It's no secret that the Ubisoft formula is getting old. If they really want to succeed with open world game design, Horizon Zero Dawn should be their benchmark and this is why.
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
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.
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.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
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.
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
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."
Today, Koei Tecmo announced its financial results for the full fiscal year 2025, related to the period between April 2025 and March 2026.
Correction: Horizon Zero Dawn and Ghost of Tsushima. Just excellent games open world or not. You can see the developer's effort.
Ubisoft just needs to stop the copy and paste and reskin. Gamers are more than aware of it now. Which is why I stopped buying their regular games. Their only original efforts were in VR. Same as EA and Activision. No one wants yearly copy and paste. I'm not spending money on that.
Every dev could learn a lot from Horizon Zero Dawn. It's the best action game I've ever played and Forbidden West looks to improve on it in every way!
Ubisoft could learn from anyone besides the other cookie cutter companies . They pump out same games just a little bigger like other companies who pump out yearly games with MTs and whatever and it’s tiring . Casuals don’t mind and buy it up so that’s all that matters to them , just like CoD , Sports games, EA Activision retread stuff . I just don’t buy those games , never will . People are hyped about the Activision Blizzard acquisition but those are the games I avoid so I don’t care one bit . Good for you if you like milked money maker franchises
Honestly, unless forbidden west improves its open world formula then it would just fall into the Ubisoft games cycle. Same for ghost of Tsushima. While they’re new and fresh IP, they’re basic as hell. Open world’s seriously need to ditch the open world formula that Ubisoft laid out years ago.