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News Ubisoft chief slams Vivendi share purchase

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  1. Gareth Halfacree

    Gareth Halfacree WIIGII! Lover of bit-tech Administrator Super Moderator Moderator

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    Gareth Halfacree, 22 Oct 2015
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  2. greigaitken

    greigaitken Minimodder

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    "Our intention is and has always been to remain independent"
    don't become a PLC then.
    It is my intention to be a hero of the land, however I'm just a pleb like the other plebs.
    Lofty intentions mean nothing without the means to see them through...
     
    greigaitken, 22 Oct 2015
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  3. total zombie

    total zombie What's a Dremel?

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    the leader it is today.. LOL
     
    total zombie, 22 Oct 2015
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  4. schmidtbag

    schmidtbag What's a Dremel?

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    So I'm guessing he means screwing customers over with incomplete products, intrusive DRM, and pay-to-win games?
     
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  5. XXAOSICXX

    XXAOSICXX Minimodder

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    "take risks"

    LOL. Such as releasing unfinished software in the hope that your customer base will stay loyal to the end?
     
    XXAOSICXX, 22 Oct 2015
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  6. edzieba

    edzieba Virtual Realist

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    So the status quo then?
     
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  7. fix-the-spade

    fix-the-spade Multimodder

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    Isn't Vivendi the parent company of Activision-Blizzard?

    Must be another ploy to say they own the largest publisher of video games in the world like when they forcibly merged Acti-Bliz. So soon it will be Acti-Bliz-Ubi and they'll be the largest publisher of video games again until EA shoggoths it's way over a few more independent studios.
     
    fix-the-spade, 23 Oct 2015
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    Yves Guillemot is deluded, I really dislike him and Ubisoft as a whole so can share no sympathy for his position.

    And if they ruin Anno 2205 I will never buy from them again...
     
    DeckerdBR, 23 Oct 2015
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  9. Gareth Halfacree

    Gareth Halfacree WIIGII! Lover of bit-tech Administrator Super Moderator Moderator

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    Ahem:
    So, no: it's not the parent company of Activision-Blizzard any more.
     
    Gareth Halfacree, 23 Oct 2015
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  10. SMIFFYDUDE

    SMIFFYDUDE Supermodders on my D

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    Lol "allowed us to innovate, take risks"

    9 Assassin's Creed games in 8 years with 4 of them being released in the last 2, and then all the AC spin off games on top of that. Does he mean that sort of innovative risk taking?
     
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