Thanks for reminding us!
I’ll remind you 7 times!
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Nah Embracer will get Ubisoft
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More like 7^7.
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omg dog breath you will kill mort with it
That would be “The Breath of the Wild of Savagery”
The Dark Souls of Mort Trolling.
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It’s like Skyrim, but with Puns!
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ahhh no ? you are really comparing different era of MS and different business plans.
even if things go south there is guarantee return from UBI all of these IPs and Tech worth something
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Of course they are but Hindle rather talk in absolutes.
A million reasons the Nokia deal didnt work out and staff count was not one of them. Microsoft simply didnt know what they wanted with Nokia and they mishandled it from both sides.
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They need another big splash exactly to avoid other barren periods like this upcoming one from 1st party.
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Im hoping this is not a problem next year. No reason H1 2023 and forward should be any kind of empty.
IF UBI on market then MS would at least try bid on it.
they got games MS need in their catalogue. Family games / Casual games
other than that they got service games still going strong Siege and UNO.
their IPs will be strong Addition to GP and Xbox, AC2 remake would sell millions and that is just a remake.
Ubi got a lot of Support Studios, it’s something will also help XGS Studios/Games
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Very true! I guess my point was it would surely be more logical/viable for Xbox to go after the new Ex-Bioware studios rather than pry Bioware from EA for a ridiculous sum.
It’s a shame PS already have exclusivity with the new Deviation game studio (Ex-Treyarch). I think that would have been a fantastic GamePass opportunity.
I wouldn’t be surprised if PS gets their hands on That’s No Moon before Xbox too! They already have nailed down Haven Entertainment (Ex-Ubisoft) and Firewalk Studios (Ex-Bungie).
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Me opening this thread
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The usual
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Hopefully not, by that time we will be 5 years after the start of the acquisition phase, the moment when those moves will start to really pay off. Theoretically. XD
Let’s analyze 2018-2019 acquisitions:
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Playground: just released FH5, Fable is rumoured to be targeting 2023 (according to Grubb), it started development in 2017;
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Ninja Theory: HB2 in 2023 is possible, maybe Project Mara will come first being smaller, who knows;
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Compulsion: they ended WHF in 2019, their next game is unannounced, but rumoured to be targeting 2023, for this one I’m more skeptical, we have seen nothing;
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Undead Labs: in 2023 there will be 5 years since SOD2, which also was 5 years after SOD. There is a pattern here;
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The Initiative: they hired an AAA team like Crystal Dynamics to ship the game, but this is another one for which I’m skeptical, the team was created from scratch in 2018;
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Obsidian: Grounded will release next year almost for sure, I think Avowed is for 2023 and TOW2 for 2024;
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inXile: their next game is unannounced, yet rumoured for 2023, but this is another uncertain situation with no real infos, they have also two physical studios (California and Louisiana) and they might have more than one project;
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Double Fine: Psychonauts 2 just released, so, excluding very small projects, I think we won’t see nothing from them until end 2024 at the very least.
The constant pattern here is 2023-2024, ~5-6 years since acquisition is the right time considering the new organisation, new budget, ending previous commitments and obviously covid.
And that’s without considering Zenimax and XGS publishing.
@Hue Sony signing for external deals with those new developers are cheaper ways to get exclusives without taking too much risks acquiring them, because success is not guaranteed. I mean, look at the streak of failures of Jade Raymond after she left Ubisoft.
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bigger drama would be Capcom and SE if MS acquired one of these two then yeah you won’t need salt for the rest of your life.
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