Fandom Pulse is reporting (paywall), according to a “Ubisoft insider”, that the beleaguered video game company is pushing back on Steam to try and get certain data points removed from public view. This would include data points like peak and concurrent users. The insider continues by saying that Star Wars Outlaws has still failed to surpass the 2 million units sold point having been released for almost 3 months. That’s a far cry (get it?) from the 5 million in the first month some investors were hoping for at launch.
The report also alleges that Ubisoft isn’t alone. Other companies would also like Valve to stop reporting numbers that they’d rather paint their own way on investor calls, or just dodge entirely like Ubisoft has done on recent calls where the lackluster performance of Star Wars Outlaws has come up.
Yeah, just more bullshit from AAA publishers to hide information that their games are mediocre and games to waste their money.
I won’t even pirate a Ubisoft game these days. Free is still too expensive for the digital slop they put out.
Agreed, my storage space and time is worth more than their slop
Same. Which is crazy, cuz I spend my time arguing with Tankies on Lemmy.
I feel like .ml and .world are in a competition on who can fling the most shit at eachother.
Stop the DEI bullshit and start hiring real talent. Sack the CEOs and bosses and strip them of their bonuses.
Or, maybe people are waking up and not buying the bullshit any longer. If the latter is true, the problem fixes itself eventually.
“Oh no, queer people are in my bideo games” this is what the ‘DEI bad’ argument looks like to anyone with a modicum of common sense.
Sincerely, DEI right now is just the newest made up enemy of chuds. Most of the time devs have to fight against higher ups to include any diversity apart from what gamers have considered “cis white male” adjacent.
Women as a main character? DEI
Pronouns? DEI
White male protagonist isn’t manly enough? DEI
Those are all based on real examples btw
