2024-01-31 08:00:40
A new report has appeared from a reliable source that talks regarding internal matters that occurred with Ubisoft or are still occurring at this moment. The report’s information was collected at certain intervals, with its author relying on many sources and information from developers and others.
Tom Henderson Well-known journalist, video game news leaker who became trusted in record time, and founder of a website Insider GamingAfter many special investigations and gathering information from informed sources, it was found that Ubisoft is suffering greatly internally, and has been affected by the conditions that other companies are currently going through, and perhaps worse.
In a new article that he shared with his followers, entitled Low morale and the presence of internal tensions, he spoke Henderson About the factors that most affect the company, which we will highlight according to what was stated from the source:
Trying to ride the wave endlessly
In recent years, Ubisoft began to move away a little from its well-known strategy of innovation and creativity, and began to clearly lean towards the cup of waves of new games, and then announced the cancellation of projects until it had canned projects, so to speak, that have absolutely no benefit other than wasting more money and burying… Many talents.
You can imagine, by the end of 2021 to the end of 2022, the company had regarding 12 Battle Royale titles, all of which were canceled before they were released to the public.
Frequent postponement and modest management
Henderson He continued in his report that in recent years, we have seen Ubisoft postpone its titles a lot, and the reason is not as was announced, such as refining the games to be better released. Rather, it has been discovered that the reason is due to the repeated postponement of games, which is the thirst for power to rise further in positions.
The biggest example of this is the game Skull & Bones, which was supposed to be released last year and was postponed more than once. How can a game whose development budget is estimated at regarding $200 million be released to compensate for this number? Of course, internal purchases will be relied upon as usual, because the game’s sales, according to Henderson’s expectations, will not cover the costs.
Wrong decisions…and not listening to developers’ demands
In the report, it was mentioned Henderson Ubisoft’s wrong decisions began following the Corona pandemic, as it brought developers back to work in offices following nearly 3 years while they were working at home. Developers were complaining regarding not being listened to, and in a secret interview conducted between a developer from the company who refused to reveal his name, he said that the company currently intends to restore the office work system for only two days a week.
This decision upset many people, and many developers complained regarding this decision because it would put pressure on them at work and reduce their salaries. Also, some of them will suffer from going to work because of their long-distance work, and this may make them lazy, but the company’s decision is useless and must be implemented.
Ubisoft’s bad reputation negatively affected player numbers
As all this information spread regarding the company and some of it became available to players, this matter began to negatively affect the number of players who play the company’s games. For example, the recently released Prince of Persia game has only 300,000 players, despite it being the company’s most highly rated game in the last decade.
While, for example, The Division series, which was released in 2016 and 2020, had more than 15 million players and profits estimated at more than half a million dollars divided into the two parts.
There is still hope despite the confusion
Despite everything he said Henderson In his report, there is still hope, as the company has two upcoming titles that are considered one of the most anticipated projects, the first of which is the Star Wars Outlaws game, which will be released in the middle of this year or in the first half of it.
There is also the Assassin’s Creed Red game project, which is rumored to be located in Japan and offers a male and female character to play and will include naval battles, islands, etc. It is planned to be launched in the second half of this year.
Not an easy report, and a very bold one HendersonWhat do you think of him? Share with us below in the comments section.
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