately order the removal of all woke bullshit from upcoming games. Representation is fine. Propaganda is not. People can yell and scream all they want, but the sales numbers prove the public doesn't want this shit in their escapism.
2. Kill development of any game trying to take advantage of a current trend. Trust me, it's going to suck.
3. Kill the Ubisoft store. It's never worked, and gamers hate it. People purposely won't buy their games because of it. There are better ways to interact with your community, look at Dying Light and Borderlands.
4. Lower prices on your catalog of games. Get people playing your older stuff again, so there's revested in the brands. This includes admitting defeat with AC: Shadows. I'd start dropping the price steadily through every Steam sale, and then offer it for free once the next game is announced. It's the only way you're going to get some people to play it.
1. Immediately order the removal of all woke bullshit from upcoming games. Representation is fine. Propaganda is not. People can yell and scream all they want, but the sales numbers prove the public doesn't want this shit in their escapism.
2. Kill development of any game trying to take advantage of a current trend. Trust me, it's going to suck.
3. Kill the Ubisoft store. It's never worked, and gamers hate it. People purposely won't buy their games because of it. There are better ways to interact with your community, look at Dying Light and Borderlands.
4. Lower prices on your catalog of games. Get people playing your older stuff again, so there's revested in the brands. This includes admitting defeat with AC: Shadows. I'd start dropping the price steadily through every Steam sale, and then offer it for free once the next game is announced. It's the only way you're going to get some people to play it.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
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Ubisoft says microtransactions give players more fun.
What an absolutely cartoonish bit of villainy and gaslighting. Did he or she say it while twirling their mustache?
I'll counter by saying that I absolutely support your right to make as much as you can from your properties. If that's through microtransactions, fine. However, if I purchased your game and do not want to see the microtransactions, I should not have to. Nor should they give anyone else an advantage.
If you can't do those two simple things, then go fuck yourself.
What an absolutely cartoonish bit of villainy and gaslighting. Did he or she say it while twirling their mustache?
I'll counter by saying that I absolutely support your right to make as much as you can from your properties. If that's through microtransactions, fine. However, if I purchased your game and do not want to see the microtransactions, I should not have to. Nor should they give anyone else an advantage.
If you can't do those two simple things, then go fuck yourself.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
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I was recently playing a mobile game, quit a week ago. It's called Last War, and you've probably seen the ads. People go ABSOLUTELY CRAZY spending money on that game. But spending money, while helpful, isn't hugely helpful, and has declining value. So you have to spend a LOT. I remember about 4 months in some dude complaining about having spent $25k on the game. like wtf?
https://www.pocketgamer.biz/last-war-su ... arly-2025/
https://www.pocketgamer.biz/last-war-su ... arly-2025/
(This article was written in mid-February)Last War was released globally on August 2nd, 2023. It was a modest launch with just $287,000 generated during release month, but this more than doubled to $592,000 in monthly spend as quickly as September 2023.
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A further $212m was generated in January 2025, the game’s current record.
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Yeah, I'm not arguing that microtransactions aren't profitable. I'm just saying don't piss on me and tell me it's raining.
The entire mobile industry seems to be about microtransactions.
I play 2 idle games: NGU Idle and Firestone.
NGU Idle does give you the ability to buy things, but it's hidden and doesn't get hammered. It's also limited to like one time. Point being, the dev didn't make MTs the central theme of the game.
Firestone also does a good job of not making them the theme of the game, BUT it's a pretty well known fact that two players are responsible for basically the whole game being financially viable. Everyone else grinds with a bump through an MT here and there, but those two are dropping huge amounts of cash.
I think I might have posted it here, but saw a video once that explained casual games and why the ads are all lies. They would love everyone to play, of course, but they're really just trying to get the whales. Once they have 1-5 whales, their game is set.
Spend your money however you want, but being able to spend tens of thousands so you sit at the top of the leaderboard isn't impressing me.
The entire mobile industry seems to be about microtransactions.
I play 2 idle games: NGU Idle and Firestone.
NGU Idle does give you the ability to buy things, but it's hidden and doesn't get hammered. It's also limited to like one time. Point being, the dev didn't make MTs the central theme of the game.
Firestone also does a good job of not making them the theme of the game, BUT it's a pretty well known fact that two players are responsible for basically the whole game being financially viable. Everyone else grinds with a bump through an MT here and there, but those two are dropping huge amounts of cash.
I think I might have posted it here, but saw a video once that explained casual games and why the ads are all lies. They would love everyone to play, of course, but they're really just trying to get the whales. Once they have 1-5 whales, their game is set.
Spend your money however you want, but being able to spend tens of thousands so you sit at the top of the leaderboard isn't impressing me.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
