They seem to be very caught off guard by Star Wars: Outlaws’ underperformance, and after investor pressure, are trying to massively course correct. This is what happens when you vote with your dollars!
The fact that users wanting a “feature complete” product at launch is seemingly news to them is absurd.
CEOs and other higher-ups being completely out of touch is nothing new though.
It would be hilarious if Ghost of Yotei released in Feb too, though unlikely.
I’m never going to play this game but this is all great news
I was a prime demographic for Star Wars Outlaws, as I like Star Wars and the more recent RPG style Assassin’s Creeds. I chose to skip it after the initial impressions, and I’m glad I did. Nice to see that enough other people did the same to make a difference. I’m down for more of the same with a Japanese skin, so hopefully they won’t manage to mess this one up to the point that I won’t enjoy it.
Same here. Their thing with removing the crew though made me finally give up on Ubisoft. I could deal with the stupid pricing given that I at least got 50 hours out of a game, had an okayish story, and was a time occupier. Removing games so I can’t play them again? Fuuuuck that. Cost is all of a sudden a massive issue for me, I’m not going to pay 60 bucks for what is essentially a rental. I’ll wait and pay rental prices for it if they’re just going to yank it as soon as it’s not profitable.
I liked Jedi Survivor.
I know it’s like totally unrelated, but that game was fun.
it will be like $5 6 months after launch anyway. Fuck em
Big shock. This game has had a lot of red flags, and not the good kind one would expect from a Japanese themed game. Everything about this game from the marketing to the merchandising has been bad at best, and outright offensive/borderline racist at worst.
People have been dreaming of a Japan based AC game since the first one. Ubisoft could not have picked a worse game to mess up this badly than this one.
Finally, let me address some of the polarized comments around Ubisoft lately. I want to reaffirm that we are an entertainment-first company, creating games for the broadest possible audience, and our goal is not to push any specific agenda. We remain committed to creating games for fans and players that everyone can enjoy.”
I do not believe you Yves. You say you are committed to making games everyone want to enjoy, but your last like 4 games have released to awful sales because basically nobody wanted to play them. If you were committed to making games everyone wanted to enjoy then your sales would not be garbage. Your words and your data do not match. I mean, you literally just said Ubisoft remains committed to the GaaS model for games, thats pretty much the opposite of being player committed.
Clever… maybe they can be taught. Steam on day 1 should go a long way to help their terrible numbers. I don’t condone any of the other shit they pull, but this is a good step in the right direction.
These idiots could just release a high quality story expansion for Black Flag every year for ten years and make a billion dollars. Instead they do… This.
