"The games that are not triple-A are not profitable anymore."

[Manhattan Sports Club]

Ubisoft sucks. Their only respectable titles for me are the first two Rayman games and maybe Beyond Good & Evil (I only hear its an exceptional game, haven't actually played that one yet, however.) Most of their games probably won't even be profitable in the near future, because most of their shit is just like every other modern game series.

[Rev. Link]

Ubisoft is responsible for my favorite new series this generation, Assassin's Creed, but this is still a really stupid thing for this dude to say.

Triple A titles are still the big money makers (duh), but just like independent films, smaller games still do really well.

[BHvrd]

Look heres the deal..... I could make a Hanna Montana game and poop in the box and sell it at retail for $59.99, and people would buy the sequel regardless I pooped in the box....why?

Cause people buy games from name recognition alone! Not everyone cares about triple A, this guy is a moron and i'm sure he has pooped in a few boxes and made profit. Maybe he just needs to start coming up with some more clever names for his poopy games like Super Mole Goes to Party Town or something like that, that would turn a few heads and i'm sure Mole people would buy it.

[Cobra Commander]

Any company that cancels Beyond Good and Evil 2 doesn't deserve attention.

[Vlcice]

Any company that cancels Beyond Good and Evil 2 doesn't deserve attention.

That was just a rumour. The game's still in development, just keeping quiet for now.

[Icarus Moonsight]

No one is going to mention the 800lb gorilla in the room, shovelware?

Doh!

If it not profit, it would cease to exist. The shovelware is definitely out there. It's unstoppable!

This is what a company that invests their budget mainly into "AAA" treated games wants you and stockholders to think. So when they blow a huge load of development and marketing on a Trip-A-Turd it has a predefined justification and they can keep their jobs.

Ubisoft and THQ, comrades in bullshit.

Harry Cohn was quoted to say, "The shorts fund the features." at Columbia Pictures in the 30's.

What they need is to give something bargain priced like shovelware, but with more quality and value for the same price while keeping the cost to a minimum. Call it spadeware.

[Vlcice]

No one is going to mention the 800lb gorilla in the room, shovelware?

Doh!

If it not profit, it would cease to exist. The shovelware is definitely out there. It's unstoppable!

This is what a company that invests their budget mainly into "AAA" treated games wants you and stockholders to think. So when they blow a huge load of development and marketing on a Trip-A-Turd it has a predefined justification and they can keep their jobs.

Ubisoft and THQ, comrades in bullshit.

Harry Cohn was quoted to say, "The shorts fund the features." at Columbia Pictures in the 30's.

What they need is to give something bargain priced like shovelware, but with more quality and value for the same price while keeping the cost to a minimum. Call it spadeware.

Actually, I find this all interesting given that Ubisoft seems to be doing exactly that. They were behind the very indie-feeling Scott Pilgrim game, and recently announced the wonderful-looking Outland - not exactly AAA games. That the Ubisoft CEO is saying this now is strange to me, and either means that he's divorced from the parts of the company that makes those decisions or that it isn't panning out for them financially.