Microsoft doesn't have the slightest idea what it's doing. I think it's just inertia keeping it in business at this point.
Umm, wouldn't this actually HURT the sales, since COD always has been about selling as many copies as possible? Game Pass means fewer people buying the game at launch.
Unless ActiBlizz is planning a never-before seen disgusting revenue method, enough to make up for the loss due to game pass
It’s possible even that ended last gen and it’s just been their enormous cash reserves ever since. At least in gaming.
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Quite the paradox right now.Ubisoft Stock Plummets 15% After 'Assassin's Creed Shadows Trailer Debut And Company Failed To Meet Forecasted Sales Figures
Ubisoft stock plummeted over 15% after the company released its first trailer for Assassin's Creed Shadows and reported it missed forecasted sales figures.
I mean it’s Ubisoft which makes profit despite their crap practices, but at the same time gaming giants always seem to bounce back from stock drops
Didn't Nioh have you playing as a British man? Or were Japanese gamers pissed off about that as well? Also, there's a Japanese woman as the dual protagonist. What about The Last Samurai or that movie where Keanu Reeves is in mythical Japan? I believe there was also a whole thing about the Ghost in the Shell live-action movie and Japan seemingly not caring Kusanagi was played by ScarJo.
No.
Last Samurai has Tom Cruise, not Reeves. You're thinking of 47 Ronin.
It is B.S and you are correct. As it turns out, most Japanese fans are excited about Yauske getting major focus, unlike Ni-Oh and Samurai Warriors 5.
It does, but the franchise is somewhat niche over there.
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I'm sure it sells, but likely a pittance compared to anything on Switch.
I dunno man, I have SERIOUS questions about what the hell they're doing with their desktop OS as well. It's one bad decision after another. I swear the company just has all encompassing brain damage at this point
They’ve always had about 50:50 alternating track record of doing well by their bread and butter too, true. It’s been like that ever since 3.1 or thereabouts. Currently on another downtrend with 11.
Once again: so much for the buyout "breeding competition and making things better for gaming".
I based my statement off the comments and dislikes of the trailer that Ubisoft Japan put out, which seemed fairly negative. Since then, it's become clear that many non-Japanese people are just leaving google translated comments in Japanese to make things look worse than they are. So I guess you are right, it was indeed racism.
I mean, the game wasn't about being in the Caribbean, it was about being a pirate. Who were generally European mercenaries or sailors who resorted to piracy after they lost their jobs. And they did make a spinoff game about being a Maroon freeing slaves in the Caribbean, which was nice. A more accurate example would be Ezio in his third game, since he was an Italian dude running around Constantinople. And even then, not quite an equal comparison given that Ezio's games were in a trilogy.
It's always perfectly reasonable to be disappointed and skeptical about Ubisoft. And whether they choose this character to shield themselves against their usual corporate shenanigans and abuse allegations, they're certainly going to use him as one.
Well, maybe that's just me, but I'm not the biggest fan of such stories. I'm watching my way through Shogun right now, and while the British main character is fun, I'd really rather they focused less on him and more on, you know... the shogun. I'm watching this show to immerse myself in a masterful recreation of historical Japan, having some white guy pop up and bumble around for most of the show gets grating.
Yep. As pointed out, Japanese fans don't have a problem with Yasuke being one of the two main characters. Manufacturaed outrage and click bait from your usual hate mongers going extra hard.
I don't know what's there to be "disappointed nor skeptical" about. It's Ubisoft. You either know what you're getting into or not. I am not disappointed by anything. We already they are going to over price their AAAA product. People should be upset and disappointed by the pricing, and they are, but majority of people are either not bothered by the pricing, as seen by the strong pre-orders and there isn't even an official gameplay trailer yet.
People complained about those as well. A lot. And rightly so. Around my circle about Last Samurai the most, but i think GitS was the most prominent on the internet.
No one complained about Ni-Oh. Last Samurai, yes. Live-Action GitS, Americans and Japanese Americans/Asian Americans have huge issues with the casting. The Japanese? Surprisingly no. They actually like the movie and the director of the first two animated movies gave nothing, but praise. Ironic, that the Japanese love the live-action movie for the same reasons they were lukewarm/disliked the original.
- Mexicans Love Speedy Gonzales: Japanese audiences were (surprisingly for some, not so much for others) more favorable toward this American adaptation of a Japanese property, including its most controversial aspects. People in Japan were shocked that there was any problem with Scarlett Johansson playing the Japanese lead, with some even calling her the best option for the role regardless of her race, and as for the divergent elements of the film compared to the manga and anime, Mamoru Oshii himself actually liked the movie and actually opined
the producers should have deviated even more from the manga in order to create their own work instead of trying to remain plainly faithful to it.
Always has been. The Japanese love Tsushima.
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