Ubisoft: "We'll only make games we can turn into franchises"

[Alpha2099]

It's proof that developers lack innovation. If all you can do is the same thing over and over 3-5 times, why bother?

[The Adventurer]

It's proof that developers lack innovation. If all you can do is the same thing over and over 3-5 times, why bother?

Because the majority of people who buy games are an unimaginative lot.

[Guyra]

I have to agree with The Adventurer on that. I lost faith in humanity a long time ago.

[The Adventurer]

I have to agree with The Adventurer on that. I lost faith in humanity a long time ago.

Don't get to much up on that high horse. This has been the case throughout human existence. It's not a new phenomena.

[The 1 2 P]

I lost faith in humanity a long time ago.

Over their video game habits?

Back on topic, this is nothing new. Publishers need to make money year over year to appease their share holders and pay their employees. The easiest way for them to do this is to make a game that turns into a franchise that they can then release more often and eventually branch out into other marketing ventures such as toys, books and other memorabilia.

[Words iManifest]

I rarely ever say this about anybody/anything but I really despise Ubisoft and their crappy flag collecting simulator Assassin's Creed games...not to mention what they did to the new Rayman rubs me in all the wrong ways.

[Tupin]

I rarely ever say this about anybody/anything but I really despise Ubisoft and their crappy flag collecting simulator Assassin's Creed games...not to mention what they did to the new Rayman rubs me in all the wrong ways.

Anything that got their attention away from those awful Rabbids is good in my book.

Grown Ups 2 anyone?

I've never seen a year where people so adamantly hate the newest blockbusters like this one before. There have been so many flops this year, both critically and financially, that I wonder if the movie industry will take the hint. Or at least stop making films starring Will Smith's kids and/or set in the Wild West.

[Gameguy]

I've never seen a year where people so adamantly hate the newest blockbusters like this one before. There have been so many flops this year, both critically and financially, that I wonder if the movie industry will take the hint. Or at least stop making films starring Will Smith's kids and/or set in the Wild West.

It must be because they're not spending enough money on them, they need a budget of 500 million dollars each to work. That should fix it so people will like them better. It can't be because they're poorly written or poorly directed. They need more money.

[Edmond Dantes]

Because the majority of people who buy games are an unimaginative lot.

To be honest, I sometimes wonder:

Is it that people want these games, or is it that they don't have any alternative?

We folks of the internet often forget that the vast majority of people don't know anything about eBay, Amazon, or other such internet markets and will likely never hear of something unless its on a shelf at Wal-Mart (and Wal-Mart will pretty much never stock anything not by a AAA developer). Before people can want something, they have to know it exists.

[Daltone]

To be honest, I sometimes wonder:

Is it that people want these games, or is it that they don't have any alternative?

We folks of the internet often forget that the vast majority of people don't know anything about eBay, Amazon, or other such internet markets and will likely never hear of something unless its on a shelf at Wal-Mart (and Wal-Mart will pretty much never stock anything not by a AAA developer). Before people can want something, they have to know it exists.

Somewhere out there, there is a fine, fine line between "more of a good thing (a personal opinion)", "not knowing any better" and "mindless repurchasing" when it comes to games that are franchised to death. I'm buggered if I can tell what falls in to what category these days.