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Ubisoft shares drop 33% following its ‘major company reset’ announcement - The company’s share price has dropped 95% in total over the past eight years (www.videogameschronicle.com)
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[–] 60 points 9 months ago (16 children)

They need some fun original IP, so much of their work is derivative and rehashes of old stuff now.

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  • [–] 41 points 9 months ago (7 children)

    Beyond that, to GET to their rehashed derivative stuff you need a separate launcher with a separate and annoying login.

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  • [–] 20 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    O, I forgot about that. If it isn't in Steam or Heroic, I apparently need active reminders it even exists.

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  • [–] 18 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    They are on steam!

    https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/ubisoft

    I am fairly confident they are one of the companies where when you launch the game you purchased through steam it redirects you to the ubisoft launcher like how some Microsoft games in steam prompt a xbox login. Forza Horizon 5, I'm looking at you.

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Not only that, but true to Ubisoft form, many Uplay DRM games still require Steam if you buy them through Steam, so you actually must have both launchers running to play, not just Ubisoft's. If you start it from Uplay (yeah, I know, it's "Ubisoft Connect" now), it will start Steam up. Steam doesn't require this--lots of Steam games don't require Steam's DRM. It's completely Ubisoft's choice to force Steam DRM on top of their own DRM.

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago

    I noped out of the Outlaws demo when I was forced to create a Ubisoft account to play.

    Whole point of console gaming is convenience.

    They obviously don't want my $60. I wonder how much they make selling the data to brokers that someone downloaded their demo and ditched it at the login screen.

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  • [–] 14 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    The fact that they have shareholders means that they’re likely to keep rehashing old stuff.

    Shareholders love “guaranteed” money, which is why movie studios keep making the same crap over and over again. It’s more stable.

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