F*ck Ubisoft with a big pointy stick.

Based off the title, microtransactions making games more fun? Let me pay more to have more fun? LOL

Wild dude

it's unreal just how ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ stupid and out of touch ubisoft is

What do you expect them to say? MTX is a cash grab? I know marketing can be stupid sometimes but that's a bit much.

Another French Revolution might also be fun. I'll be Robespierre.

The problem is that the general game playing public do not care enough and are not outraged by this. They will continue to buy Ubisoft games Ubisoft will not change their practices. There will be no reason to do so, they will just continue to take the money.

Yeah well Ubisoft is ran by a bunch of braindead morons. You know how ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ annoying it is having to go through the damn Ubisoft launcher to play my copy of South Park: The Fractured But Whole that I bought on Steam?

Originally posted by TWPanda77:

The problem is that the general game playing public do not care enough and are not outraged by this. They will continue to buy Ubisoft games Ubisoft will not change their practices. There will be no reason to do so, they will just continue to take the money.

To Ubisoft they do!

Originally posted by TWPanda77:

The problem is that the general game playing public do not care enough and are not outraged by this. They will continue to buy Ubisoft games Ubisoft will not change their practices. There will be no reason to do so, they will just continue to take the money.

You would be surprised about how much the casual mainstream on consoles are turning against them. I have friends that are very casual and would play games like these and one of them ie. bought SW:O, but they never talked about it afterwards, because it was awfull.. it was just.. "maybe the next game is better"

But after AC:S they have lost faith and they have also started to hate all the massive MTX.. then factor in all the weird culture war drama (that most European don´t want to engage in)
I asked the friend if they want to buy the next game.. they said.. No.. they instead focus on other games (there are so many alternatives)

They still are way to scared to try BG3.. I have tried to steer them towards that for a long time and the reply is... "I heard and see its a masterpiece, but it is too complicated for me" .... BG3 is very streamlined.. but it still scares the most casual players.


But.. as I said.. these casual players are turning away from Ubisoft.. you see this in their ficsal year reports as well (just look at the stock prices for them the last 6 years)
This new push about even more MTX and not owning anything and so forth.. it will end in consumer flight.

what's an ubisoft?

Originally posted by Jazz:

it's unreal just how ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ stupid and out of touch ubisoft is

Ubisoft officially classify feedback from users about too much MTX or poor gameplay/story/character interaction as bashing and its a banable offence of their platforms to write such things.... (I assume that is true for their steam sub forums as well)

Ubisoft wants full control without consumers being able to make critique.. they want to sell the story to the shareholders, that they are the bright beacon of hope for gaming... but in reality, they are the trickster.

back in the day when you when to the video game store you buy a full game
and online no updates you just played , all games need to be 5 thousand dollars ea , that way its fully payed for and not needing to buy anything else no dlc no levels no safety shoes or ping pong gun , and systems where made better long ago nes and sega was the best , ps1 & 2 good

Originally posted by AdahnGorion:

Ubisoft have done it again.. they have shoot themselves in the foot once more.. This time claiming that microtransactions make games more fun. They also claim that microtransactions are ethical.

Ubisoft said in the annual report, that they wanna keep focusing on making lots of microtransactions in their full priced games (including SP) again because that is what players want and it makes the game so much more fun........

They also claim that they will "respect the player experience" and use "sustainable" monetization.
Here are two more quotes from Ubisoft

"the golden rule when developing premium games is to allow players to enjoy the game in full without having to spend more."

"Our monetization offer within premium games makes the player experience more fun by allowing them to personalize their avatars or progress more quickly."

Infamous CEO of Ubisoft Yves Guillemot, whom was known for statement such as "Piracy on PC is 93-97%" also had a comment to make on Stop Killing Games, replying that "Noting is eternal"


So... Steam Off Topic users.. what is your opinion about this? To me it seems like the entire leadership of Ubisoft is delusional and have no idea about what consumers want or how to behave towards them... its some insane takes on gaming and they even think they are the most successful gaming corporation out there (see the annual report)

Hopefully gamers make a stand and don´t support a corportation that act like this.

Source

https://www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-reckons-microtransactions-help-make-games-more-fun-but-still-wants-to-ensure-they-respect-the-player-experience

who bet they going to be dismantled next 2 years ??? or bought by tencent next 2 years ??

Originally posted by vkobe:

Originally posted by AdahnGorion:

Ubisoft have done it again.. they have shoot themselves in the foot once more.. This time claiming that microtransactions make games more fun. They also claim that microtransactions are ethical.

Ubisoft said in the annual report, that they wanna keep focusing on making lots of microtransactions in their full priced games (including SP) again because that is what players want and it makes the game so much more fun........

They also claim that they will "respect the player experience" and use "sustainable" monetization.
Here are two more quotes from Ubisoft

"the golden rule when developing premium games is to allow players to enjoy the game in full without having to spend more."

"Our monetization offer within premium games makes the player experience more fun by allowing them to personalize their avatars or progress more quickly."

Infamous CEO of Ubisoft Yves Guillemot, whom was known for statement such as "Piracy on PC is 93-97%" also had a comment to make on Stop Killing Games, replying that "Noting is eternal"


So... Steam Off Topic users.. what is your opinion about this? To me it seems like the entire leadership of Ubisoft is delusional and have no idea about what consumers want or how to behave towards them... its some insane takes on gaming and they even think they are the most successful gaming corporation out there (see the annual report)

Hopefully gamers make a stand and don´t support a corportation that act like this.

Source

https://www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-reckons-microtransactions-help-make-games-more-fun-but-still-wants-to-ensure-they-respect-the-player-experience

who bet they going to be dismantled next 2 years ??? or bought by tencent next 2 years ??

Well they are currently trying to ditch the debt and old investors (that is why they created a subsidiary with Tencent and moved all money making IP´s there)
Their goal is to make that into a seperate company of its own after the grace period.. this would leave a worthless Ubisoft stuck with debt and the other investors to clean up.

But some of the investors like AJ have said they wanna file a lawsuit unless they are compensated with a few billions... so it will be some interesting times.


I think the family will do all it can to keep control.. its more about their control, than it is about making good games, having good connection to consumers or even good business practices.