Open-world games are something Ubisoft does quite well, but for the developers at Ubisoft Paris, Ghost Recon Wildlands isn't just about tossing on an general open-world skin and calling it good. This game marks a real change for the series, publisher and industry.
The union representing studio workers says Yves Guillemot is trying to blame employees for his own failures.
Good. Yves is the problem. Ubisoft has been struggling for many years and they just keep getting worse. Why? Because Yves keeps doubling down on bad practices. Their situation can't get better because he won't allow it too. Then he sits there and cries when someone tries to do a hostile takeover. If you didn't want to risk being bought out you shouldn't have taken the company public.
This is reminiscent of the type of news out of Activision prior to the announcement that MS is going to buy it. I maybe wrong, but I wonder who is buying Ubisoft. It seems like this is a roadmap to mergers & acquisitions of large publishers. Lol
Get ready boys and girls here comes the next merger. All the industry is going to carved up within the next couple of years.
Ubisoft is more of a mess than acti is or was, higher risk to as they don't have guaranteed money makers like cod, CC, Wow.
Hope sony doesnt bother wasting there money on ubisoft, there games suck now anyway, the only thing they have coming of interest is the splinter cell remake, and going of the prince of persia remake we saw my hopes arent high.
If someone does buy them it will be tencent or MS they both got cash to burn.
Publishers are more than the sum of their ips. Ubisoft are one of the few remaining large publishers left, Im not saying buying them is good or bad business, Im just saying it seems there are signs that Ubisoft is airing out their dirty laundry in public the same way Activision did prior to the announcement that they were being bought up.
Its the same thing football clubs do when they go the route of being purchased, first they start doing badly, the fans get upset, stock prices fall, that way people/shareholders dont complain when the company gets taken over.
I doubt MS will be rushing headlong into any other large acquisitions. They have their hands full with this one and at that point the bad press for what they are doing would reach boiling point. Sony has the cash, but I doubt its them, they dont need it. Google, or Apple are the likely contenders imo.
Good for them! Management should not be allowed to push all the blame onto people that literally just do as they're told. Management is what is killing Ubisoft, so Management should take responsibility for it.
They are going on strike for 4 hours? That'll show 'em!
"... is calling on the employees of Ubisoft Paris to go on strike on Friday 27 January in the afternoon, from 2 to 6 pm."
"We are taking extended lunch breaks today in protest! Tomorrow we shall park in all of the handicapped spaces! Vive la révolution!!"
"We've had ENOUGH! We're boycotting the lift and taking the stairs. You will lose 5 minutes per FTE per day until we see CHANGE, DAMMIT!"
They can eat sh_t as far as Im concerned. Ubisoft has been garbage for a while now. I dont care about all the politics. I just want great games and Ubisoft has been lacking in that area for far too long.
Yeah should be easier picking out who gets hit in the first round of layoffs... If you don't want to work here...
I mean, going on strike is how you get management to take your concerns seriously. It's not ideal, but fighting for workers rights is the whole point of the unions suggesting this action.
I think the bigger issue is that their 'demands' (already not a great way to start negotiation) are a 4 day working week and an immediate 10% bump in pay...so, more money for less work. If Ubisoft is really struggling that much (as reinforced by their lack of output and repeatedly cancelled/delayed projects) then you're not likely to get both of these things.
I would hope that Ubisoft are taking this very seriously, as they have a lot of promising and under-utilised IP. Maybe if they just make games people like rather than constantly trying to jump on the latest bandwagon, they wouldn't be struggling financially.
In negotiations, you don't open with what you're comfortable taking. You open high, and negotiate down to the middle.
Fuego take. Here's another: why would you want to continue to work for an abusive company where you're forced to shit out terrible games?
Exactly. If you're good at what you do, you should be able to find another job so do it.
If you aren't good or can't find another job, be happy you're employed.
I'll never understand people who don't support worker rights. How brainwashed can one get?
I do understand people who call every dumb idea “workers rights” and then chastise other people for not supporting the dumb ideas. I know exactly why they do this.
People can get extremely brainwashed and it’s easy to do. No opinion you have is your own. Your opinions were given to you by one person or a combination of people. All of us, not just “you”.
Precisely picking off your targets from a great distance while they never suspect a thing feels extremely satisfying and fun in games that execute the sniper concept well. Here are five such sniping games that are insanely satisfying.
Xbox Game Pass Quests recently reset for the month of November. So if you try to collect as many Microsoft Rewards points as possible, there's a new set available now.
This should hold everyone off until the next big release. I love me some reward points! [sarcasm]
Gamepass has changed everything. Phil, from the bottom of my heart, thank you so much for Gamepass. I just bought 50 years worth of subscription and I'm so happy.
Riiight! Thanks to GP I've discovered hundreds of indie fillers I would've never known about otherwise. Best part: team Xbox has discovered how great walking sims and interactive movies really are! And EA Play? Love me some 4 year old sports games!! Why sub up though? Just let MS auto renew that incredible $14.99 a month value. It's so easy!!
Gamepass is just so amazing. Adding EA play to it brought the service to a whole nother level. Phil Spencer has the brightest mind in gaming. By far.....
I can't wait release this game already.
Seriously, the best thing Ubisoft can do is stfu about their games and stop hyping them; they never deliver.
This should have just been a new IP just called Wildlands. It looks pretty cool but it isn't Ghost Recon. Hopefully this isn't downgraded like almost every Ubisoft game thus far into this gen.
We built this city
We built this city
We built this city on downgraded hype and bullsh#t
Ubisoft
Ubisoft
On a different subject saving money this year by not purchasing starwars battlefront and rainbow six as they don't have single player fts fallout 4 ftw
please ubisoft don’t downgrade this like The Division