Ubisoft is reportedly up for sale

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  1. Horus-Anhur

    Horus-Anhur Ancient Guru

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    Ubisoft is reportedly up for sale



    Maybe I can buy Ubisoft with NFSts, since his CEO likes them so much :D

    But on a serious note, having equity firms buying Ubisoft will probably mean the death of the company.
    Ubisoft is probably going to be torn apart and it's assets and IP's to the highest bidder.
    Lot's of people are bound to lose their jobs, if this goes through.
    And Ubisoft IP's are probably going to be scattered across several other game companies. And some will probably be lost in some judicial limbo of licenses.
     
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    I remember when Ubisoft was the biggest Europe game company. Oh how mighty have fallen becouse its run by idiots.
     
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    Is it wrong that I feel happy about this? I've boycott Ubisoft ever since their use of Starforce DRM (killed my DVD drive at the time) and their nefarious use of ever increasingly draconian DRM measures .
    I used to love the games that Ubisoft would publish but bitter about how their DRM would impact my experience.
     
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    This is gonna sound weird but I'm not sure I'm happy with this, I really like Ubisoft's "Macdonalds" style games, sure they're not supreme steak but they absolutely fill the void of what I like in a solid openworld game to while the hours away, especially The Division/Assassin's Creed (since reinventing as historical RPGs) and the last two Ghost Recon games.
     

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    I hope someone buys the rights for farcry and actually make a good game out of it.
     
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  6. Ubisoft's stock price has increased by 20% over the weekend due to this announcement. I have absolutely no clue what drives these people to insta-buy a stock of a company which declares itself as for sale. Makes zero sense to me.
     
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    Get woke go broke. Nuff said.
     
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    Well, we'll see what comes of it. Ubisoft has been recycling itself for too long, and it's practices (both workplace AND business) certainly didn't help them in my eyes.
     
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    it would be funny if Crytec was able to buy it and go back to making Far Cry games again.
     
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    You thinking FarCry 1 remaster?
     
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    That would be a great start. If done right.

    This is just a mod, but it would be really cool if we had a fully developed remaster.

     
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    remaster FC2, its the best game in the series.
     
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    Agreed. It only needs some tweaks to the respawn rate, and to more properly communicate how the game handles the malaria mechanic. Other than that, FC2 is a great mercenary simulator.
     
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    Well one thing i know is it can't get any worse than it is now.

    I too would love a FC2 remaster.
     
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    This could kill the chance of The Division 3 or even another Ghost Recon
     
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    To cash in...wow, the head of Ubisoft has got some pretty big skeletons and does not want to take any risks.

    Anything that happens to that firm will be on the new owners, it would seem.

    Poison chalice, and I would recommend to buy some of their IP, or, to walk away entirely from any purchasing of that firm...the legal implication of this is too great to even consider.
     
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    Avatar 2 to going to be released alongside the film. It's been in development for a few years now.
     
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    Whoever buys this is an idiot.
     
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    Blackstone are a bunch of power-hungry narcissists. The company is run by complete idiots.
     

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