I can't tell if the Chinese set them up to fail so the could start their takeover of Ubisoft and more importantly, their IPs.
Or if this is them just taking advantage of a weakened company due to gross mismanagement focusing on pandering than the quality of their games till it was too late.
It's the latter. Even if Tencent tried to set them up, Ubisoft still had to be retarded enough to think it was a good idea and go along with it. This is completely self-inflicted.
No Chinese person put a gun to an Ubisoft employee's head and said, "Make your Star Wars main character look like a human mop." I hate how Ubisoft is given no agency in these "poor Western company was sabotaged by China" excuses. Ubisoft had plenty of opportunities to say "no" to this woke bullshit, but they didn't. Because they're both greedy and true believers.
The CCP has disproportionate sway over universities in the English speaking world. They have been slowly and steadily encouraging critical theory at the university level for decades.
The current crop of activist executives were all educated and indoctrinator under the current university system and were hired by the HR departments of these big software and entertainment companies. This current AAA collapse is the inevitable result of the Long March through the Institutions.
Yes, the CCP run Tencent are being opportunists, but the situation was prepared by the Chinese pushing woke bullshit in universities and then companies in the West, and crushing the shit out of it in China.
China will not implement environmental restrictions nor DEI bullshit. They circle like vultures and wait for the time to be ripe to take the cultural assets for their own control.
The CCP has disproportionate sway over universities in the English speaking world. They have been slowly and steadily encouraging critical theory at the university level for decades.
That's why as long as Whites were targeted nobody gave a shit but once Israel/Jews became the target all hell broke lose. Because the chinks control US universities.
I don't think it is simple as the CCP outright controls US universities. The CCP has a strategy they call "Elite Capture"; where they seek out and influence the most prominent individuals in any given field.
Universities are an environment and where academics compete for funding. There is limited funding, and those that are most successful at getting $$ for their project get to continue with their careers.
The CCP has been one of the biggest sources of funding for university research projects for decades. They have been slowly and steadily extending their influence and cultivating allies as they are promoted up the food chain within universities. It is to the point where Socialism is the dominant political paradigm for university professors in some fields.
Now these professors have designed our university programs, hired the teaching staff and picked who passes and fails their classes for more than ten years. The graduates of these programs have taken over any number of fields. Look at the state of psychology and counseling in Canada / USA, Or HR specialists, who write the hiring criteria and training for new jobs in industry.
It is to the point where Socialism is the dominant political paradigm for university professors in some fields.
Unfortunately that has been the case for a very long time now. Long before CCP became competent enough to leverage any sort of influence on the world stage.
But there is a group massively overrepresented amongst communist movements. Look up the early life section of the leadership of the failed German communist revolution or the Russian revolution. Look up which ethnicity dominated the early Soviet governments. Maybe look up Israel Epstein too.
Also maybe take a closer look at Hollywood who've been at the forefront of pushing communist propaganda since the beginning. BlackRock is interesting too. And by the way which ethnicity is the most overrepresented in US universities?
What IPs? "Watch Dogs" and "Skull and Bones" and ... "Star Wars"? All their IPs are dead and dated. There's nothing they can pull out of their hat to get anyone hyped anymore. Those commie chinks are bankrupt at home and they're burning cash buying bankrupt game companies? That's a match made in state-managed bankrupt commie hell.
I doubt Tencent is doing poorly and Chinese games are seen as non-woke, sadly a Chinese game will have higher player faith then a current Ubisoft game.
If Tencent scrapes the current dev teams, reduce the cost and make non-woke games people will start buying Ubisoft games again. Prince of Persia still has potential, despite their Prince of Persia BLM, R6 is also salvageable, Heroes of Might and Magic is gathering dust and mostly non-woke - even AC, as long as it is not woke and not open-world will be a success.
“Just because the company is crashing, doesn’t mean the game is bad. No one seriously ever thought one good game would save them. It doesn’t prove anything, bro…”
FF7 and FF14’s reboot both saved Square Enix from bankruptcy due to the failure of other games in 14’s case, while 7 was one of the most expensive games of all time, for its time.
NieR:Automata didn’t save Platinum games, that was Bayonetta 2 after Nintendo basically paid them to make it a Wii U exclusive, but NieR:Automata was massive for Platinum Games, yes.
Ubisoft (EPA:UBIP), established by the Guillemot family in France, has been actively seeking new investors for its video game properties. The value of this new unit exceeds the current enterprise value of Ubisoft, indicating a significant milestone for the company.
They are claiming it’s a subsidiary, but….
Chinese multinational conglomerate Tencent Holdings Ltd (F:NNND). is set to invest €1.16 billion for a 25% stake in this newly formed subsidiary. In exchange for a royalty, the new entity will hold licenses for the intellectual property of the games.
So what did China buy?
This new entity will include popular game franchises such as Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six.
We’re now going to have American political thriller shooters made by…. China. Maybe at least we won’t have rainbow six: gay cripple siege as they farm our player data.
So if I have this correct... it's basically a subsidiary that's going to be used as a holding company for their IPs, which will then get sold off while the main company is dissolved?
There were a lot of comments calling this when it hit a $1.2 bil market valuation just a little while ago (down from ~$13 bil less than a decade ago). Clockwork.
I'm not looking forward to the Chinese influence in the gaming market. It'll be a different flavor but just as corrosive as the woke slop, mark my words.
Because Ubisoft is toast, their games are to high budget and Outlaws floped, AC shadows failed, Skull And Bones - their AAAA game - also failed, AC Mirage and Prince of Persia Floyd edition - I have no idea if it failed but It either was a flop or just not great. Their last money maker was probably Valhalla and that was 2020.
They've lost way to much money and their is no chance to turn things around. The current theory is that they got encouraged internally to listen to their constantly increasing number of activists to intentionally drop in share values so that China would buy them.
Not to mention their main money maker (R6 Siege) was destroyed by the trannies taking over the playerbase and basically getting everyone banned through abusing the report feature.
Like, that was a game that if it came out now would print money, but instead it came out at Peak Woke and is saddled with so much of it that they can't salvage it now that woke is on the way out.
I can't tell if the Chinese set them up to fail so the could start their takeover of Ubisoft and more importantly, their IPs.
Or if this is them just taking advantage of a weakened company due to gross mismanagement focusing on pandering than the quality of their games till it was too late.
It's the latter. Even if Tencent tried to set them up, Ubisoft still had to be retarded enough to think it was a good idea and go along with it. This is completely self-inflicted.
No Chinese person put a gun to an Ubisoft employee's head and said, "Make your Star Wars main character look like a human mop." I hate how Ubisoft is given no agency in these "poor Western company was sabotaged by China" excuses. Ubisoft had plenty of opportunities to say "no" to this woke bullshit, but they didn't. Because they're both greedy and true believers.
Plus those games were pretty standard Western woke shittiness.
It is both.
The CCP has disproportionate sway over universities in the English speaking world. They have been slowly and steadily encouraging critical theory at the university level for decades.
The current crop of activist executives were all educated and indoctrinator under the current university system and were hired by the HR departments of these big software and entertainment companies. This current AAA collapse is the inevitable result of the Long March through the Institutions.
Yes, the CCP run Tencent are being opportunists, but the situation was prepared by the Chinese pushing woke bullshit in universities and then companies in the West, and crushing the shit out of it in China.
China will not implement environmental restrictions nor DEI bullshit. They circle like vultures and wait for the time to be ripe to take the cultural assets for their own control.
That's why as long as Whites were targeted nobody gave a shit but once Israel/Jews became the target all hell broke lose. Because the chinks control US universities.
I don't think it is simple as the CCP outright controls US universities. The CCP has a strategy they call "Elite Capture"; where they seek out and influence the most prominent individuals in any given field.
Universities are an environment and where academics compete for funding. There is limited funding, and those that are most successful at getting $$ for their project get to continue with their careers.
The CCP has been one of the biggest sources of funding for university research projects for decades. They have been slowly and steadily extending their influence and cultivating allies as they are promoted up the food chain within universities. It is to the point where Socialism is the dominant political paradigm for university professors in some fields.
Now these professors have designed our university programs, hired the teaching staff and picked who passes and fails their classes for more than ten years. The graduates of these programs have taken over any number of fields. Look at the state of psychology and counseling in Canada / USA, Or HR specialists, who write the hiring criteria and training for new jobs in industry.
Unfortunately that has been the case for a very long time now. Long before CCP became competent enough to leverage any sort of influence on the world stage.
But there is a group massively overrepresented amongst communist movements. Look up the early life section of the leadership of the failed German communist revolution or the Russian revolution. Look up which ethnicity dominated the early Soviet governments. Maybe look up Israel Epstein too.
Also maybe take a closer look at Hollywood who've been at the forefront of pushing communist propaganda since the beginning. BlackRock is interesting too. And by the way which ethnicity is the most overrepresented in US universities?
Goddamn Chinese. They're everywhere.
I dunno, just feels right.
What IPs? "Watch Dogs" and "Skull and Bones" and ... "Star Wars"? All their IPs are dead and dated. There's nothing they can pull out of their hat to get anyone hyped anymore. Those commie chinks are bankrupt at home and they're burning cash buying bankrupt game companies? That's a match made in state-managed bankrupt commie hell.
I doubt Tencent is doing poorly and Chinese games are seen as non-woke, sadly a Chinese game will have higher player faith then a current Ubisoft game.
If Tencent scrapes the current dev teams, reduce the cost and make non-woke games people will start buying Ubisoft games again. Prince of Persia still has potential, despite their Prince of Persia BLM, R6 is also salvageable, Heroes of Might and Magic is gathering dust and mostly non-woke - even AC, as long as it is not woke and not open-world will be a success.
Nothing says ''the game release that was supposed to save our company is a financial success guys!'' like getting bought at discount by the Chinese.
5 billion players for AC: Floyd goes to Japan edition.
The cope on YouTube has been hilarious.
“Just because the company is crashing, doesn’t mean the game is bad. No one seriously ever thought one good game would save them. It doesn’t prove anything, bro…”
Fucking lol
Didn’t final fantasy and nier thong leotard girl both save their companies?
FF7 and FF14’s reboot both saved Square Enix from bankruptcy due to the failure of other games in 14’s case, while 7 was one of the most expensive games of all time, for its time.
NieR:Automata didn’t save Platinum games, that was Bayonetta 2 after Nintendo basically paid them to make it a Wii U exclusive, but NieR:Automata was massive for Platinum Games, yes.
They are claiming it’s a subsidiary, but….
So what did China buy?
We’re now going to have American political thriller shooters made by…. China. Maybe at least we won’t have rainbow six: gay cripple siege as they farm our player data.
So if I have this correct... it's basically a subsidiary that's going to be used as a holding company for their IPs, which will then get sold off while the main company is dissolved?
Basically, it looks like they are quietly being acquired by China and who knows on the other 75%.
Didn't expect it to happen so soon. Almost like it was planned con the start
lol
There were a lot of comments calling this when it hit a $1.2 bil market valuation just a little while ago (down from ~$13 bil less than a decade ago). Clockwork.
I'm not looking forward to the Chinese influence in the gaming market. It'll be a different flavor but just as corrosive as the woke slop, mark my words.
Then we go from not buying French Ubisoft games to not buying Chinese Ubisoft games. Whoopty doo.
Yeah but the normies will continue to ingest the poison, which is bad for our society's wellbeing.
So, Ubisoft have outsourced their big IPs to a new company. Why?
Because Ubisoft is toast, their games are to high budget and Outlaws floped, AC shadows failed, Skull And Bones - their AAAA game - also failed, AC Mirage and Prince of Persia Floyd edition - I have no idea if it failed but It either was a flop or just not great. Their last money maker was probably Valhalla and that was 2020.
They've lost way to much money and their is no chance to turn things around. The current theory is that they got encouraged internally to listen to their constantly increasing number of activists to intentionally drop in share values so that China would buy them.
Not to mention their main money maker (R6 Siege) was destroyed by the trannies taking over the playerbase and basically getting everyone banned through abusing the report feature.
Like, that was a game that if it came out now would print money, but instead it came out at Peak Woke and is saddled with so much of it that they can't salvage it now that woke is on the way out.
Ubisoft has been under take over attempts a few times in the recent past.