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Why Ubisoft isn't abandoning its open worlds

CEO Yves Guillemot explains why the growing audience for games means the publisher's blockbuster model is sustainable

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Kane222428d ago

that's cause the old ones were actually complete games..with no live service crap added to them and everything was offline.

ziggurcat2428d ago

I don't mind the RPG direction, but I could do without the blatant design choices that are meant to lead people into spending money on the MTs.

SyntheticForm2428d ago

Odyssey has MTs literally called "Time Savers."

For fuck's sake.

ziggurcat2428d ago

Well, to be fair, that's better than "surprise mechanics." At least it's honest?

Rachel_Alucard2428d ago

They've had the timer saver DLC since AC: Brotherhood at least

UltraNova2428d ago

Or having what must be the game's best missions where you hunt mythical beasts as a set up to unlock paid DLC (Atlantis). I enjoyed those missions but when the game stops to inform me that all that effort put in towards unlocking Atlantis was for nothing, unless I paid for the DLC, was kind of letdown.

The AC IP won't be turning back. Online integration and monetization is the only way forward I'm afraid.

SyntheticForm2428d ago

Honest and honestly bad - yes.

Firebird3602428d ago

Origins and odyssey are the best in the series imo. Odyssey being my favorite game last year.

sushimama2428d ago

I platinumed it. 8/10 at best for that game.

Hatsu122428d ago (Edited 2428d ago )

lol Odyssey is the biggest grind fest i've ever had the displeasure of playing in my life. I literally got the game for free while watching TGA 2018 on Steam and still could not finish it. The world is huge and bloated for no real reason, all the side quests and activities are as mundane as they can get, hell game isn't even about assassins anymore, but rather overpowered demi gods. The story might be interested but what's the point when I have to go through hours and hours of busy work to actually get to the main story. Shit game cannot see why it's so praise for the life of me. Intentionally designed to be as big and boring as possible.

Chocoburger2428d ago

YES! THANK YOU!
The past 2 AC games were the worst in the series by far. Too big for their own good, too much bloated uninteresting side quests and upgrade menus to screw around in.

Give me an AC game that's HALF THE SIZE, but TWICE AS INTERESTING!
Create actual AI for the enemies instead of using the same brain-dead AI from the PS3 / Xbox 360 era! These are more powerful consoles, yet the AI is still nonexistent.

Get rid of the level ups (why am I leveling up in a damn AC game?!), and skill trees! None of that stuff makes the game any better, its just deliberately gating off game mechanics to give a fake sense of 'character progression', but its not true character progression, its just moves and features that should have been available at the start. Instead they purposely gimp your character starting off with a boring and limited move set.

Its sad to see AC fall so far, when there is still so much potential in the concept of using the animus and tying it with the modern day Assassin's vs Templars war.

Oh yeah, what's happening in the modern day storyline? Absolutely nothing of interest. The rotten cherry on top of a trash game.

Blu3_Berry2428d ago

It's not really even Assassin Creed anymore. I don't know why they didn't name it something else.

sushimama2428d ago

Because they're too chicken-shit to lose the brand name in Assassin's Creed. They all but dumped the Animus shit. They need to just start fresh.

-Foxtrot2427d ago (Edited 2427d ago )

Same reason they didn't call Beyond Good and Evil II something else

Same reason they didn't call Ghost Recon Wildlands something else

Same reason they changed the shit out of WatchDogs

Same reason they do games like Blood Dragon and Primal as Far Cry game spin offs instead of full on new IPs

They don't want to take the risk and do completely different ideas/tones/directions as new IPs

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Microsoft Gaming Revenue Drops 7% Year-on-Year, Content and Services Down 5%, Xbox Hardware Down 33%

Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.

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Jin_Sakai6d ago (Edited 6d ago )

Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.

dveio6d ago

To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.

Jingsing6d ago

The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.

Tanktopmaster926d ago

Once they re-evaluate exclusive all will be fine….

S2Killinit6d ago

Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

Jingsing6d ago

15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.

Tanktopmaster926d ago

These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse

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Spiders Studio, Developers of GreedFall: The Dying World, Announce Liquidation of the Company

Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.

What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.

We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.

If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."

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Koei Tecmo Announces Record Financial Results After Releasing Many Big Games

Today, Koei Tecmo announced its financial results for the full fiscal year 2025, related to the period between April 2025 and March 2026.

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