“One of the things we saw is that gamers are used to, a little bit like DVD, having and owning their games. That’s the consumer shift that needs to happen. They got comfortable not owning their CD collection or DVD collection. That’s a transformation that’s been a bit slower to happen [in games].”
I’m totally OK not owning Ubisoft games… but not in the way they would prefer… Where I hand them money and still don’t own anything.
Covenant@sh.itjust.works
on 25 Jul 2025 18:17
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Ubisoft need to get comfortable gamers not buying their games.
Booboofinget@lemmy.world
on 25 Jul 2025 18:36
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A wise someone once said that if you can’t own anything, you can’t pirate anything.
Hoist the Jolly Roger!
FinalRemix@lemmy.world
on 25 Jul 2025 20:58
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I might do that anyway. I bought watchdogs on steam, and it was was really fun, but getting bitched at every time UPlay hiccupped or their servers went down in a singleplayer game was enough to make me never touch their shit again.
That and Watchdogs2 being infected with Denuvo. Ugh…
TwinTitans@lemmy.world
on 25 Jul 2025 19:00
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Yeah. It’s almost like video games are a totally different market from movies or music. 🤦🏻♂️
I don’t know what planets he’s on but I still have all my DVDs if I choose to stream stuff as well that’s my choice but is all the streaming services went down I’ve still got all my Star Trek shows.
Anyway what’s he talking about steam exists and is wildly popular so that movement has already happened. What they’re trying to push is live service games.
Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world
on 26 Jul 2025 19:59
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I’ve been digitizing my spouse’s massive dvd collection and hosting them in the house on jellyfin. All the convenience, none of the cost.
roguetrick@lemmy.world
on 25 Jul 2025 18:03
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So the argument of this video is anti-woke crusaders don’t exist? That they’re not organized and virulent since gamergate? That they’re responding to as he put it legitimate “shallow politics, performative casting, and and tone deaf writing” (this is the point I stopped watching the video) instead of knee jerk misogyny and racism? Because that’s what the excerpt he highlighted is obviously discussing as a risk. So either he thinks that those groups don’t exist or that all consumers are legitimately part of those groups. Or he’s just misrepresenting some bullshit he read from their annual report for rage bait.
FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com
on 25 Jul 2025 19:55
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Legendary Drops is an anti-woke grifter who pretends to be “non-political”.
roguetrick@lemmy.world
on 25 Jul 2025 20:06
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That would explain him getting in a tizzy over that excerpt then
CosmoNova@lemmy.world
on 26 Jul 2025 07:37
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I noticed something was off when looking at the childish comments of the video and although it started out normally it quickly began hinting at the same anti-woke bullshit talking points they always try to apply to everything that doesn‘t match their twisted, self-enforced and ultimately self-contradictory world view. It‘s a terrible video by a terribly bitter loser who couldn‘t figure out why Ubisoft and other AAA companies are failing when it‘s spelled out for him to save his life. No idea why that even gets posted here and users are certainly only upvoting it here because they only read the title but I find it fascinating how we found the guy who could run Ubisoft even faster into the ground than it‘s current lead.
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world
on 25 Jul 2025 18:05
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“If only we had direct access to the money, we wouldn’t even need to make games.”
RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com
on 25 Jul 2025 18:32
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inb4 Ubisoft negotiates Trump pardons in advance and starts hiring robbery teams to steal money directly from g*mers’ wallets.
kautau@lemmy.world
on 25 Jul 2025 20:16
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^ Pretty much the goal of capitalism. “Once we achieve infinite growth we will generate unlimited wealth with no effort. The line will go straight up forever!”
dinckelman@lemmy.world
on 25 Jul 2025 18:07
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Ubislop need to be reminded that if you make a shit product, with a legally abusive EULA, no one owes you anything. You will go out of business, and we’ll applaud as your headquarters are repossessed by the real estate company
malloc@lemmy.world
on 25 Jul 2025 18:23
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Ubisoft is listed in euro stock market as UBI.PA
Their stonk has been nose diving since 2018 ATH of €107/share. The company leadership needs to point at itself for its abysmal performance, not the consumers.
TwinTitans@lemmy.world
on 25 Jul 2025 19:02
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“Our customer base isn’t as stupid as we thought. That’s the real problem here guys.” - Ubisoft, probably.
Darkcoffee@sh.itjust.works
on 25 Jul 2025 19:19
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Do these dummies realize that this makes us less likely to ever buy an UbiSlop game?
forrgott@lemmy.sdf.org
on 25 Jul 2025 19:46
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This reminds me of a “scandal” when I was much younger where the Intel CEO at the time made a statement to the effect that their customers are the enemy, simply because they weren’t willing to blindly open their wallets and give whatever they could spare to the corporation.
Sadly, people are stupid (groups of people, at least). And the disease of consumerism is devouring our society from the inside out.
yermaw@sh.itjust.works
on 25 Jul 2025 21:41
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do market research and create a product/service that will sell
keep doing what youre doing and cry about it like a bitch
Let’s see what the executives of a multimillionaire international powerhouse studio will choose.
Passerby6497@lemmy.world
on 26 Jul 2025 04:11
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“We have investigated ourselves and found no wrongdoing”
Jumi@lemmy.world
on 26 Jul 2025 05:46
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Got invited to the Anno Closed Beta, that garbage wouldn’t start even after multiple tries
RIPandTERROR@sh.itjust.works
on 26 Jul 2025 06:03
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If the customer is the problem, then your product is bad.
Kekzkrieger@feddit.org
on 26 Jul 2025 06:14
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I was so close to buy the subscription for Trackmania but the shit they always pull and pulled lately makes me reluctant to give them a cent.
Lemminary@lemmy.world
on 26 Jul 2025 07:20
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I used to like this company. I guess I’m at fault.
CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml
on 26 Jul 2025 16:16
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On the plus side, I have removed myself as a problem for them. You’re welcome, Ubisoft!
Etterra@discuss.online
on 26 Jul 2025 07:44
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Well fuck me for not being grateful for tepid gruel, I guess.
roguetrick@lemmy.world
on 26 Jul 2025 13:28
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What’s funny is this dude essentially argues the opposite. He’s a dude that got upset some publication said killing fascists was fun. Gets angry at any female characters that don’t exist purely to fulfill his fantasies. He’s pro gruel.
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech
on 26 Jul 2025 15:56
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Yeah honestly I really can’t put my finger on it I like this guy or not.
echodot@feddit.uk
on 26 Jul 2025 08:13
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Well have they considered making something I have any interest in buying? I appreciate this is a personality defect of mine where I don’t just blindly purchase things, but because I’m apparently morally reprehensible, I have no intention of changing, so they’re going to have to make the effort instead.
Katana314@lemmy.world
on 26 Jul 2025 12:04
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I mean, I just take it in the tone of voice people use to congratulate communities for positive community impact.
“Look at how clean this river is now! So many members of the community showed up to contribute, and I’m proud of you all! You did this!”
bassgirl09@lemmy.world
on 26 Jul 2025 12:18
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Sounds like someone is upset that they cannot appease their shareholders by selling uninteresting video games riddled with microtransactions and cash grabs. I think that its time their leadership revisit the Agile Manifesto.
commander@lemmy.world
on 26 Jul 2025 15:42
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Ubisoft has been run by assholes for at least 20 years
threaded - newest
Fuck you too, Ubisoft.
Reminder:
ign.com/…/ubisoft-exec-says-gamers-need-to-get-co…
“One of the things we saw is that gamers are used to, a little bit like DVD, having and owning their games. That’s the consumer shift that needs to happen. They got comfortable not owning their CD collection or DVD collection. That’s a transformation that’s been a bit slower to happen [in games].”
I’m totally OK not owning Ubisoft games… but not in the way they would prefer… Where I hand them money and still don’t own anything.
Ubisoft need to get comfortable gamers not buying their games.
A wise someone once said that if you can’t own anything, you can’t pirate anything.
Hoist the Jolly Roger!
I might do that anyway. I bought watchdogs on steam, and it was was really fun, but getting bitched at every time UPlay hiccupped or their servers went down in a singleplayer game was enough to make me never touch their shit again.
That and Watchdogs2 being infected with Denuvo. Ugh…
Yeah. It’s almost like video games are a totally different market from movies or music. 🤦🏻♂️
I don’t know what planets he’s on but I still have all my DVDs if I choose to stream stuff as well that’s my choice but is all the streaming services went down I’ve still got all my Star Trek shows.
Anyway what’s he talking about steam exists and is wildly popular so that movement has already happened. What they’re trying to push is live service games.
I’ve been digitizing my spouse’s massive dvd collection and hosting them in the house on jellyfin. All the convenience, none of the cost.
So the argument of this video is anti-woke crusaders don’t exist? That they’re not organized and virulent since gamergate? That they’re responding to as he put it legitimate “shallow politics, performative casting, and and tone deaf writing” (this is the point I stopped watching the video) instead of knee jerk misogyny and racism? Because that’s what the excerpt he highlighted is obviously discussing as a risk. So either he thinks that those groups don’t exist or that all consumers are legitimately part of those groups. Or he’s just misrepresenting some bullshit he read from their annual report for rage bait.
Legendary Drops is an anti-woke grifter who pretends to be “non-political”.
That would explain him getting in a tizzy over that excerpt then
Legendary Drops: The Worst “Non-Political” Gamer says you’re largely correct
I noticed something was off when looking at the childish comments of the video and although it started out normally it quickly began hinting at the same anti-woke bullshit talking points they always try to apply to everything that doesn‘t match their twisted, self-enforced and ultimately self-contradictory world view. It‘s a terrible video by a terribly bitter loser who couldn‘t figure out why Ubisoft and other AAA companies are failing when it‘s spelled out for him to save his life. No idea why that even gets posted here and users are certainly only upvoting it here because they only read the title but I find it fascinating how we found the guy who could run Ubisoft even faster into the ground than it‘s current lead.
“If only we had direct access to the money, we wouldn’t even need to make games.”
inb4 Ubisoft negotiates Trump pardons in advance and starts hiring robbery teams to steal money directly from g*mers’ wallets.
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Its a meme bruv
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^ Pretty much the goal of capitalism. “Once we achieve infinite growth we will generate unlimited wealth with no effort. The line will go straight up forever!”
Cut out the middle men (consumers)
Ubislop need to be reminded that if you make a shit product, with a legally abusive EULA, no one owes you anything. You will go out of business, and we’ll applaud as your headquarters are repossessed by the real estate company
Ubisoft can floss its intestines with rusty razor wire coated with fresh sewage.
I’m finding you when I need to spruce up my writing
By all means!
Ubisoft is listed in euro stock market as UBI.PA
Their stonk has been nose diving since 2018 ATH of €107/share. The company leadership needs to point at itself for its abysmal performance, not the consumers.
“Our customer base isn’t as stupid as we thought. That’s the real problem here guys.” - Ubisoft, probably.
Do these dummies realize that this makes us less likely to ever buy an UbiSlop game?
This reminds me of a “scandal” when I was much younger where the Intel CEO at the time made a statement to the effect that their customers are the enemy, simply because they weren’t willing to blindly open their wallets and give whatever they could spare to the corporation.
Sadly, people are stupid (groups of people, at least). And the disease of consumerism is devouring our society from the inside out.
How can consumers be a problem in a capitalist, free market economy?
Ubisoft. Dont worry, it is going to drip down any second now.
Again.
Continue to spit in my face, blame me for your shitty games and your questionable attitude, it’s totally going to help you!
<img alt="" src="https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/pictrs/image/3bb9c3e1-7c08-4528-b966-f60c21bd93b2.webp">
Let’s see what the executives of a multimillionaire international powerhouse studio will choose.
“We have investigated ourselves and found no wrongdoing”
Got invited to the Anno Closed Beta, that garbage wouldn’t start even after multiple tries
If the customer is the problem, then your product is bad.
I was so close to buy the subscription for Trackmania but the shit they always pull and pulled lately makes me reluctant to give them a cent.
I used to like this company. I guess I’m at fault.
On the plus side, I have removed myself as a problem for them. You’re welcome, Ubisoft!
Well fuck me for not being grateful for tepid gruel, I guess.
What’s funny is this dude essentially argues the opposite. He’s a dude that got upset some publication said killing fascists was fun. Gets angry at any female characters that don’t exist purely to fulfill his fantasies. He’s pro gruel.
Yeah honestly I really can’t put my finger on it I like this guy or not.
Well have they considered making something I have any interest in buying? I appreciate this is a personality defect of mine where I don’t just blindly purchase things, but because I’m apparently morally reprehensible, I have no intention of changing, so they’re going to have to make the effort instead.
I mean, I just take it in the tone of voice people use to congratulate communities for positive community impact.
“Look at how clean this river is now! So many members of the community showed up to contribute, and I’m proud of you all! You did this!”
Sounds like someone is upset that they cannot appease their shareholders by selling uninteresting video games riddled with microtransactions and cash grabs. I think that its time their leadership revisit the Agile Manifesto.
Ubisoft has been run by assholes for at least 20 years
it’s a family business. they’ve always been run by assholes.
I for one appreciate Ubisoft.
If they hadn’t fucked up so hard, their talent wouldn’t have quit/got fired in order to give us expedition 33
Haven’t gotten anything from ubusoft since they gave me a free version of splinter cell with my video card 13 years ago. Still haven’t played it.
Cue the Skinner Simpsons meme. But replace Skinner with that dipshit guillemot