Maybe tripple a should empower their devs instead of going after market trends.
Shamee99
Proof that ubisoft has talented people but bad management/corporate structure
boersc
Ubisoft is BIG. Every devteam has ex-ubisoft employees.
SyCoTiM
Less companies going “public.” But becoming publicly traded is where the money is, so that will never change.
CthulhuWorshipper59
To this day I don’t understand what people see in stray, it’s just walking sim, but as a cat
bbq_R0ADK1LL
Well all the big game publishers are laying people off, so we’re going to see plenty of games made by ex [insert big publisher here] employees.
Feisty-Fisherman4913
ubisofts devs have always been talented its there leaders that dont get it.
SgtNeilDiamond
We should be happy this is the result, had Ubisoft made these games they’d have been fucking ruined and peppered with season passes and micro transactions
Iggy_Slayer
and then you have fairgame$…
Vincent_Windbeutel
Every third game currently has “Ex Ubisoft employee” in their material
Zenry0ku
Ex Ubisoft employee vs ex Blizzard employee, we need to make this a fight in the ring
largehawaiian
Ubisoft might as well merge with Ferrari at this point
robz9
Ubisoft developers and staff are talented and hard working.
Their upper management is absolute garbage and out of touch.
I recall the Expedition 33 developer said that something like Expedition 33 would never get made under Ubisoft due to bureaucracy.
unematti
I think you suffer from survivorship bias. It’s simply, really talented people recognized they should leave, this becoming ex-ubi. When the company soon goes bankrupt(I doubt, I’ll make a bet the French government will rescue them) and all ubisoft employees become ex-ubi, we won’t see this trend continuing.
GuretoPepe
Maybe the problem with AAA studios is management over reach and not wokeness or the developers
miglrah
Don’t worry, Ubi is going their damndest to generate more ex-employees.
TheRedOne1995
Ubisofts best product is ex employees, lets give them a round of applause 👏
MasterQNA
ex microsoft employees: hold our beer
twinriddlers
They treated the good ones like shit and now they are going down hill because of it.
KurtLance
The [entire story](https://youtu.be/mXLOLgC2V2Q?si=wHQORgi4EjGbMI7E) behind how CEE33 came together is bonkers. It was a passion project scraped together by a few part timers who found each other by pure chance.
And to the point of this post, Guillaume, the lead director, said publicly that Ubisoft wouldn’t have taken his idea seriously and he couldn’t navigate the red tape to have support. So, he just did it himself.
You’d think the AAA gaming corporations would incubate ideas and talent from within if they knew what was good for them. Board rooms don’t know how to make good games, gamers know how to make good games.
Curse3242
It’s been obvious for a long time Ubisoft has talented devs. They’re not all great imo. Even within the dev teams there’s surely shit ones (cause there’s no way the suits are the one forcing them to remake Far Cry 3 gameplay design constantly).
AlcoholiGator
Stray is fantastic. I recommend it to my friends who normally don’t play video games. It’s a perfect entry point for video games as art.
atmospheric90
AAA gaming in a nutshell: instead of making good games, focus on profit margins and mechanics that target addicts and whales like mobile games.
Sion_forgeblast
if Ubisoft keeps doing what their doing and not selling games….. all current Ubisoft employees will be x-employees lol
mistsoalar
How about ex rockstar devs!? Say, a slightly sci-fi, GTA5-style action-adventure shooter would be epic!
Right guys?
…right?
Wolfnstine
As short as it was stray it was honestly one of the most moving games I’ve played in recent years
michael_fritz
stray was such a beautiful experience
wormfood86
Isn’t that also how we got Arkane Studios and their early games? I don’t think it was Ubisoft, but another company (probably EA?). A couple of the employees got tired of the same crap over and over and wanted to do something totally different so they made Arkane Studios.
Sounds like what is needed is more people to get some experience and networking at these big studios then strike out and put some of their original ideas to work.
It is easier said then done though. Making games is hard, expensive and risky as hell.
EnanoMaldito
Ubi has always had great gameplays, great systems, great games. Its just ruined by the company rushing shit and running their games into the ground. But the deva who work there are obviously talented
TroubadourRL
*Ubisoft issues mass layoffs*
Ubisoft: “Done!”
AtomicBLB
Do you not want another Assassin’s Creed where you have to pay to not want to die from the boredom of grinding?
I can’t even think of another Ubisoft franchise at this point to mock. We’d probably get Half-Life 3 before Beyond Good and Evil 2. Star wars Outlaws isn’t a franchise and won’t become one with their standards.
Ymirs-Bones
See people, layoffs are good! /j
ArgensimiaReloaded
I get Expedition 33 but Stray? lmao that one was just a walking simulator
Swollen_Beef
Ubisoft had a shareholder Q&A recently and the CEO tanked it. Not a single question was directly answered. And with so much animosity toward Ubisoft, they have adopted the tried and true method of blaming its customers and getting its legal team to go after anyone talking shit about the company.
They are dying and trying to take as many people down with them.
Nerubim
Imagine if ubisoft made these games. Every optional boss costs 4.99 to unlock, cats accessories cost 3.99, mandatory uplay connection, etc.. Yeah at least they aren’t producing anything worthwhile you could miss out on.
EatMeatGrowBig
stray was highkey dogshit people just liked it bc cat
Bicone
Reminded me of a ton of failed games from former Blizzard devs or even PirateSoftware.
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Maybe tripple a should empower their devs instead of going after market trends.
Proof that ubisoft has talented people but bad management/corporate structure
Ubisoft is BIG. Every devteam has ex-ubisoft employees.
Less companies going “public.” But becoming publicly traded is where the money is, so that will never change.
To this day I don’t understand what people see in stray, it’s just walking sim, but as a cat
Well all the big game publishers are laying people off, so we’re going to see plenty of games made by ex [insert big publisher here] employees.
ubisofts devs have always been talented its there leaders that dont get it.
We should be happy this is the result, had Ubisoft made these games they’d have been fucking ruined and peppered with season passes and micro transactions
and then you have fairgame$…
Every third game currently has “Ex Ubisoft employee” in their material
Ex Ubisoft employee vs ex Blizzard employee, we need to make this a fight in the ring
Ubisoft might as well merge with Ferrari at this point
Ubisoft developers and staff are talented and hard working.
Their upper management is absolute garbage and out of touch.
I recall the Expedition 33 developer said that something like Expedition 33 would never get made under Ubisoft due to bureaucracy.
I think you suffer from survivorship bias. It’s simply, really talented people recognized they should leave, this becoming ex-ubi. When the company soon goes bankrupt(I doubt, I’ll make a bet the French government will rescue them) and all ubisoft employees become ex-ubi, we won’t see this trend continuing.
Maybe the problem with AAA studios is management over reach and not wokeness or the developers
Don’t worry, Ubi is going their damndest to generate more ex-employees.
Ubisofts best product is ex employees, lets give them a round of applause 👏
ex microsoft employees: hold our beer
They treated the good ones like shit and now they are going down hill because of it.
The [entire story](https://youtu.be/mXLOLgC2V2Q?si=wHQORgi4EjGbMI7E) behind how CEE33 came together is bonkers. It was a passion project scraped together by a few part timers who found each other by pure chance.
And to the point of this post, Guillaume, the lead director, said publicly that Ubisoft wouldn’t have taken his idea seriously and he couldn’t navigate the red tape to have support. So, he just did it himself.
You’d think the AAA gaming corporations would incubate ideas and talent from within if they knew what was good for them. Board rooms don’t know how to make good games, gamers know how to make good games.
It’s been obvious for a long time Ubisoft has talented devs. They’re not all great imo. Even within the dev teams there’s surely shit ones (cause there’s no way the suits are the one forcing them to remake Far Cry 3 gameplay design constantly).
Stray is fantastic. I recommend it to my friends who normally don’t play video games. It’s a perfect entry point for video games as art.
AAA gaming in a nutshell: instead of making good games, focus on profit margins and mechanics that target addicts and whales like mobile games.
if Ubisoft keeps doing what their doing and not selling games….. all current Ubisoft employees will be x-employees lol
How about ex rockstar devs!? Say, a slightly sci-fi, GTA5-style action-adventure shooter would be epic!
Right guys?
…right?
As short as it was stray it was honestly one of the most moving games I’ve played in recent years
stray was such a beautiful experience
Isn’t that also how we got Arkane Studios and their early games? I don’t think it was Ubisoft, but another company (probably EA?). A couple of the employees got tired of the same crap over and over and wanted to do something totally different so they made Arkane Studios.
Sounds like what is needed is more people to get some experience and networking at these big studios then strike out and put some of their original ideas to work.
It is easier said then done though. Making games is hard, expensive and risky as hell.
Ubi has always had great gameplays, great systems, great games. Its just ruined by the company rushing shit and running their games into the ground. But the deva who work there are obviously talented
*Ubisoft issues mass layoffs*
Ubisoft: “Done!”
Do you not want another Assassin’s Creed where you have to pay to not want to die from the boredom of grinding?
I can’t even think of another Ubisoft franchise at this point to mock. We’d probably get Half-Life 3 before Beyond Good and Evil 2. Star wars Outlaws isn’t a franchise and won’t become one with their standards.
See people, layoffs are good! /j
I get Expedition 33 but Stray? lmao that one was just a walking simulator
Ubisoft had a shareholder Q&A recently and the CEO tanked it. Not a single question was directly answered. And with so much animosity toward Ubisoft, they have adopted the tried and true method of blaming its customers and getting its legal team to go after anyone talking shit about the company.
They are dying and trying to take as many people down with them.
Imagine if ubisoft made these games. Every optional boss costs 4.99 to unlock, cats accessories cost 3.99, mandatory uplay connection, etc.. Yeah at least they aren’t producing anything worthwhile you could miss out on.
stray was highkey dogshit people just liked it bc cat
Reminded me of a ton of failed games from former Blizzard devs or even PirateSoftware.