I do think they should actually downsize. Stop pushing out a new Assassins Creed every year or 2. Reduce the magnitude of the games a bit. First few Assassins Creeds were special. Far Cry games used to be great too. Now they just feel like a grindfest. As do the AC games.

But I don't think Ubisoft leadership would be capable of doing it right. They'd probably just lay off everyone who actually does work, and expect a similar amount of games.

Could try pachinko like konami

There are industries where that works. In business software, that's incredibly common, in part because people buy the same software every year, or on a subscription. So the company makes a half decent product, hires an insane amount of people to market it while firing the vast majority of the developers, sells a ton of subscriptions, then coasts for a decade or two. Any time a competitor starts forming, buy them, lay off the staff, and coast on that too.

It's the business model of the vast majority of business to business software/service products out there.

More microtransactions into the slop they are putting out soon.

Those are good ideas, but their advisors will probably have them take out a massive loan and use it to buy another game studio, then lay off the staff at that game studio, to briefly appear profitable, before crashing into bankruptcy to be bought by Microsoft.

Sadly it usually does result in a stock price increase, because less expenses

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

Maybe AI will save them.

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.

They also need to allow games to be more focused. Not every game needs to be an open world, crafter, rpg, treasure hunt.

How you gonna make Rayman legends, one of the best 2d platformers ever and then just put all your focus on Assassin’s creed after that.

Current evaluation is about 720M USD I believe. At 20 USD per person, that implies there are 36M persons in this thread.

Lemmy had gotten BIG!

They said they want to focus on open world and live service games, so it sounds like the ones they canceled were the actual good ones.

But this isnt what enshittification is

What about Mirage was shit? As much as I loved Shadows, the story kind of went nowhere towards the end. On the other hand, Mirage despite having a simple story, is the best AC game I have played in ages. That said, I've always been a fan of the original pre-RPG AC games.

Far Cry 7 is rumored to add a 24-hour time limit (similar to Dead Rising's mechanic) and lean heavily into multiplayer

It won't be.

Seven? Jesus. How about a fresh new IP instead?

Descenders has mountainbiking and snowboarding

Shredders is one of the best snowboard games I've played. I feel like it captures the feeling of snowboarding really well.

Tell me about it. The division is one of my favorite franchises, I've felt like they've kept one of my favorite games hostage for over a decade now.