Roger (Caller from Kansas City)

I think this is the coloring in of this might be a separate thing that isn't buying out Ubisoft fully, but also buying out their core franchises as its own gaming group. How does this take you? Does any of it surprise you? What are you feeling?

I think this is the coloring in of this might be a separate thing that isn't buying out Ubisoft fully, but also buying out their core franchises as its own gaming group. How does this take you? Does any of it surprise you? What are you feeling?

Jason Schreier needs to write this book.

Jason Schreier needs to write this book.

Yeah, dude, it is so funny, right? Because this has been going on for so long, right? If we were to do the podcast of where did this go wrong, it would go back a long time, right? I remember when they were having the Vivendi hostile takeover conversations, right? And Yves was out there being like, oh man, we stopped them. We didn't do it. Hell yeah, good for us.

Yeah, dude, it is so funny, right? Because this has been going on for so long, right? If we were to do the podcast of where did this go wrong, it would go back a long time, right? I remember when they were having the Vivendi hostile takeover conversations, right? And Yves was out there being like, oh man, we stopped them. We didn't do it. Hell yeah, good for us.

And I remember being the only guy, I felt like an asshole, but looking back, I was probably right, where it was like, This isn't a good thing, right? This guy is not doing a good job at running this company. Maybe the hostile takeover would have tanked it even further, but also maybe it wouldn't have, right? I mean, that in and of itself is how far back this goes.

And I remember being the only guy, I felt like an asshole, but looking back, I was probably right, where it was like, This isn't a good thing, right? This guy is not doing a good job at running this company. Maybe the hostile takeover would have tanked it even further, but also maybe it wouldn't have, right? I mean, that in and of itself is how far back this goes.

I remember talking about that back then and being like, we're not going in a good direction. It just continuously got worse, right? They had such a good 360 PS3 era, right? They were cooking it. They were putting out so many games, so many different types of games. They were feeding all their fan bases. They were creating new franchises.

I remember talking about that back then and being like, we're not going in a good direction. It just continuously got worse, right? They had such a good 360 PS3 era, right? They were cooking it. They were putting out so many games, so many different types of games. They were feeding all their fan bases. They were creating new franchises.

And then they just got really, really focused on making sequels and not expanding their portfolio. And then when they expanded their portfolio, they would put too much money into everything. And now we're at the point now where I'm like, I don't know what, there's no way to save this. There's no way to save it. There's no good way to save Ubisoft in my mind other than us fantasy booking into it.

And then they just got really, really focused on making sequels and not expanding their portfolio. And then when they expanded their portfolio, they would put too much money into everything. And now we're at the point now where I'm like, I don't know what, there's no way to save this. There's no way to save it. There's no good way to save Ubisoft in my mind other than us fantasy booking into it.

No, in the actual building of this, they have too many studios. They have too many franchises they're not doing anything with and too many franchises that they are doing things with that aren't in the right direction. So now we're like, we need a hard reboot here. We need somebody else to come in here. And God, if it's fucking Tencent, that sucks because Tencent's not a great studio.

No, in the actual building of this, they have too many studios. They have too many franchises they're not doing anything with and too many franchises that they are doing things with that aren't in the right direction. So now we're like, we need a hard reboot here. We need somebody else to come in here. And God, if it's fucking Tencent, that sucks because Tencent's not a great studio.

They are going to close down studios. People are going to lose their jobs. And then I also think of like, where are they going to take these franchises, right? If they go over here and they have, if they take over Assassin's Creed, is that, are we actually going to have Assassin's Creed every single, multiple times a year? The live service, the true live service of Assassin's Creed.

They are going to close down studios. People are going to lose their jobs. And then I also think of like, where are they going to take these franchises, right? If they go over here and they have, if they take over Assassin's Creed, is that, are we actually going to have Assassin's Creed every single, multiple times a year? The live service, the true live service of Assassin's Creed.

service stuff right like we're in this weird in between but like are we actually going to jump down that rabbit hole like are things actually going to get worse this does not seem like a winning battle there's no way we end up here unless in my mind if this gaming group is like hey listen guys we have all these franchises we're going to make Assassin's Creed Tencent's going to make Assassin's Creed Ubisoft's going to make Assassin's Creed

service stuff right like we're in this weird in between but like are we actually going to jump down that rabbit hole like are things actually going to get worse this does not seem like a winning battle there's no way we end up here unless in my mind if this gaming group is like hey listen guys we have all these franchises we're going to make Assassin's Creed Tencent's going to make Assassin's Creed Ubisoft's going to make Assassin's Creed

here's all of these other IPs that we're going to put on a bidding war and we're going to give it up to everybody and hey fucking Nintendo you want Rayman here you go like you know anything like we just start we just start handing these things off right I don't of course by the way I don't think Nintendo wants Rayman but you know just offer it up, just offer it up to everybody.

here's all of these other IPs that we're going to put on a bidding war and we're going to give it up to everybody and hey fucking Nintendo you want Rayman here you go like you know anything like we just start we just start handing these things off right I don't of course by the way I don't think Nintendo wants Rayman but you know just offer it up, just offer it up to everybody.