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Please welcome regular Sacred+ contributor, lawyer, legal analyst, and capital G Gamer Rick Hoeg back to Sacred+. I (Colin) invited Hoeg back to the show to yet again talk business (as we usually do), and his time around (like many times in the past), Ubisoft is our target. It turns out we have quite a bit to discuss on the back of its planned reorg announced this past January. The long-and-short of it is: Can Ubisoft turn things around? Can it survive an evermore competitive marketplace while employing more people than any other entity in the entire industry? Will its new siloed-off studio and IP portfolio pay dividends, attract outside investment, or perhaps crater in under its own weight? Let's talk about the last year-ish of Ubisoft history, how we got to this point, and what the future may or may not hold.

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Big Man

The title should be a question imo

Black Detective in Dexter

Ubisoft legit used to be one of my favorite developers back in like 2010-2018. They used to make great games that were fun to play. Far Cry 3 is goated. Now they make their single player games into live service games. Something I don't hear mentioned often. The combat in Ubisoft used to be reaction-based, tactile combat design. It was impact driven. A headshot was a headshot. Now all their games are stat driven. Health bars above enemies, damage numbers, etc. I hate these kinds of games. They do this so they can monetize all their single player games like live service games. This is why they lost me as a player. This is also why Far Cry 6 sucks compared to Far 3, 4, 5.

Simon

I used to do mock trials.... 'Youurrre a crook Captain Hook, judge won't you throw the book, at the Pi-rate'

Jeff in NOLA

Always a pleasure when Hoeg is on. As someone who operates in a similar space as him, I always feel like I learn something

Pan Ic

Not to rant but I I didn’t particularly care for Colin’s subservient attitude here. The “keep your head down and do nothing” mindset is dangerous. especially when it’s driven solely by self preservation at any cost. Living in fear while being taken advantage of by a failing corporation which takes advanted of its workers is no way to live, or work. Ubisoft is a company that has been spiraling downward for a decade. Western Europes labors laws are far more robust compared to the US.

Kevin Cooper

Love me a good 'widget' reference 🔥