Decline meh Ubisoft (Ubi fuckery general thread)

[Astral Rag]

They should have used an older game though.

 

[fantadomat]

There are people that still care about the Crew 2,that is like making Watch dogs 2 and expecting to sell.....ohhh.

 

[Gerrard]

The launch was disastrous as well:

The Crew 2, Ubisoft's massively ambitious and absolutely massive open world racing game, has just launched today - although players who've bought the game on Steam are currently locked out.

Why would you buy Ubisoft games on Steam when they require uPlay anyway (at least I think they do)?

 

[Modron]

Why would you buy Ubisoft games on Steam when they require uPlay anyway (at least I think they do)?

To give them a smaller cut and to keep your games consolidated on one platform? Plus not sure of how uplay's refund policy stacks up against steam's if you are just looking to gauge interest

 

[Gerrard]

On uPlay you can get everything at 20% off though, even the bestest gold plated deluxe editions on launch. Don't know about refunds.

And as for the mirrors, the devs said they would have to reduce the amount of environment detail by 20-30% in order to have mirrors and still keep acceptable framerate, and even then they would probably look like shit (remember TDU2 having no shadoiws in the mirrored image). The game already is only 30FPS on consoles.

 

[Astral Rag]

The launch was disastrous as well:

The Crew 2, Ubisoft's massively ambitious and absolutely massive open world racing game, has just launched today - although players who've bought the game on Steam are currently locked out.

Why would you buy Ubisoft games on Steam when they require uPlay anyway (at least I think they do)?

 

[Gerrard]

Might as well remove "Ubisoft" from it.

E: I meant more in the sense of "everything is shit".

 

[mck]

what if it was called boobie soft instead

 

[MadMaxHellfire]

we would still love to put the squeeze on them.

 

[Gerrard]

https://steep.ubisoft.com/game/en-gb/competitor-basecamp/news/154-336184-16/

25/10/2018 02:00 PM

Introducing New PvP Multiplayer Mode for Steep
Challenge your friends in the new Steep PvP multiplayer mode - available for free to all players as part of the next update, rolling out on October 29th for PC players and coming soon for PS4 and Xbox One Players. The first phase of implementing this new mode will be a beta state, so we can test the technical infrastructure and continue to iterate. Try it first and share your feedback!


“Steep is a multiplayer game at its core – you can always seamlessly play with other players. But so far, the moments when you play together with the same objective are rare,” Steep Creative Director Igor Manceau commented. “We’ve been working to find the right combination of cooperative and competitive play, where players can truly play together, at the same moment, and tackle the same dedicated objectives together.”


How does it work?


Start by joining the multiplayer lobby in the Mountain View and our automatic matchmaking system will group you with up three other players. As soon as everyone is ready, a 5-second timer will appear and count down to the start of the match. When the countdown reaches zero, the competition begins.

You will encounter a series of different challenges in the Alps, linked together through playlists. Every PvP session will start with a randomized playlist. Each playlist includes different challenges with the same theme, such as race, freestyle, rocket wingsuit, and wingsuit. You will compete twice in every challenge before the final winner is decided. The synchronous PvP gameplay also allows for collisions with other players, so pay close attention to your surroundings!


Steep Game Director Arnaud Ragot said, “We knew from the start that synchronous multiplayer would be a very cool experience, but many things surprised us during development. During our play sessions, we found that this new mode brings out a lot of different types of emotions! You can have a lot of fun colliding together, and there may even be some drama when you find yourself losing to your friend at the last 10 meters.


We also found that character customization immediately become more exciting with synchronous multiplayer. We started to spend more time at the beginning of each play session to create our own unique style, to personalize our outfit in fun ways, and stand out in a crowd – adding some additional flavor to the overall Steep experience. We can’t wait to get this in your hands, and for you to have as much fun as we are with this new way to enjoy the game.”


We’ll regularly update you on our forums and social media on the progress of this beta phase.


See you on the slopes!

I wonder what game they will give out for free next...

 

[Gerrard]

Speaking of Steep, is it worth it for SSX fans or is it too "realistic" / normal? From what I have seen, it looks grounded but arcade, which is a terrible and boring compromise.

I only played the beta, where I wouldn't say it was realistic, even though that was apparently the intention of the creators, but there was some update that changed the physics in general along the line, and according to people the game is way less realistic now than before.
For me the biggest issue with the game were the inconsistent/shitty controls, after playing for several hours I still couldn't jump consistently.

 

[racofer]

 

[sullynathan]

Gamers don't love formulas so they keep buying formulaic games.

 

[Mikeal]

Gamers don't love formulas so they keep buying formulaic games.

Jesus told to love your enemies and to show them compasison.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

If anyone needed any more evidence of how utter shit UPlay and UbiSoft are, watch the first 3:30 minutes of this video (you can safely skip the rest.)

 

[SerratedBiz]

I'm not going to spare even a single click on that video, it literally looks like it was made by cancer.

 

[Astral Rag]

I needed an image of the new ubi logo:

 

[Gerrard]

You can get Assassin's Creed Unity for free on Uplay

Supporting Notre-Dame de Paris
As the smoke clears on the events that unfolded on Monday at the Notre-Dame de Paris, we stand in solidarité with our fellow Parisians and everyone around the world moved by the devastation the fire caused. Notre-Dame is an integral part of Paris, a city to which we are deeply connected. Seeing the monument in peril like this affected us all.

In light of Monday’s events, we will be donating €500k to help with the restoration and reconstruction of the Cathedral. We encourage all of you who are interested to donate as well. In addition, we want to give everyone the chance to experience the majesty and beauty of Notre-Dame the best way we know how. For one week, we will be giving Assassin’s Creed Unity away free on PC, for anyone who wants to enjoy it. You can download it now for Uplay PC here: http://assassinscreed.com/unity-notredame/ or get it directly on the Ubisoft Store here: https://store.ubi.com/

When we created Assassin’s Creed Unity, we developed an even closer connection with this incredible city and its landmarks – one of the most notable elements of the game was the extraordinary recreation of Notre-Dame.

Video games can enable us to explore places in ways we never could have otherwise imagined. We hope, with this small gesture, we can provide everyone an opportunity to appreciate our virtual homage to this monumental piece of architecture.

 

[Gerrard]

Oh look
https://news.ubisoft.com/en-us/article/349914/Get-Steep-for-Free-on-Uplay-PC-For-A-Limited-Time

Steep will be free to download via Uplay between May 16 and May 21, giving players who don't already own the PC version the chance to hit its open-world slopes at no cost, and experience what more than two years of updates and improvements have brought to its extreme winter-sports playground. Better still, Steep is yours to keep after the free period is over, so don't sleep on this one.

It's like that thing I was talking about.

 

[sullynathan]

they gave it for free on PS4 a few months ago

 

[LESS T_T]

Ubisoft loves PC gamer('s money.)

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/artic...sees-sharp-increase-in-pc-digital-sales-in-q1

Ubisoft sees PC, digital sales share increase in Q1
Publisher continues anticipating quieter first half as it preps for big releases, UPlay+ later this year

Ubisoft announced its Q1 2019-2020 financials today, showing predicted year-over-year drops as the publisher begins a year backloaded with most of its major releases.

Ubisoft reported net sales of €363.4 million ($407.9 million), down 9.2% year-over-year, and net bookings of €314.2 million ($352.6 million), down 17.6% year-over-year. With a quiet Q1 for Ubisoft releases but with major releases like Tom Clancy's The Division 2 launching in Q4 of last year, 93.1% of Ubisoft's net bookings were digital (compared to 75.2% in Q1 of last year) and 86.7% were from Ubisoft's back catalog (about in line with last year's 87.2%).

Despite year-over-year drops, Ubisoft remains above targets thanks to The Division 2, which Ubisoft called "the industry's biggest hit since the beginning of the year" based on console and PC sales numbers from NPD, GSD, GfK, Famitsu, and its own estimates. Rainbow Six Siege is also still going strong, with engagement up year-over year. After a rocky May, Ubisoft says that in June, Rainbow Six Siege saw its highest MAUs ever for a single month.

Ubisoft also provides quarterly data on its audience segmentation, with Q1 showing 46% of the publisher's audience in North America and 33% in Europe. Platform shows a more dramatic distinction: PC users made up 34% of Ubisoft's audience, up from 24% at the same time last year. In Ubisoft's investor call, CEO Yves Guillemot confirmed that this was in part due to the release of Anno 1800 in April. Guillemot also suggested the PC segment might continue to rise with the release of UPlay+ later this year.

Speaking of Anno 1800, Guillemot also said that the game was doing well on the Epic Games store, though neither he nor CFO Frederick Duguet would offer specific details. Duguet did mention that while they were happy with the Epic relationship, Ubisoft was still mainly focused on UPlay, something Guillemot has emphasized in the past.

Guillemot also responded to a question about Google Stadia, suggesting that the extra cost to make sure games work well on Stadia is "not that high," and that Ubisoft has ensured that the "financial equation is good for us."

The publisher stands by its full-year targets of €2.2 billion ($2.5 billion) in net bookings and €480 million ($539 million) operating income. For Q2, Ubisoft predicts net bookings to amount to around €310 million, which would be down approximately 15% year-over-year.

The lower Q1 and Q2 are largely due to fewer releases in the front half of the year, with nothing major planned until Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint and Just Dance 2020 in November and Gods and Monsters and Watch Dogs: Legion planned for 2020.

Uplay Plus, the subscription service gives access to over 100 Ubisoft games including upcoming new releases for 15 USD a month:



List of games:

Spoiler

• Anno 1800 - Deluxe Edition
• Anno 2205 - Ultimate Edition
• Assassin’s Creed - Director’s Cut
• Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood - Deluxe Edition
• Assassin’s Creed Chronicles - China
• Assassin’s Creed Chronicles - India
• Assassin’s Creed Chronicles - Russia
• Assassin’s Creed Freedom Cry - Standalone Edition
• Assassin’s Creed II - Deluxe Edition
• Assassin’s Creed III + Liberation Remastered
• Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag - Gold Edition
• Assassin’s Creed Odyssey - Ultimate Edition
• Assassin’s Creed Origins - Gold Edition
• Assassin’s Creed Origins - Discovery Tour
• Assassin’s Creed Revelations - Standard Edition
• Assassin’s Creed Rogue - Deluxe Edition
• Assassin’s Creed Syndicate - Gold Edition
• Assassin’s Creed Unity - Standard Edition
• Beyond Good and Evil
• Brothers in Arms: Earned In Blood
• Brothers in Arms: Hells Highway
• Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30
• Child of Light
• Cold Fear
• Far Cry 2 - Fortune’s Edition
• Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon (Standalone)
• Far Cry 3 - Deluxe Edition
• Far Cry 4 - Gold Edition
• Far Cry 5 - Gold Edition
• Far Cry New Dawn - Deluxe Edition
• Far Cry Primal - Digital Apex Edition
• Flashback Origin
• For Honor - Marching Fire Edition
• From Dust
• Gods & Monsters (coming soon)
• I Am Alive
• Imperialism
• Imperialism 2
• Might and Magic IX
• Might and Magic VII - For Blood And Honor
• Might and Magic VIII -Day of the Destroyer
• Might and Magic X Legacy - Deluxe Edition
• Might and Magic: Heroes II - Gold Edition
• Might and Magic: Heroes III - Complete Edition
• Might and Magic: Heroes V - Standard Edition
• Might and Magic: Heroes VI - Gold Edition
• Might and Magic: Heroes VI - Shades of Darkness
• Might and Magic: Heroes VII - Deluxe Edition
• Might and Magic: Heroes VII - Trial by Fire
• Monopoly Plus
• Ode
• Panzer General 2
• Panzer General 3D assault
• POD Gold
• Prince of Persia (2008)
• Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands - Deluxe Edition
• Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
• Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
• Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
• Rayman 2
• Rayman 3
• Rayman Forever
• Rayman Legends
• Rayman Origins
• Rayman Raving Rabbids
• Silent Hunter 2
• Silent Hunter 3
• Silent Hunter 4: Wolves of the Pacific - Gold Edition
• Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic - Gold Edition
• South Park: The Fractured but Whole - Gold Edition
• South Park: The Stick of Truth - Standard Edition
• Speed Buster
• Starlink - Digital Deluxe Starter Kit
• Steep - X Games Gold Edition
• The Crew - Ultimate Edition
• The Crew 2 - Gold Edition
• The Settlers 1 - History Edition
• The Settlers 2 - History Edition
• The Settlers 3 - History Edition
• The Settlers 4 - History Edition
• The Settlers 5: Heritage of the Kings - History Edition
• The Settlers 6: Rise of an Empire - History Edition
• The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom - History Edition
• Tom Clancy’s EndWar
• Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon
• Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Future Soldier - Deluxe Edition
• Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands – Ultimate Edition
• Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint - Gold Edition (coming soon)
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six - Standard Edition
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six 3 - Gold Edition
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Lockdown
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege – Ultimate Year Four Edition
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas II
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Quarantine (coming soon)
• Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell
• Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist - Deluxe Edition
• Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Chaos Theory
• Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Conviction - Deluxe Edition
• Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Double Agent
• Tom Clancy’s The Division - Gold Edition
• Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 - Ultimate Edition
• Trackmania Turbo
• Transference - Uplay
• Trials Evolution - Gold Edition
• Trials Fusion - Standard Edition
• Trials Rising - Gold Edition
• Uno
• Valiant Hearts
• Warlords Battlecry
• Warlords Battlecry 2
• Watch Dogs - Complete Edition
• Watch Dogs 2 - Gold Edition
• Watch Dogs Legion Ultimate Edition (coming soon)
• World In Conflict - Complete Edition
• Zombi

 

[J_C]

Ubisoft loves PC gamer('s money.)

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/artic...sees-sharp-increase-in-pc-digital-sales-in-q1

Ubisoft sees PC, digital sales share increase in Q1
Publisher continues anticipating quieter first half as it preps for big releases, UPlay+ later this year

Ubisoft announced its Q1 2019-2020 financials today, showing predicted year-over-year drops as the publisher begins a year backloaded with most of its major releases.

Ubisoft reported net sales of €363.4 million ($407.9 million), down 9.2% year-over-year, and net bookings of €314.2 million ($352.6 million), down 17.6% year-over-year. With a quiet Q1 for Ubisoft releases but with major releases like Tom Clancy's The Division 2 launching in Q4 of last year, 93.1% of Ubisoft's net bookings were digital (compared to 75.2% in Q1 of last year) and 86.7% were from Ubisoft's back catalog (about in line with last year's 87.2%).

Despite year-over-year drops, Ubisoft remains above targets thanks to The Division 2, which Ubisoft called "the industry's biggest hit since the beginning of the year" based on console and PC sales numbers from NPD, GSD, GfK, Famitsu, and its own estimates. Rainbow Six Siege is also still going strong, with engagement up year-over year. After a rocky May, Ubisoft says that in June, Rainbow Six Siege saw its highest MAUs ever for a single month.

Ubisoft also provides quarterly data on its audience segmentation, with Q1 showing 46% of the publisher's audience in North America and 33% in Europe. Platform shows a more dramatic distinction: PC users made up 34% of Ubisoft's audience, up from 24% at the same time last year. In Ubisoft's investor call, CEO Yves Guillemot confirmed that this was in part due to the release of Anno 1800 in April. Guillemot also suggested the PC segment might continue to rise with the release of UPlay+ later this year.

Speaking of Anno 1800, Guillemot also said that the game was doing well on the Epic Games store, though neither he nor CFO Frederick Duguet would offer specific details. Duguet did mention that while they were happy with the Epic relationship, Ubisoft was still mainly focused on UPlay, something Guillemot has emphasized in the past.

Guillemot also responded to a question about Google Stadia, suggesting that the extra cost to make sure games work well on Stadia is "not that high," and that Ubisoft has ensured that the "financial equation is good for us."

The publisher stands by its full-year targets of €2.2 billion ($2.5 billion) in net bookings and €480 million ($539 million) operating income. For Q2, Ubisoft predicts net bookings to amount to around €310 million, which would be down approximately 15% year-over-year.

The lower Q1 and Q2 are largely due to fewer releases in the front half of the year, with nothing major planned until Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint and Just Dance 2020 in November and Gods and Monsters and Watch Dogs: Legion planned for 2020.

Uplay Plus, the subscription service gives access to over 100 Ubisoft games including upcoming new releases for 15 USD a month:



List of games:

Spoiler

• Anno 1800 - Deluxe Edition
• Anno 2205 - Ultimate Edition
• Assassin’s Creed - Director’s Cut
• Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood - Deluxe Edition
• Assassin’s Creed Chronicles - China
• Assassin’s Creed Chronicles - India
• Assassin’s Creed Chronicles - Russia
• Assassin’s Creed Freedom Cry - Standalone Edition
• Assassin’s Creed II - Deluxe Edition
• Assassin’s Creed III + Liberation Remastered
• Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag - Gold Edition
• Assassin’s Creed Odyssey - Ultimate Edition
• Assassin’s Creed Origins - Gold Edition
• Assassin’s Creed Origins - Discovery Tour
• Assassin’s Creed Revelations - Standard Edition
• Assassin’s Creed Rogue - Deluxe Edition
• Assassin’s Creed Syndicate - Gold Edition
• Assassin’s Creed Unity - Standard Edition
• Beyond Good and Evil
• Brothers in Arms: Earned In Blood
• Brothers in Arms: Hells Highway
• Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30
• Child of Light
• Cold Fear
• Far Cry 2 - Fortune’s Edition
• Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon (Standalone)
• Far Cry 3 - Deluxe Edition
• Far Cry 4 - Gold Edition
• Far Cry 5 - Gold Edition
• Far Cry New Dawn - Deluxe Edition
• Far Cry Primal - Digital Apex Edition
• Flashback Origin
• For Honor - Marching Fire Edition
• From Dust
• Gods & Monsters (coming soon)
• I Am Alive
• Imperialism
• Imperialism 2
• Might and Magic IX
• Might and Magic VII - For Blood And Honor
• Might and Magic VIII -Day of the Destroyer
• Might and Magic X Legacy - Deluxe Edition
• Might and Magic: Heroes II - Gold Edition
• Might and Magic: Heroes III - Complete Edition
• Might and Magic: Heroes V - Standard Edition
• Might and Magic: Heroes VI - Gold Edition
• Might and Magic: Heroes VI - Shades of Darkness
• Might and Magic: Heroes VII - Deluxe Edition
• Might and Magic: Heroes VII - Trial by Fire
• Monopoly Plus
• Ode
• Panzer General 2
• Panzer General 3D assault
• POD Gold
• Prince of Persia (2008)
• Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands - Deluxe Edition
• Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
• Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
• Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
• Rayman 2
• Rayman 3
• Rayman Forever
• Rayman Legends
• Rayman Origins
• Rayman Raving Rabbids
• Silent Hunter 2
• Silent Hunter 3
• Silent Hunter 4: Wolves of the Pacific - Gold Edition
• Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic - Gold Edition
• South Park: The Fractured but Whole - Gold Edition
• South Park: The Stick of Truth - Standard Edition
• Speed Buster
• Starlink - Digital Deluxe Starter Kit
• Steep - X Games Gold Edition
• The Crew - Ultimate Edition
• The Crew 2 - Gold Edition
• The Settlers 1 - History Edition
• The Settlers 2 - History Edition
• The Settlers 3 - History Edition
• The Settlers 4 - History Edition
• The Settlers 5: Heritage of the Kings - History Edition
• The Settlers 6: Rise of an Empire - History Edition
• The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom - History Edition
• Tom Clancy’s EndWar
• Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon
• Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Future Soldier - Deluxe Edition
• Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands – Ultimate Edition
• Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint - Gold Edition (coming soon)
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six - Standard Edition
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six 3 - Gold Edition
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Lockdown
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege – Ultimate Year Four Edition
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas II
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Quarantine (coming soon)
• Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell
• Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist - Deluxe Edition
• Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Chaos Theory
• Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Conviction - Deluxe Edition
• Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Double Agent
• Tom Clancy’s The Division - Gold Edition
• Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 - Ultimate Edition
• Trackmania Turbo
• Transference - Uplay
• Trials Evolution - Gold Edition
• Trials Fusion - Standard Edition
• Trials Rising - Gold Edition
• Uno
• Valiant Hearts
• Warlords Battlecry
• Warlords Battlecry 2
• Watch Dogs - Complete Edition
• Watch Dogs 2 - Gold Edition
• Watch Dogs Legion Ultimate Edition (coming soon)
• World In Conflict - Complete Edition
• Zombi

Whether someone likes subscription services or not, if you are just a bloke who wants to play videogames, it's unbelievable how cheap you can find hundreds of games to play with these days. 15 dollar a month and play all those games (with older gems like Settlers, Splinter Cell, World in Conflict)?

 

[Gerrard]

Ubisoft is homogenizing every fucking game into the same thing. I'm playing the new Ghost Recon beta, it's just like I expected: it basically became The Division: Jungle Edition.

 

[Gerrard]

lmao Ubisoft

 

[Baron Dupek]

Uplay+
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