Ubisoft Scheming to Defeat EA and Activision
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And they are going to do it by streaming 2% of the game right to the consumer so they can control content "better"?
Personally I love everything I've played of theirs so yes I hope they'll beat their opponents (particularly Activision) to a pulp.
Edit: Also would everybody shut the fuck up about DRM? I thought they stopped that in Brotherhood, not to mention that their games play better on consoles anyway.
Edit: Also would everybody shut the fuck up about DRM? I thought they stopped that in Brotherhood, not to mention that their games play better on consoles anyway.
I've liked what little I've seen of Ubisoft, even without Assassins creed(i don't know why, just never got it). Hopefully they can rise to make some really great games, and not focus on creating clones to complete with the EA and Activision.
Yeah, if you keep the kind of sound decision-making around that has caused you to package your PC games with the worst DRM of all time and either grossly mishandling or downright stopping every one of your good last-gen franchises, than EA and Activision are still a long ways away, Ubisoft!
You're not going to be able to compete with the big boys until you go through some serious attitude adjustment. Let's look at what you're doing with the only good franchise you have from this generation, Assassin's Creed. Game-a-year release cycle? Increased multiplayer emphasis? I love Assassin's Creed, but hooking it up to a milking machine and draining it of every last drop is going to do neither of us good in the long run.
Focus on not shitting on everything you touch before you start having delusions of grandeur!
You're not going to be able to compete with the big boys until you go through some serious attitude adjustment. Let's look at what you're doing with the only good franchise you have from this generation, Assassin's Creed. Game-a-year release cycle? Increased multiplayer emphasis? I love Assassin's Creed, but hooking it up to a milking machine and draining it of every last drop is going to do neither of us good in the long run.
Focus on not shitting on everything you touch before you start having delusions of grandeur!
Well, there isn't a lot of money to be made in "super good games" overall, which I think is one of the big problems with the influx of casuals into the market. Simply put Ubisoft's likely strategy is to try and make products to compete directly against EA and Activision's established franchises for the same markets.ace_of_something said:
That said, I think Ubisoft has a shot at taking the #2 spot because from where I'm sitting it seems like EA might be in some trouble shortly. EA has been throwing a massive barrage of products on the market all at the same time. We're talking some of their biggest franchises here along with rising franchies like "Dead Space". We just had a new "Sims" game come out and we've got "Darkspore" on the way from Maxis, we've had "Dragon Age 2" and that's just recently. We've got Mass Effect 3 coming for the end of the year, and of course "Old Republic".
The thing is that EA has been involved in such a blitz that especially in a bad economy I think they are doing some damage by competing with themselves. What's more I don't think any of their titles so far have been huge successes. "Dragon Age II" has been getting blasted, and we all know about the promotion with them trying to pump it up by offering free "Mass Effect 2", "Dead Space 2" did okay, but hardly seems to have been a massive hit, "The Sims: Medieval" was okay but doesn't seem to have been the massive hit they were hoping, and "Darkspore" seems to be getting comparitively little attention for good or ill, despite it's release at the end of this month.
I don't predict EA collapsing or anything, and I'm sure they are making money, but with this many titles coming out, including some of their biggest franchises, I think they are underperforming. We're probaly going to see another couple of years of downtime for development for these franchises, and in the meantime if Ubisoft scores some big hits,
I could see them becoming #2 and EA hitting #3. Really EA holding that spot seems to be increasingly dependant on Old Republic becoming a monster success, which will probably happen, but isn't a guarantee, if it's only a mediocre success, I think EA will lose some steam.
Awwww ICKKKK!!!!.
Does anyone else find it incredibly distasteful that game studios now have to make games, not based on their creative ability, but by what their competitors are doing?
Does anyone else find it incredibly distasteful that game studios now have to make games, not based on their creative ability, but by what their competitors are doing?
I've got a quick idea Ubisoft could use:
Kick the Rabbids way the hell away from Rayman, and make a good Rayman platformer.
Kick the Rabbids way the hell away from Rayman, and make a good Rayman platformer.
This is indeed a great goal,too bad it won't happen.
Maybe in a different plane of reality.The only decent games that Ubisoft has made thus far are Prince of Persia and Assassin's Creed.
Maybe in a different plane of reality.The only decent games that Ubisoft has made thus far are Prince of Persia and Assassin's Creed.
And sadly, neither they nor their competitors seem to realize the genius behind this strategy.ace_of_something said:
*sigh*
So... Assassin's Creed MMO, I presume?
Critics - "It wouldn't work!"
Ubisoft - "WE'LL MAKE IT WORK!!! WE. WILL. MAKE IT. WORK."
As long as they keep treating their customers like shit with their draconian DRM, I will continue to not buy their games. It takes customer goodwill to reach no. 1, and this is something Ubisoft fail at cultivating.
[sub]As for "playing better on consoles", that's a very subjective opinion and can never be assumed to be the same across a broad range of people. Don't start the console vs PC war again.[/sub]
No, we won't shut up about it. Every time Ubisoft is mentioned, I (and probably many others) will bring up their DRM. Nobody should be allowed to forget that Ubisoft screws their customers.theemporer said:
[sub]As for "playing better on consoles", that's a very subjective opinion and can never be assumed to be the same across a broad range of people. Don't start the console vs PC war again.[/sub]
Okay, that actually made me LOL.SelectivelyEvil13 said:
Can you imagine an MMO where every single person in the game is trying to sneak up on each other?
