Assassin's Creed thread

[Get the rope Macaulay!]

Shit you know what, let the chinks have this one. If they can make it fun and not a shitty pseudo-RPG then I don't care if they make you play as Mao Zedong personally hidden blade-ing uppity academics and people that have female babies.

Because of the laws I doubt they can but the boxer rebellion would be an interesting plot for a video game. Especially one involving blades and melee combat

 

[gaysexenjoyer]

Had to open a whole new fucking company to take their Ip's with daddy Tencent's help. I, for one, look forward to the "Assassinate protestors" minigames in AC Hong Kong.

 

[Billy Bong]

I just checked and it's the 27th most popular streaming category on Twitch, with 20K total viewers. HUGE SUCCESS!

 

[Rudolf's Friend]

I'm sure people will gloat and crow about how amazing the game is doing all the way down into the grave Ubisoft has been digging itself for a decade.

Until I see actual sales numbers and not PR bullshit, I've stopped caring about the twitter spin.

Well we saw it with the new Saints Row. They were talking about how big of a success it was even as data said otherwise all the way until Volition got shut down. They were that desperate to prove the chuds wrong and they will continue to be.

 

[gaysexenjoyer]

Well we saw it with the new Saints Row. They were talking about how big of a success it was even as data said otherwise all the way until Volition got shut down. They were that desperate to prove the chuds wrong and they will continue to be.

I mean it's pretty obvious now that the 2 gazillion players shit was just to seal the deal with Tencent. Shadows' "success" is made moot by good ol Xi basically throwing the company a lifeboat.

I'm sure all the people dunking on da chuds will be more than happy to suck off AC now that it's being made under the thumb of the company who spies on people for the same government that censors gays and blacks whenever humanly possible.

It's clear they saw Ubisoft about to eat shit and swooped in for max profits. The Great Leap (of Faith) Forward starts now.

 

[Rebel Wilson]

Its also the country where Literally HItler: The Game* comes from

*Black Myth Wukong

 

[30+GameOvers]

lol

26439234 gorillion players but still not ONE sales update. Clearly they know what they are doing, but I am surprised that people eat that shit up. Like at some point it becomes too ridiculous.

Elon Derangement Syndrome sufferers have entered the room, so Ubisoft has at least one group of morons who will buy quite literally the most ridiculous lie as long as it is an L against Tesla Man. Shame that everybody else still hates them and actively wants them to go bankrupt, tho.

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3 million players and not even a third of them bought the game so Ubisoft can claim 1M units sold. They really think they could just fudge numbers and not have people be suspicious. This is very poor form for whoever's running their socmed accounts, though I suppose there's not much one can do to spin such bad numbers.

The only people who still listen to Ubisoft either have and agenda and will believe anything or they're drooling morons and are so stupid they will still believe anything they say. They can make a tweet tomorrow saying that they got 20 million players and their fanbase won't bat an eye. EDS victims I mentioned above will celebrate that as an own against Musk, knowing full well that's a lie, and /v/ will probably have another sticky on how owned the chuds are.
You should just assume they are lying about everything unless they come out with statistics or sources, we're long past the point of companies gaslighting and now they're just straight up lying thru their teeth.

Coincidentally, the steamdb player estimates have now stabilise around 300-400k sales on Steam, so approximately around 350K. If we use the 25% guess, then the total sales right now would be below 2 millions. Considering the platform and marketplace cut, then the revenue Ubisoft had would be only 100 millions, way below the estimated budget of this game

*Below 300K-400K since they were found to bot their numbers, remember?

 

[p1138]

This announcement came out at the same time:

https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/tencent-acquires-25-stake-in-ubisofts-new-gaming-subsidiary-93CH-3952688

And I'm sure this definitely totally isn't just a means to move debt around

 

[gaysexenjoyer]

And I'm sure this definitely totally isn't just a means to move debt around

Oh for Ubisoft absolutely, but for Tencent it's the first step in them just flat out buying their IP's.

I'd say Tencent becomes a majority shareholder or outright buys this new company within 2 years.

 

[Professor G. Raff]

So many "This is actually a good thing, chuds. Ubisoft won." posts on Twitter right now... very humorous.

 

[p1138]

So many "This is actually a good thing, chuds. Ubisoft won." posts on Twitter right now... very humorous.

Yes, Ubisoft won by having to segment off their largest franchises and sell a 25% stake to the chinese to make up for the massive losses they had taken in 2023 and 2024, all to avoid the company going fucking bankrupt.

 

[Rezza]

We'd probably only see the real numbers and them giving up lying about this game's sales at May, that's when Ubisoft released their financial report. April would be the fastest when they have to admit the number would he lower than their target

 

[Zaryiu2]

The modern day story served it's purpose of connecting all three eras together and letting the overarching narrative close. The Isu were destroyed by the Sun and the ancestors served as a bridge between the Isu remnants and the modern day so that the cycle could be broken and the world could be saved.

That story, the one set up in AC1, ended in 3. Desmond was dead, the apocalypse was prevented and humanity was saved, but that salvation came at the cost of freedom. Juno was free and alive again.

AC3 had many flaws but at the very least it actually finished the story they were telling but still left the door open for the loose plot-threads to be explored.

Ubisoft flailing so hard that they haven't done anything with that is fucking embarrassing. Juno was reborn and she dies off-screen, in-between games in some shitty comic book.

Yeah what they on now? The 4th or 5th story in the present? Desmond's, the stuff about Juno, Origins to Valhalla had Layla as a sort of protaf then Basim/Loki betrays her and leaves her (with the Reader that is implied to be Desmond preserved consciousness) so the next game is using his DNA to see his past (all this from a sypnosis) and now i don't even know and i doubt Ubisoft knows either and the series should have died at one point

 

[30+GameOvers]

So many "This is actually a good thing, chuds. Ubisoft won." posts on Twitter right now... very humorous.

The term "Emperor Has New Clothes" comes to mind, lmfao

 

[flamminglaevateinn]

Famitsu is out. Shadows sold like shit in Japan.

 

[Lone MacReady II]

Yes, Ubisoft won by having to segment off their largest franchises and sell a 25% stake to the chinese to make up for the massive losses they had taken in 2023 and 2024, all to avoid the company going fucking bankrupt.

Imagine if they didn't have USAID shekels covering their loses (and you know it isn't just them, USAID isn't the be all end all source of propaganda in the world, just one horrid tentacle of a Fink-tier kosher octopus).

 

[Deus Exica]

>Inb4 the first thing they make after being owned by Tencent is an Assassin's Creed set in ancient China

They have AC Lesbian Witches in the can first.

 

[Edgy But Dull]

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Famitsu is out. Shadows sold like shit in Japan.

Elaborating more on this, this sold WAY worse in Japan than all the other AC games week 1.
Mirage ( 2023 )[gematsu]:
-20,407 for PS5
-8,029 for PS4
-28,436 total sales
Valhalla ( 2020 )[gematsu]:
-45,055 for PS4
-4,227 for PS5
-49,282 total sales
Odyssey ( 2018 )[gematsu]:
-45,166 total units (PS4 only)

This game can't even sell half the numbers of Odyssey or Valhalla in JAPAN, the country the game is based on.

This announcement came out at the same time:

https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/tencent-acquires-25-stake-in-ubisofts-new-gaming-subsidiary-93CH-3952688

So reading this part really shows what's going on:

Relationship between the new subsidiary and Ubisoft Entertainment:

o The new subsidiary would include the teams developing the Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six, Assassin’s
Creed and Far Cry franchises based in Montréal, Quebec, Sherbrooke, Saguenay, Barcelona, and
Sofia as well as the back-catalog and any new games currently under development or to be
developed.
o The new subsidiary would be granted by Ubisoft a worldwide, exclusive, irrevocable, perpetual
license in respect of the intellectual property and similar proprietary rights owned or licensable
by Ubisoft in relation to Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six, Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry in exchange for
a royalty.

Main terms of the binding agreement with Tencent:

o Tencent would invest in the new subsidiary which is headquartered in France and 100% owned
by Ubisoft immediately prior to the transaction. Specifically, at closing of the transaction, Tencent
would invest a total amount of EUR1.16bn for an approximate 25% economic interest in the New
subsidiary, that will be used to strengthen Ubisoft’s balance sheet by significantly reducing its
consolidated net debt position, accelerate the Group’s transformation, and sustain growth of
selected franchises. After closing of the transaction, the new subsidiary would remain exclusively
controlled and consolidated by Ubisoft.
o Conditions precedent to the transaction:
− Issuance of a fairness opinion from Finexsi acting as independent expert
− Completion of the carve-out to create the new subsidiary
− Obtention of the necessary regulatory clearances
Ubisoft can unilaterally waive the issuance of the fairness opinion as a condition precedent.
o Completion of the transaction is expected before the end of 2025.
o The new subsidiary would have a dedicated leadership team, supervised by a Board of Directors,
focused on enhancing creative vision and streamlining operations, with the authority to make
swift, high-impact decisions across development, marketing, and distribution, to ensure these
brands continue to evolve, attract new audiences, and deliver groundbreaking gaming
experiences for years to come.
o Tencent would benefit from customary minority protection rights as well as certain consent rights
on the disposals of the important new subsidiary assets
o Other provisions in relation to Tencent’s shareholding in the New subsidiary notably include:
− A 5-year lock-up undertaking on New subsidiary shares held by Tencent, unless Ubisoft
no longer owns a majority of New subsidiary voting rights and share capital
− Ubisoft may not cease to hold a majority of New subsidiary voting rights and share capital
for a 2-year period
− Customary share transfer provisions, including, a right of first refusal to the benefit of
Ubisoft, a right of first offer to the benefit of Tencent, tag-along right to the benefit of
Tencent, and drag-along right to the benefit of Ubisoft (subject to certain conditions)
− Call option to the benefit of Ubisoft and put option to the benefit of Tencent in the event
of certain change of control of Ubisoft approved by its Board of Directors – Exercise price
will be the higher of (i) the fair market value of New subsidiary shares and (ii) the same
EBIT multiple as that in the change of control transaction of Ubisoft; it being specified
that for the call option there will be a specific minimum price protection during the first
4 years following closing of the transaction with Tencent.

The new subsidiary has all the dev teams working on their IPs and Ubisoft proper gives them an exclusive, irrevocable, and perpetual license to their IPs while Tencent invests 1.16 billion EUR for a 25% stake and a right of first offer for Ubisoft's shares. So basically Tencent is only able to wholly take over if Ubisoft ceases to be the majority shareholder of the subsidiary or Ubisoft sells the remaining shares to them. This is clearly just step 1 of the buyout from Tencent.

 

[Rebel Wilson]

− Ubisoft may not cease to hold a majority of New subsidiary voting rights and share capital
for a 2-year period

Can't happen for 2 years after the transaction closes which assuming it is in this year means Tencent can't take over until 2027-onward.

 

[Day of the Cope]

Have we hit the "player counts don't matter" cope yet or am I late?