Ubisoft is in really bad shape

A new press release and financial report are foreshadowing a lot of trouble for Ubisoft to come due to underperforming sales from last year and a fairly large gap between major releases. All those details and more in this week’s episode of Roundup.

In other news; Xbox confirms a January showcase, CDPR settles a lawsuit with investors, Hogwarts Legacy is topping charts already, and Dunkey has announced his first game.

In the comments we talk about the potential for Switch 2 and the coming soon section has a dino cart racer, lots of Persona, and Fire Emblem Engage.

00:00 - Ubisoft is in really bad shape
04:34 - Xbox confirms January showcase
05:45 - CDPR settles investor lawsuit over Cyberpunk 2077
06:49 - Hogwarts Legacy is already a top-selling Steam game
07:52 - Dunkey announces the first Big Mode game
09:13 - In the Comments
10:08 - Coming Soon

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SOURCES

[Nintendo Life] Ubisoft share prices tumble after sales report

[IGN] Ubisoft cancels 3 games, delays Skull and Bones

[Ubisoft] Official January Press Release

[The Gamer] Ubisoft is looking for playtesters for Star Wars game

[Xbox Blog] Xbox January Developer Direct confirmed

[Twitter] Aaron Greenberg Tweet

[IGN] CDPR settles investor lawsuit

[GameRant] Hogwarts Legacy top-selling game

[Big Mode] Dunkey’s first game is Big Mode

[orijimi]

Ubisoft's lack of awareness for what they're doing wrong is hilarious. This wasn't so much an earnings report as it is a "Hey, we're gonna jump off this building now. Just thought y'all should know."

[SwagMessiah]

These companies never talk about just making better games. It's always about optimizing the monetization in their games instead to squeeze the most amount of money with the smallest effort

[happymcdull-]

Should any of us be surprised Ubisift has been making a lot of questionable situations for themselves?

[WarMachineGuy]

That Ubisoft ceo gotta go he doesn't know what the hell he's been doing with beloved franchises like prince of persia

[boink]

Ubisofts CEO should take a massive paycut cause of how bad they did.

[Joaza]

About time Ubisoft is finally crashing after all the questionable things they've been doing.

[GamingandFrightened]

Excellent. More live games. That’ll win back players

[aznpandax]

They asked for it, keep trying to nickel and dime everyone

[Hundo_Mo]

Phil Spencer thumbing his dollars as he walks towards Ubisoft HQ

[JustStopPlayingGames]

Scuttle doesn't mean cancel, it means "to deliberately cause to fail" or in regards to a ship: "to deliberately cause to sink" or spaceship: "to deliberately cause to explode."

[shineinouzen]

If they’re going to continue focusing on Live-Service trash, instead of making great, finished, complete games, like Elden Ring… then they deserve to crash and burn.

[Paraguai]

Skull and Bones feels like the Duke Nukem Forever of this generation.

[ooze]

People wanted Rayman, Beyond Good and Evil, etc. and Ubisoft said no. They deserve the hole they dug themselves into

[kaollachan]

1:54 : everlasting live games? like those 3 game that was said to be supported for 10 years by square to be shut down after less than a years? or anthem etc

[grantt]

Ubisoft has been shitting the bed more than Amber Heard. Roller Champs could have been big if it had been handled better. Xdefiant still somehow isn't out. AC Valhalla was too grind heavy in place of trying to get gamers to buy xp boosts. I just want the games I'm excited for to be fun

[vullord]

As a gamer this is incredibly disappointing. What I’m looking for is new IP and single player experience. But it’s interesting that major publishers seem to have trapped themselves in their own success. Ubisoft is (according to them) at a point where they only see growth by relying on their biggest franchises and live service games. That’s not incredibly sustainable and greatly limits their options going forward.

[aransmeallie]

This channel still a goldmine of videogames new in a compact package

[Knight]

I noticed errors in the latest ship hit the fan episode
Patrick's statement about Malta being captured by the Allies is also incorrect, Malta had been a British Empire Colony since 1813

The Royal Navy did not only lose the Eagle Class Aircraft Carrier, HMS Eagle but they also lost the Town Class Light Cruiser, HMS Manchester, C-Class Anti-Aircraft Cruiser, HMS Cairo and F-Class Destroyer, HMS Foresight in Operation Pedestal, or Convoy WS.21S as it was known

[RoxYgen]

Thank you guys! Hope you’re feeling better!

[ezekielherrera]

Have a great weekend brother, thanks for the good work on the vids!