I went to ubisofts page on steam and ignored everything they got. I will never see whatever they create again
Ubisoft has cancelled 6 games, including the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake | VGC
Submitted 11 hours ago by ampersandrew@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world
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UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 1 hour ago
58008@lemmy.world 54 minutes ago
In any other business, having 6 simultaneous failed projects would be cause for dismissal of the CEO and probably the majority of the management staff. If I owned or had a large amount of shares in a company where this happened, I would not be a happy chappy. But I’m assuming the Ubisoft upper echelons are patting themselves on the back for their business acumen and financial savviness, already penning their bonuses into their calendars.
Meanwhile, regular workers are dropped like pubic lice the minute it’s convenient to do so.
Parasites.
Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de 9 hours ago
Think positively. They won’t fuck up the Sands of Time remake either.
P1nkman@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Sands of Time remake is CANCELLED? It was the best PoP game!
dandi8@fedia.io 10 hours ago
Given the original announcement footage, it might be for the best...
victorz@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
It did kind of give that alpha stage vibe, but if it was like a few bucks, it probably buy it. It was a remake after all, with slightly better graphics.
Katana314@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
I’m going to guess that decision was based on the failures of the recent 2.5D PoP games, which were well reviewed but barely advertised (and oft compared to indie games)
TheMinions@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 hours ago
It’s also the only one I ever played!
reseller_pledge609@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 hours ago
Warrior Within and The Two Thrones contiued the Sands of Time story and were both pretty good too.
hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works 4 hours ago
Ubisoft, the people who fuck up Assassin’s Creed + ninjas. How can you fuck what up? It’s a easy home run, but no.
RIP Ubisoft.
Eiri@lemmy.ca 10 hours ago
More focus on open-world titles and games as a service? Every time I think they’ve hit the bottom, they manage to dig deeper.
silvana@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 hours ago
too be fair to Ubisoft they have been focusing on open world slop since they started milking assassin’s Creed gor all it’s got.
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 9 hours ago
halfsalesman@piefed.social 10 hours ago
6 cancellations and 7 delays? That’s an omen.
13igTyme@piefed.social 9 hours ago
6-7 you say?
UntimedDiffusion@piefed.zip 5 hours ago
Nobody said that
TedZanzibar@feddit.uk 5 hours ago
Dammit, I was looking forward to SoT seeing as it plays pretty janky now compared to modern standards and I was hoping they’d fix up the combat a bit. That said, I only have the Xbox version to go off of. Is the PC version any good? Maybe someone will do a Black Mesa on it.
popcar2@piefed.ca 10 hours ago
Crazy that the Sands of Time remake was supposed to come out early 2021… Remakes are supposed to be quick projects for easy money, how could Ubisoft mess it up that much? Sands of Time isn’t even a long game!
One was a cancelled mobile game but now I’m curious what the other 4 were. I guess we’ll never find out as they funnel all that money to their successful live-service stuff.
THE_GR8_MIKE@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
When they said we have to get used to not owning our games, they really meant it!
FirmDistribution@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
songwriterallnighter@lemmy.zip 7 hours ago
That sucks, was looking forward to SOT
naticus@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Yeah literally the only IP I’d even consider giving my money to Ubi for. The only other one I have been at least lukewarm interested in is BG&E2 but the problems there are it’ll never release, and they’ve completely missed the mark on what fans have wanted this entire time.
fyrilsol@kbin.melroy.org 10 hours ago
It's good that they didn't remake an otherwise good game, they'd figure a way to ruin it.
13igTyme@piefed.social 9 hours ago
Charge your credit card every time you rewind time.
emb@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Didn’t see it on first scan of the article, so highlighting this bit for those curious about the other games:
. . . Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake has been cancelled, as well as four unannounced titles, including three new IPs and a mobile title. The identity of the sixth game has not been clarified.
and the delayed games have not been clarified yet either. From the related article:
In addition, Ubisoft said it’s delayed seven games to ensure they meet quality expectations. It did not say which games had slipped, but confirmed that the seven titles include one title that was planned for release before April 2026, which will now be released before April 2027.
TalkingFlower@lemmy.world 57 minutes ago
Why do I feel like Beyond Good and Evil is on the list…