TwinIon Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 I've got more than enough to play right now, so I'm fine with a delay. I just want it to be good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted September 26 Author Share Posted September 26 6 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said: @Commissar SFLUFAN plz confirm As far as I'm aware, it isn't 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 Didn’t realize the stock is down to $2 and change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 6 hours ago, Brian said: Didn’t realize the stock is down to $2 and change. I said it before, I’ll say it again: since I don’t count MSFT as a video game stock, the only video game stock worth buying is Nintendo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 8 minutes ago, Spork3245 said: I said it before, I’ll say it again: since I don’t count MSFT as a video game stock, the only video game stock worth buying is Nintendo Take 2 before GTA hits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 14 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said: Take 2 before GTA hits You’d be better off buying up old Pokemon cards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted September 26 Author Share Posted September 26 I'd say that Ubisoft is now in a "prime" position for a private equity buyout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 2 hours ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: I'd say that Ubisoft is now in a "prime" position for a private equity buyout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted September 26 Author Share Posted September 26 I'm being quite serious: Ubisoft's current situation is exactly what private equity would be looking for in an acquisition target. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 I could see a PE takeover as well. I checked their financial statements. They aren’t atrocious like Embracer. I think PE would find Ubisoft attractive to either fix and flip or hold long term. I can’t see any current game company buying them. Tencent has slowed its roll. We know Embracer had a deal with Saudi so maybe Saudi uses this opportunity to get a large player in the industry. Ubisoft is releasing Assassin Creed in a packed month. 2/11 - Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 and Civilization 7 2/18 - Avowed 2/27 - Monster Hunter Wilds and Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii Add the announcement of Ghost of Yotei, Ubisoft and really Yves need a big hit. He mentioned in the call the delay will cost another $20M. Things are beginning to look grim for Yves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 Fuck man. At that low of a price I might buy some stock just for the hell of it and in case they get a big buy out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 EXCLUSIVE - Context Around the Assassin's Creed Shadows Delay - Insider Gaming INSIDER-GAMING.COM Exclusive context around the recent delay announcement of Assassin's Creed Shadows which will now launch February 14, 2025. Quote Last week, Ubisoft announced that Assassin’s Creed Shadows would be delayed from its intended November release date to February 2025. While the announcement was somewhat of a shock publically, internally, it was expected and desperately needed. Ubisoft announced that the game was delayed “to polish and refine the experience. “ In its earnings update, the company further claimed that the delay was due to “the learning from the Star Wars Outlaws release.” Both claims are true, but beyond a few short words, internally, the developers have been pushing for a delay for the best part of a few months, which had fallen on deaf ears until the release of Outlaws. Yves Guillemot pointed out in an internal memo that Star Wars Outlaws’ initial sales “proved softer than expected,” with Guillemot pointing out that critics rated the game 76 out of 100 on Metacritic (I think it’s important to note that the user score is far lower at a 5.4 out of 10, too). Although I wasn’t given the figure on what Ubisoft anticipated Outlaws to sell within its first month, the game has just surpassed 1 million units sold at the time of writing. Its performance has seemingly caused alarm bells to ring at HQ, which not only led to the approval of Assassin’s Creed Shadows being delayed to Q1 2025 but to finally putting games back on Steam (a request that every Ubisoft team has been pushing for years). So why was Shadows delayed? It’s a complicated question without a single answer, but it boils down to a strict development timeline, polishing, and addressing the Japanese community’s cultural and historical accuracy concerns. But first, let me address some of the wild rumors about Yasuke—he’s not going to be removed. However, sources have said that the team has been actively addressing many of the historical and cultural concerns, which started before the game’s reveal following external playtests and were accelerated further following the game’s initial reveal and mass feedback. This includes changing some of Yasuke’s story and how he’s portrayed in the game, fixing architectural details, and ensuring that the game is historically grounded while fitting into the Assassin’s Creed universe. Fundamentally, though, these are issues that should have been caught internally before the game’s reveal, especially given Ubisoft’s strict asset-approval process. As for how these issues fell through the cracks, I’m told that historical experts were brought onto the project much later than usual for a project of this magnitude and that miscommunication between teams and cutting corners when it came to the approval process of assets to meet deadlines were also at play. As for the game’s polish and issues with bugs, it’s pretty self-explanatory. The game is currently not at the stage it needs to be for release, and I’m told that there have been some tweaks to some gameplay mechanics and elements that are going to take time to incorporate. While some of these issues were highlighted in recent playtests and mock reviews, these are end-of-development issues that will take a little longer. Of course, these are not new issues for the team. Seven developers working on the project said that they have been pushing for a delay for some time, and their situation had even been heard at other studios in the company. Ultimately, though, the delay comes down to a strict development timeline and the need to address issues caused by the set timeline. As for why Ubisoft HQ continues to ignore the developers on almost every level, Ubisoft’s Executive Committee and Board of Directors will decide in their review – although 80% of 40 Ubisoft developers think this ends in no change or layoffs – but that’s another story on the internal issues for another time. For now, though, Ubisoft Quebec will release Assassin’s Creed Shadows on February 14, 2025, and while the game isn’t matching Valhalla in pre-order numbers (which launched on past-generation consoles to a wider market), the numbers are solid and are likely to rise further given its Steam release announcement. TLDR; 1) They want to clean up the cultural/historical issues that came up during playtesting and after the reveal. This will result in changes to Yasuke's story, changing architectural details and other historical fixes. 2) Game was buggy as hell and not ready to be released 3) Gameplay is being tweaked based on the mock reviews. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 The Yasuke stuff is stupid, the rest is stuff that should be done. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firewithin Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 they really caving to the online incel chuds? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 Just now, Firewithin said: they really caving to the online incel chuds? I hope they just replace Yasuke with One Punch Man so the cognitive dissonance gives them all a stroke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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