Ubisoft buyout talks are reportedly progressing, but there's one small hitch: The Guillemot family wants to stay in charge, but Tencent isn't so sure about that
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/ubisoft-buyout-talks-are-reportedly-progressing-but-theres-one-small-hitch-the-guillemot-family-wants-to-stay-in-charge-but-tencent-isnt-so-sure-about-that
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BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world · 40 pts · 1y
The only way it makes economic sense for a buyer is if the Guillemot’s are kicked to the curb and never allowed anywhere near the entertainment industry ever again.
mrfriki@lemmy.world · 43 pts · 1y
Not that the Tencent conglomerate is going to be any better to the gaming industry but yeah, you are not wrong.
pe1uca@lemmy.pe1uca.dev · 3 pts · 1y
Gameloft was a sister company, wasn't it? What's happened to them?
I've seen a few trailers for their games in some Nintendo directs, are they any good? Or have they followed a similar path as Ubisoft?
Bronzebeard@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
They mostly make much smaller games. Almost mobile app type things.
jonathan@lemmy.zip · 21 pts · 1y
They should take the pay day and start another studio, if they're so sure this is the right industry for them
Empricorn@feddit.nl · 11 pts · 1y
Fucking billionaires, man. You get control over millions of people, or you get enough money for all your great-great-grandchildren's entire lives, no one's entitled to both. The vast majority of people will have neither...
Bronzebeard@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
Eww tencent would somehow make Ubisoft worse.