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[owasog]

what happens to Uplay games if Vivendi takes over?

They will become VVplay games.

 

[Triggerhappytel]

It's crazy that Vivendi is so hellbent on getting Ubisoft. I'm still trying to figure out what they have to gain by doing so?

I believe Bollore is creating a large multi-media conglomerate under Vivendi and he wants Ubisoft's games and their IPs to be part of that.

 

[Aces&Eights]

They're filling in the map.

This post needs more attention, lol.

 

[BHK3]

vivendi is gonna fuck up it even more, and honestly? You're alone at that.

Watch Dogs 2 is great. Siege is fucking awesome. They took the feedback and are making The Division better. AC is on a break. They greenlit Beyond Good & Evil 2. And their future line-up looks great, too.

Yea that washes away the years of garbage they've been putting out. Oh yea it's great that Division is good now, when did it come out? March? Nothing but excuses because everyone liked 1 single game from them over a period of many years, good riddance.

 

[EDarkness]

I believe Bollore is creating a large multi-media conglomerate under Vivendi and he wants Ubisoft's games and their IPs to be part of that.

He must be damn serious about that. Too bad Ubisoft can't do anything about it.

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

A big company with Vivendi is naturally risk-averse. So you can expect titles like Far Cry Primal, For Honor, etc to not be made anymore and you can expect games to get whiter and manly again as they'll only care about catering to what they see as the largest market.

 

[ClivePwned]

Yeah, for all the stuff they get wrong, IndyUbi is far more attractive than Vivendi's grubby mitts. When/If Vivendi prevails, there's also nothing stopping them form selling their stake in a few years to someone even worse.

that said, please stop making the same game in three different franchises with a different setting each time and expecting us not to notice. Though under Vivendi it'll be 7 different identical open world franchises.

 

[foltzie1]

Then I would ask if the Guillemot's have any plan to hold off such a takeover bid.

 

[Roo]

It's like they're downloading the company through UPlay.

Ok, this one got me lmao
Shame on you. SHAME!

 

[Blackleg-sanji1]

Yea that washes away the years of garbage they've been putting out. Oh yea it's great that Division is good now, when did it come out? March? Nothing but excuses because everyone liked 1 single game from them over a period of many years, good riddance.

The ubi hate is strong

 

[RichiRamjag]

Yea that washes away the years of garbage they've been putting out. Oh yea it's great that Division is good now, when did it come out? March? Nothing but excuses because everyone liked 1 single game from them over a period of many years, good riddance.

If a company is actively improving, then it helps. They've got multiple good games btw. Some of the vitriol thrown at ubi is ridiculous.

 

[Dunkley]

In September, they were at 23% iirc

edit: yup

http://www.polygon.com/2016/9/28/13092262/ubisoft-hostile-take-over

This is getting nasty.

It really is, however with that said thanks for digging up that article.

At this rate Ubisoft will definitely be switching management before the end of Q1 2017... Not sure how to feel about that.

 

[theWB27]

Yea that washes away the years of garbage they've been putting out. Oh yea it's great that Division is good now, when did it come out? March? Nothing but excuses because everyone liked 1 single game from them over a period of many years, good riddance.

You sound like it's personal. On top of being wrong.

 

[Ooccoo]

There are 2,000+ employees at UBI MTL.

Wonder how many would be slashed.

 

[Sadist]

Sacre bleu!

Never got Vivendi's interest in Ubisoft; they had stock in Activision too, right?

 

[Exploratory]

Yea that washes away the years of garbage they've been putting out. Oh yea it's great that Division is good now, when did it come out? March? Nothing but excuses because everyone liked 1 single game from them over a period of many years, good riddance.

I like how you said one single game when the guy you're quoting mentions at least two great games.

 

[Sword Of Doom]

Can't even imagine how it feels to create a company as successful as Ubisoft and then see this happen. Business is fucking raw

 

[GavinUK86]

Ubisoft have been putting out turds with an odd bright spot here and there so this will either give them a kick up the ass to do something different or maybe they'll put out better stuff under new management. It's been pretty interesting to watch this develop either way.

 

[killatopak]

please release beyond first before being taken over.

 

[daxgame]

Ubi should make a game where you defeat the dark overlord, Vivendi.

 

[Crossing Eden]

I like how you said one single game when the guy you're quoting mentions at least two great games.

Revisionist history and post truths are like at an all time high when it comes to the discussion of Ubi's games on GAF.

 

[Mass_Pincup]

Yea that washes away the years of garbage they've been putting out. Oh yea it's great that Division is good now, when did it come out? March? Nothing but excuses because everyone liked 1 single game from them over a period of many years, good riddance.

What nonsense are you even talking about?

 

[MuchoMalo]

So, how much longer does Ubisoft have? 6 months? Maybe at this point they should just cut their losses...

 

[Elessar]

At this point the dream is dead.

Don't be surprised when Ubisoft is going to fire thousands of employees and close several studios in the next 5 to 10 years.

I sent in my resume (to Ubisoft) last night. Welp.

 

[adversarial]

Yea that washes away the years of garbage they've been putting out. Oh yea it's great that Division is good now, when did it come out? March? Nothing but excuses because everyone liked 1 single game from them over a period of many years, good riddance.

Will never understand this toxic ass mindset. Dude's pouring their life into creating art that you don't enjoy? "Fuck them I hope their company gets taken over!" Blows my mind.

 

[Why would you do that?]

Ubi should make a game where you defeat the dark overlord, Vivendi.

The game should be called Ubisoftsoftsoft.

 

[theWB27]

Ubisoft have been putting out turds with an odd bright spot here and there so this will either give them a kick up the ass to do something different or maybe they'll put out better stuff under new management. It's been pretty interesting to watch this develop either way.

People keep saying stuff like this when they do more "different" than most any other publisher out there. Why are people so stuck on this.

 

[GavinUK86]

People keep saying stuff like this when they do more "different" than most any other publisher out there. Why are people so stuck on this.

"Different". If you say so. My opinion isn't going to change. A lot of Ubi games are turds that they try to keep polishing after release. They do have a couple decent ones, Watch Dogs 2 was pretty fun if not very generic, but then you have The Division and Steep. 1 step forward, 2 back.

 

[Herb Alpert]

It's like they're downloading the company through UPlay.

Bah dum tss

Spoiler

OK I laughed

 

[A-V-B]

Please just release South Park 2 before this happens

 

[BinaryBear07]

This had better not mess up Rainbow Six Siege.

 

[theWB27]

"Different". If you say so. My opinion isn't going to change. A lot of Ubi games are turds that they try to keep polishing after release. They do have a couple decent ones, Watch Dogs 2 was pretty fun if not very generic, but then you have The Division and Steep. 1 step forward, 2 back.

While any other publisher wouldn't even take the chance to fail with a title like Steep nowadays.

Carry on though.

 

[Roo]

Ubisoft have been putting out turds with an odd bright spot here and there so this will either give them a kick up the ass to do something different or maybe they'll put out better stuff under new management. It's been pretty interesting to watch this develop either way.

I honestly don't see the quality of their games improving under Vivendi's management.
Quite the opposite, actually

 

[LeonSPBR]

It's like they're downloading the company through UPlay.

SAVAGE.

 

[LeonSPBR]

Sacre bleu!

Never got Vivendi's interest in Ubisoft; they had stock in Activision too, right?

They owned Activision for a while, then Activision bought their shares back and.

 

[bananafactory]

"Different". If you say so. My opinion isn't going to change. A lot of Ubi games are turds that they try to keep polishing after release. They do have a couple decent ones, Watch Dogs 2 was pretty fun if not very generic, but then you have The Division and Steep. 1 step forward, 2 back.

I don't know how you could possibly describe WD2 as generic. It's full of personality

How about Rainbow Six Siege? Far Cry Primal? AC Syndicate? South Park? For Honor? All games that released to great reception or are previewing very well.

 

[KooopaKid]

It's so stupid the founders of their own company can't stop this.

 

[Movalpolos]

I guess they won't be making any games for Switch then...

 

[AnthonypUK]

its interesting how Yves and the current board have been unable to get investors to help them shore up their controlling rights.

Still this is the risk you take when you go public and take that cash windfall, no sympathy from me.

 

[liquidtmd]

It's like they're downloading the company through UPlay.

I lol'ed

 

[DXB-KNIGHT]

I guess they won't be making any games for Switch then...

I don't think that's the problem

What will happen is the type of games portfolios will change be it Switch or other.

I think we will see less new experimental IPs and more the flavor of the generation

 

[TDLink]

I really hope BG&E2 gets out there (or at least in a completed enough state where they can't can it) before this takeover happens.

Since it's targeting 2018 apparently I doubt that of course. This shit will definitely go down at some point next year :/

 

[jett]

 

[krumble]

Savage.

But true ..

 

[Voysa Reezun]

Ubi consistently takes risks more than other big publishers. They put out stuff like Child of Light and Valiant Hearts. They gave us TWO 2D Rayman masterpieces in the 2010s, when only indie devs and Nintendo make hay off of 2D platformers. There is no effing way Vivendi greenlights any of that.

The eventual Vivendi acquisition is going to be awful. I'm sure that BG&E 2 is gonna get cancelled, too. Everything that isn't an immediately exploitable IP is probably getting canceled.

 

[FireBeaver]

Just when Ubisoft was actually starting to get better too.

 

[Ginger Hail]

Damn, this is gonna suck. I'm not the biggest on Ubi's bigger franchises, but they've always been willing to give more experimental games a shot. Their VR lineup was one of the bigger of the bigger 3rd parties as well. Hoping they can pull through somehow.

 

[Ushay]

i have a good friend who works for ubisoft

Grats on the friendship?

OT - Hypothetically if Vivendi took over a controlling stake what that mean for the games Ubisoft makes?

 

[ookami]

It's like they're downloading the company through UPlay.

 

[Garlador]

They better not touch Beyond Good & Evil 2.