Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has confirmed that XDefiant has fallen behind expectations amid company struggles.
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Ubisoft Says That XDefiant Has Fallen Behind Expectations
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Captain_Fuzz
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Spot on, this game got delays on delays to add stuff in that cod was doing... No innovation to be seen but they can copy all the ever more annoying mtx and bloat over.
Dangerman1337
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The weird thing as pointed out by Ghost of Hope on Twitter, is that a lot of attempts to take on CoD go for Hero stuff instead of kill/scorestreaks with gives you a relatively easy way for your brain to go "I did well and got rewarded for it!" Vs passive-ish hero abilities.
crux
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Agree. They really need to improve the netcode ASAP.
Captain_Fuzz
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What was the last ubisoft game to make money? Valhalla?
crux
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AC Mirage did make profit according to Insiders.
Captain_Fuzz
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Completely forgot about Mirage, crazy to see that a dlc that was later developed into a shorter game has better reception than their headliners.
SleepyAgent
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I really don't understand what the play was here.
They make a shooter than while competently made, is chasing the feeling of like 2012 / 2013 Call of Duty with hero shooter elements from 2015 Call of Duty mixed in. So it already feels dated and like we've seen it before.
The unique drive for the game, is the factions made up of recognisable stuff from Ubi franchises. But you don't play as the people from that franchise, you play generic characters associated with the faction.
Their main major competitor hits a stumble during Modern Warfare 2's run, they're unique situated to address a lot of the issues fans have with the game.
They hold a beta which is very popular and earn a lot of goodwill from the shooter community.
They then waste that goodwill by messing around for the better part of a year, as they run in place trying to sort out all the little issues that're cropping up.
They spend so long that their major competitor is able to release another game that largely addresses the main gameplay related issues that their game had based its whole identity around.
They come back a whole year later after your last console beta, with no new content.
They have a pre-season that lasts a LONG time, during which the only thing to grind for is camo and a battle pass
They allow their major competitor to ramp up their next big marketing push for their new release while they spin their wheels giving the first scraps of new content that should've been there from day 1.
"Oh we've fallen behind in expectations"
They make a shooter than while competently made, is chasing the feeling of like 2012 / 2013 Call of Duty with hero shooter elements from 2015 Call of Duty mixed in. So it already feels dated and like we've seen it before.
The unique drive for the game, is the factions made up of recognisable stuff from Ubi franchises. But you don't play as the people from that franchise, you play generic characters associated with the faction.
Their main major competitor hits a stumble during Modern Warfare 2's run, they're unique situated to address a lot of the issues fans have with the game.
They hold a beta which is very popular and earn a lot of goodwill from the shooter community.
They then waste that goodwill by messing around for the better part of a year, as they run in place trying to sort out all the little issues that're cropping up.
They spend so long that their major competitor is able to release another game that largely addresses the main gameplay related issues that their game had based its whole identity around.
They come back a whole year later after your last console beta, with no new content.
They have a pre-season that lasts a LONG time, during which the only thing to grind for is camo and a battle pass
They allow their major competitor to ramp up their next big marketing push for their new release while they spin their wheels giving the first scraps of new content that should've been there from day 1.
"Oh we've fallen behind in expectations"