Ubisoft Blames Industry Downturn on Lack of New Consoles

[Daveman]

I saw the name ubisoft and this came to mind...

Lund: Ok, you've got 4 options: admire, boast, joke and coerce. 2 will make him like us, 2 wil bring the hate.
Shanks: ... what?
Lund: Admire him!
Shanks: ummm... You look pretty.
Vault Dweller: What are you? A COCKMUNCHER?!
Lund: Ok that one he didn't like. Try a joke.
Shanks: er, Ubisoft.
Vault Dweller: HA!
Lund: Well, he seemed to like that one so one more like that and we should be alright but one more bad one and we'll be in trouble. Try a boast.
Shanks: erm... I'm... I'm good at... things.
Vault Dweller: THAT'S IT, YOU'RE FUCKED!

How I miss Doomsday Arcade...

 

[Asuka Soryu]

I like it when new generation consoles come out. Hello price drops on the consoles I want the moment they become 'outdated'.

 

[Solid Reece]

we dont need new gen systems theres still planty to be done in the current gen not to mention devepers will have to work and re learn stuff i dont want new systems til atleast 2015

I agree. Look at how long the PS1,PS2,N64 lasted.
Plus once the new gens are out they will become oudated in a few mounths

 

[Fiz_The_Toaster]

I don't need a new console now and I'm happy with mine for quite a while thank you. Saying that consoles do the innovating is stupid, it's a format to show creative games that DEV TEAMS are supposed to be, well, creating.

Here's an idea, why don't you go MAKE an innovative game and have it on our "old" consoles and see how well they do.

 

[jumjalalabash]

So the industry would do better if we have to buy more $300 new consoles?

 

[paketep]

If they wondered how they could be behind such inept publishers as EA and Activision, the answer is made clear: they're even worse.

They should look up this word in a dictionary: gameplay.

Oh, and they should ditch their POS DRM too.

 

[Gennadios]

Platform =/= creativity. Whatever is stifling games, that's not it.

 

[DevilWolf47]

Ubisoft that's stupid bullshit i'd expect from Peter Moleneaux (Or however you spell his name). We've pretty much hit the peak of graphics hardware and at this point are focusing on letting developers catch up with the technology, the consoles existing for as long as they have is NOT A BAD THING. The only thing a new console would lead to are impossible to realize hardware expectations, greatly lengthening the already damn near unbearable development times of good games and making things difficult on even the Unreal Engine retards who make stupid shallow FPS titles. The problem is that there isn't enough new blood getting to the development table of the actual game corporations, not that there isn't enough new blood in the console market.

In short, current console technology is ahead of it's time, right now the best thing we can do is let development technique and independent developers catch up. The fact that big time developers are struggling adds validity to this claim.

 

[Jonny49]

But...we don't NEED a new console generation.

The reason the videogame industry is in "depression" is the same reason that EVERY industry is in "depression". The economy is shit.

 

[Rayne870]

Yes that totally explains the success of Mass Effect. Shouldn't ubisoft be more concerned about their chronic sequelitis? Screw it..to be frank Ubisoft hasn't got a damn clue about the market.

 

[vxicepickxv]

If you want a new console out now, build your own. Otherwise, just wait until the new ones come out. Luxury goods like video games are getting traded, and traded in more often, the dollar is getting more and more elastic. Now, I'm going to pocket this handfull of napkins and get a free refill.

 

[Seives-Sliver]

I think this is for the best, we don't need to worry about new consoles, everyone is strapped for cash as it is, and if they put a consol out there would be only a few people that could afford to buy it, let alone the games for it.

 

[Jumwa]

Huh. And here I thought it was the fault of lazy ass developers who pump out shitty game after shitty game, over charge their customers, treat them like shit, install horrible DRM and just basically just try to pass the blame every chance they get instead of accepting their role in the problem.

Fuck off Ubisoft. Fuck off and die.

Hyperbole aside; pretty much.

Ubisoft might be ailing, as evidenced by their speaking about a "gaming depression" and rudely treating their customers with horrible DRM, but everywhere I look in gaming I see a lot of innovative and creative companies doing interesting and profitable things with gaming. While Ubisoft talks about a depression in gaming, I see gaming exploding in a way it never has before in my lifetime.

 

[Art Axiv]

UBISOFT blames the INDUSTRY for stagnation.
INDUSTRY blames UBISOFT for stagnation.
The truth lies in the middle I believe. I think we might use a bit of innovation on console manufacturers end, but on the other side... damn, Ubisofts current development strategy is super stagnant.
None wins this argument.

 

[sneakypenguin]

He's kind of right. I will buy a new gaming PC just for the updated graphics if a new console isn't announced by fall 2011. Tired of playing games downgraded just to fit on a 6 yr old system (crysis 2) Bring on the next gen with kinect 2 and I shall be ecstatic

 

[The Artificially Prolonged]

Or you know Ubisoft, you could like erm...try new and insteresting ideas to push the boundaries of the current technology to the limit and create new experiences. Yeah know cause that would save a lot of money that would have been used to research, develop, produce and distribute new consoles, which you could use to make said new and interesting games ideas. Just sayin Ubisoft, something to mule over.

Also I'm not spending £300+ on the a new Playstation/Xbox/Wii, in the current economic climate when there is still evidently a lot that can be got out of the current gen. And finally the market is probably winding down because of the little variety of games between constant sequels, clones and shovelware games. I mean I love a good sequel to a game I love, but I'm sure at this point even the most devout Call of Duty fan must be getting a little tired of the same old formula. You want more sales give us more variety of choice.

 

[Trogdor1138]

It seems that Activision has been saying less stupid shit so the gaming media is trying to dethrone them with Ubisoft. Well there always has to be one right?

Anyways, not much else to say here besides: WRONG.

Seriously, this is the problem with business types in that position, they don't have the general consumer perspective. We don't need new consoles at the moment, they're trying to force too much forward. Hell, I even thought this gen was introduced a year or two too early as is. I know a fair few people that don't even have a current gen console and are fine with their PS2 (Hell, I still play mine and buy games for it despite having a PS3 now). People can barely afford any console and games in this economy and you want to put out more of them? The cost wouldn't be worth the upgrade and I don't see anything they can do at the moment to push the medium forward.

Oh, it also kind of shows your weakness' when you apparently need new consoles to actually have some fucking ideas and decent games. You've finally realized stale installments of Assassins Creed and Prince of Persia don't really cut it? Of course not, I bet you if a new console were to release you'd rush to get some sequels out.