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Tencent, Guillemot Family Mull Ubisoft Buyout Amid Share Slump (yahoo.com)

(Friday October 04, 2024 @11:24AM (msmash) from the shape-of-things-to-come dept.)


Tencent and Ubisoft's founding Guillemot family are [1]weighing a potential buyout of the French game maker, according to Bloomberg News. The move comes as Ubisoft's shares [2]plunged 54% this year , hitting decade-lows after production delays and weak sales. Tencent, which bought 49.9% of Guillemot Brothers in 2022, holds 9.2% of Ubisoft's voting rights, while the Guillemots control 20.5%.

Further reading : [3]Star Wars Outlaws Is A Crappy Masterpiece .



[1] https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tencent-guillemot-family-said-consider-134712826.html

[2] https://slashdot.org/story/24/10/01/203230/ubisoft-investors-push-for-company-sale-as-shares-hit-decade-low

[3] https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/24/09/03/1014230/star-wars-outlaws-is-a-crappy-masterpiece


Skulls and Bones did this (Score:2)

by BigFire ( 13822 )

Spend 8 years on a World of Warship simulator instead of the Black Flag sequel that players wanted.

Self inflicted (Score:2)

by Mitreya ( 579078 )

> hitting decade-lows after production delays and weak sales

This is entirely self-inflicted by Ubisoft.

For example, just a random example: to set the game in feudal Japan and make (one of) the two main characters Black (even if based on a real name from history). And the question is -- Why?

Can be made to work (Score:2)

by Firethorn ( 177587 )

As my DND dungeon master would put it: You can do anything, so long as you can justify it.

For example, the Japanese have featured the guy in a number of games. It helps that there actually isn't much known about him other than he actually existed and was apparently a total unit in order to overcome the biases of the time. So, they have a free hand in their storytelling.

From what I've been told, storytelling wise he's supposed to be the "loud" character to the female "quiet" more ninja character. She hid

Re: (Score:2)

by spiritplumber ( 1944222 )

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org] Because it's a cool story? That's not the problem, the problem is that Ubisoft games are just not that interesting for the cost.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuke

Ubi soft and Tencent (Score:1)

by ipl me asap ( 777203 )

Wonder twin powers active, form of even more insidious EA.

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