Ubisoft cancels six games including Prince of Persia and closes studios
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#2I loved Prince of Persia, bummed to hear the re-launch has been shelved.
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#3It looks like their business model is mostly just remakes and remasters now with these closures. Does the C suite really believe that they can just milk those IPs forever and never create anything new?
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#4My kids have been waiting for a Rayman sequel for over 10 years now. Is Rayman not profitable enough?
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#5I loved Prince of Persia, bummed to hear the re-launch has been shelved.
Just last week it was revealed that it had gotten an ESRB rating (now removed). So it must have been pretty far along in development.
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#7>Ubisoft will now focus on developing open world adventure games - which let players freely navigate vast environments - and live service games which seek regular payments from players.
Isn’t that what they’ve been doing for a decade that got them to today?
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#8It looks like their business model is mostly just remakes and remasters now with these closures. Does the C suite really believe that they can just milk those IPs forever and never create anything new?
> those IPs forever and never create anything new?
By putting some loot boxes and mobile purchases out there. Yes.
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#9I discovered last night that my company's stock price is higher than Ubi's and we've lost 75% of our value over the last few years. Doesn't seem good.
Re: Ubisoft cancels six games including Prince of Persia and closes studios
#10Stock down over 39% since this announcement, brutal.