this company 'Ubisoft' is gong into trouble?

[God Of Pcc]

i only know their games went downhill
even discount i also not buying

 

[focus1974]

basically... all western companies cannot survive because of China, Japan, Taiwan, S.Korea.

Whatever the western companies can do, the 4 countries can do same quality at cheaper and faster because the countries focus on exploiting workers to the max. Least salaries , longest working hours.

They just need to retrench everyone ... and move to the 4 countries and immediately... their expenses are cut by half or more.

 

[m0n0n0ke]

Hur??? Talking about company become game arena game issue?

 

[BlackStar00]

They really going for a triple threat bomb issit?

First, Skull & Bones bomb big time. Lose money like siao.

Second, their outlaw game also bomb, became big ridicule cos of the lame AI and gameplay.

Third.......everyone waiting for black hip hop samurai to bomb.....

 

[arcturuz]

 

[Mila Azul]

 

[m0n0n0ke]

 

[Mila Azul]

'Assassin's Creed' maker Ubisoft faces strike over return-to-office plan

By Reuters
September 27, 202412:31 AM GMT+8Updated 14 hours ago

Attendees watch a scene from the game "Assassin's Creed: Unity" during the Xbox E3 Media Briefing at USC's Galen Center in Los Angeles, California June 9, 2014.REUTERS/Kevork Djansezian/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights
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PARIS, Sept 26 (Reuters) - "Assassin's Creed" maker Ubisoft (UBIP.PA)
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Ubisoft told its employees that they would be required to go to the office three days a week, the STJV videogame workers' union said, adding that the company's demand came after profit-sharing negotiations collapsed.
The company declined to comment.

"After more than five years of working efficiently in the current remote-work context, many of our colleagues have built or rebuilt their lives (family life, housing, parenthood, etc.) and simply cannot return to the previous working conditions," the union said in a statement.
It said the strike would take place on Oct. 15-17.
Ubisoft's shares dropped by more than 17.5% after it postponed the release of "Assassin's Creed Shadows" by three months on Wednesday and cut its net bookings guidance.

The company had been counting on the Assassin's Creed game and "Star Wars Outlaws", which was released to a tepid reception, to improve its fortunes after four years of negative cash flow, game cancellations and delays.
Separately, an activist investor pushing for a sale Ubisoft has gathered support from 10% of its shareholders, it said in a letter on Thursday that was exclusively shared with Reuters.

 

[Mila Azul]

Ubisoft workers urged to strike in October over return to office

Ubisoft workers urged to strike in October over return to office​

French union STJV calls for formal agreement on remote work and salary raises to account for drop in living standards

News by James Batchelor Editor-in-chief

Published on Sept. 26, 2024



Ubisoft's France-based workers are being called to take part in a three-day strike next month over a dispute around the company's return to office policy.

The strike was called by French game workers union STJV (Syndicat des Travailleurs et Travailleuses du Jeu Vidéo) after management at the Assassin's Creed publisher told staff they would be expected to be in the office at least three days per week going forward.

The union claims this decision was made "without any tangible justification or any consultation with the workers' representatives."

GamesIndustry.biz reached out to Ubisoft. The company declined to comment.

"After more than five years of working efficiently in the current remote-work context, many of our colleagues have built or rebuilt their lives (family life, housing, parenthood, etc.) and simply cannot return to the previous working conditions," STJV wrote in its call to strike.

"Our employer knows this perfectly well. The consequence of its decision will be the loss of our colleagues' jobs, the disorganization of many game projects, and the drastic increase in psychosocial risks for those who remain."

The union added that this return to office policy followed failed negotiations over profit sharing, where the organisation found management proposals to be "unacceptable" while leadership was "deaf to the proposals of the various employee representatives."

A similar dispute was apparently had over salary negotiations.

As a result, STJV is calling on all Ubisoft employees in France to strike on October 15 through 17, 2024.

The union is demanding that Ubisoft introduce a formal agreement on remote work based on negotiations between management and STJV, and an immediate increase in all salaries to "compensate for the drop in our living standards in recent years."

The news comes just hours after Ubisoft revised its financial forecasts and delayed Assassin's Creed Shadows to February 2025, citing "learnings from the Star Wars Outlaws release." In the wake of this game's launch, Ubisoft's share price fell to a ten-year low, and has declined by more than 50% over the last year.

The publisher is also launching an internal review "in light of recent challenges" to identify ways the company can improve how it releases games, engages with its players, and benefits its stakeholders and shareholders.

 

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Ubisoft Sued After Shutting Down The Crew​

Ubisoft is being sued by two gamers in California over its shutdown of open-world racing game The Crew in March.

A class action lawsuit spotted by Polygon was filed November 4 by Matthew Cassell, who bought The Crew from a GameStop in early 2020, and Alan Liu, who also bought it from a GameStop but in November 2018.

Both plaintiffs were "under the impression" they were "paying to own and possess the video game The Crew instead of paying for a limited license to use The Crew." This license over product argument will likely be at the crux of Ubisoft's defence.

You never knew that the manufacturer could come in one day, and, without your control, leave you with a skeleton of what you thought you paid for.​

souce : https://sea.ign.com/the-crew/222364/news/ubisoft-sued-after-shutting-down-the-crew

but seriously there quite a lot of them.

end up tbh at the this time of age, we are no longer owning the game but more like renting the game,...
but this might end up more gamers either rather have to pay so much for owning the game instead of licensing or go prpirating their games :'(