Matt Booty explains the freedom of their studios to choose and not forcing them to make sequels for their games.
“Assassin’s Creed” publisher Ubi soft is trying to emerge from a rocky few years. CEO Yves Guillemot breaks down the new strategy for success.
“Ubi soft is trying to emerge from a rocky few years“
^ THIS after Ubisoft’s fluff pieces about how great they are doing after Assassins, Attack on Titan and laying offs. The hype fell the floor apparently.
I was a bit gutted with The Division, too many bells and whistles like Far Cry. Never rated Prince of Persia or The Crew. Rayman, it’s too long in the tooth, lay it to rest.
Far Cry and Assassin's Creed, this is all Ubishit can make. It would be better if Ubishit just close down, and sell their other IP's, like Splinter Cell, Beyond Good and Evil, etc. Far Cry and Assassin's Creed can just die, that is enough.
Sony Interactive Entertainment's next console, the PS6, will not be digital only, according to former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden.
Not trying to be rude, but I think Layden has absolutely nothing to do with Sony for almost a decade at this point.
I don't even know why people doubt its gonna support discs too. Of course it will. Once Sony realized they could sell it as an add on, the whole conversation is moot at this point. Because Money. I doubt they will ever stop supporting disc.
Well, the reason is pretty obvious. It’s likely something being pushed hard by investors and probably upper management as well. Just think about it from a financial perspective: fewer SKUs to manage, lower expenses in both manpower and logistics, not to mention more money per game unit sold.
The money they would make from selling you a disc drive add-on is basically nothing compared to the extra percentage they earn by being the sole seller of digital games. When you factor in the savings on logistics as well, the argument becomes pretty clear.
That said, there’s also a significant marketing advantage for Sony if they continue supporting discs. As they could end up being the only major provider of physical media games. Xbox, if it continues to exist in its current form, will likely go fully digital to focus on Game Pass, and Nintendo is already about 90 percent digital with its Game-Key approach. So Sony has the chance to keep supporting physical media while also taking a subtle jab at the competition.
And their competition has no such add-on for their digital consoles, meaning if you got the cheap one for christmas, there's no hope of upgrading it to be able to play your old games. I'll gladly take the $100 add-on approach to that.
Rather they do that than have all digital sadly. That 100 cost would be clawed back by only 2 physical games
If this gen is any indication there will totally be a digital only PS5 model. Let's not kid ourselves here. There's going to be 2 SKU's again.
I think what he's saying is that there will still be options to upgrade the digital only model to include a disc drive, much like the current PS5 slim.
Yes, that is exactly how it will be. Disc add-on if you want to pay a little more so it won't be digital only.
No I'm fairly certain they will do what they do now, 1 sku with an expansion slot for a drive. It simplifies production and gives people the option to get a drive later if they want.
I would be fine with a BD drive add-on they started with the slim if it means more power for a more affordable price. better yet, if they allow it to use the PS5 BD add-on by default. it's not like the games run from the disc anyway, and it's totally doable. would be a huge win-win situation for both Sony and gamers
Big changes are being made at the top of Microsoft's gaming division.
MS knack for one upping bad news from other companies so soon afterwards is pretty astounding lol. Can't say I'm surprised though, this gen has been dreadful for the xbox brand.
Being replaced by an AI boss exec though, yikes.
Oh no no no
Going off your logic, since you've been slaughtering Sony, basically "Xbox is doomed" and "they're done"
Spin, spin, spin
Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond leaving at the same time is not a coincidence -it's a clear out. The old guard at Xbox is well and truly over. Spencer has always been likeable but honestly, he probably should've been pushed earlier.
But who has replaced them? Matt Booty, he is the dictionary definition of a suit, cosplaying that he knows about games. Asha Sharma is the new head of Microsoft gaming, she is a great looking woman, but at 36 years old she seems relatively young. From her initial statement about the return of Xbox (which is getting the fanboys on YouTube hyped) it sounds like she sees it as branding and a new Xbox console won't be coming.
We said the holy trinity Halo, Gears and Forza, going to PlayStation would meant Microsoft games going third party. But Phil Spencer's departure and the deprioritisation of the console name - today is the death of Xbox. ⚰️ 😢
@venom... while forza gears and halo have come to PS... they are already existing games. Well, Forza horizon 6 is new, but coming later. Would be interesting to see if they continue that trend of release on PS after releasing on PC/XB or if they scrap that plan and go back to the way things were. I'm just here to play some games, no matter where they end up.
Thats not a distraction. Phil has been saying for years after he got that job that his time would be limited. Even last year he informed Nadella he was working on a succession plan. He elevated Sarah Bond to her position. So guess what she has to go to. I believe she resigned knowing they are gonna bring someone else in who's been there there longer. She just got there in 2017. The AI push is happening, people. Get ready!
Sony should ……………….😩
I see what you didn’t do since 6 days ago
Couldn’t hold for a week 🤣 so close so close 🤦🏿
I always had this theory that they both wait to see if the other announces something bad so they can announce their bad thing, thus the two talking points bleed together enough to cause overall confusion online.
It then becomes just a big bad thing for the industry rather than a specific company. Wouldn't be surprised if Ubisoft were up next again at this point.
Huh... well that is sure interesting.
@crash, is it bad news though? I mean many here have said he needed to leave... now he and Bond are leaving. That should be good news to some.
It's more the fact the person incharge of AI being taking over. That's a very deliberate decision.
Xbox fans have wanted Phil gone for a long time he's probably the least favourite exec of all time behind matrick purely because uber his leadership he decived fans and took the Xbox brand multiplatform
Considering MS's obsession with ai, this is probably a demotion for her. Still, I enjoy poking fun at Spencer but ultimately it's sad to see him go, he's made mistakes for sure but I think he genuinely cared about the Xbox brand. Sharma seems very corporate to me and certainly not the Spencer replacement Xbox fans would have hoped for.
Yup, she probably tried to wait Phil out to take over.
And when they decided to go with another choice, she bolted!
Exactly. Phil was her biggest supporter. I believe Matt Boity is gonna end up there sooner or later. There were rumors that people didnt like Sarah Bond.
“We want to focus more on AI. Plus, if we give you a job, three people with small penises on Twitter will accuse us of being woke, so it’s a no I’m afraid, Sarah.”
I'm convinced "early retirement" is just them wanting to save both themselves the embarrassment and them getting forced out without the drama.
You bow out naturally while we make it all look like it's part of the plan, both of us look as competent as we can make out during the fallout
Jim Ryan was the exactly the same.
Early? He’s been at Microsoft for 40 years. He must be around 60 years old…
You think after all the work he did. He wouldn't want to be the leader of Xbox just a few more months until the Xbox 25th Anniversary.
Why was Jim allowed to keep working at playstation for a few months after the retirement announcement. Yer Phil has 3 days to clean out his office?
“ Phil has 3 days to clean out his office?”
Why spread fake news? The press release clearly says that Phil and Sarah are staying on throughout the summer to advise the new person.
However, making a sequel to an already established franchise lessens the likely-hood of the studio getting shutdown for underperforming.
that's too bad. I'm sure there are plenty of other studio's willing to pick up perfect dark or kameo.
It's easier for Microsoft tho.
2 Forzas, Halo, Hellblade,outer worlds, fable, perfect dark and other sequels currently in development though...but i guess they didn't make them do it? What the hell is he talking about? Why say that?