Did Star Wars Outaws KILL Ubisoft...? 

Bout to play battlefront 2 2005

I think their AAAA garbage pirate game gave them a fatal wound and this was the final nail in the coffin.

No star wars outlaws didnt kill Ubisoft they did it to themselves. Glad i never bought this game at all tbh

Ubisoft killed Ubisoft before everything with Star Wars happened. Pretty much most games after 2010s have been hits or misses. Most misses

Ubisoft really needs to take a break from making open world games. Their increasingly poor reputation with the genre has been making fewer gamers willing to spend $70+ on the same formula they've seen for at least a decade now.

The game’s going down a path I can’t follow

Ubisoft shot themselves in the foot with their comments about not owning the games you pay for. Top that off with lackluster releases and predatory "Special Editions" for those games...

no Dog at the end ? :(

Refusing to release on Steam killed Ubisoft..

No. This was just one tiny blip in the many, many problems this company has since at least 10 years.

Outlaws didn't kill Ubisoft, Ubisoft's leadership killed it. If the leadership had been different, and cared more about making a game for gamers, and not this broken slop, Ubisoft wouldn't be in their current predicament. Outlaws being the slop filled flop that it was, was nothing more than the consequence of a series of failures stemming from the top of the company and working its way down.

"Ubisoft Admits Star Wars Outlaws Underperformed" *In other news, water makes things wet*

The game is bland. Nothing political, it's just not worth the price you pay for it.

Don't ask questions. Just consume product and then get excited for more product.

Outlaws was the theme we wanted, a non-Force smuggler focused game, but the product had little to offer. We wanted character creation, deep interaction in the universe, starship customization, gear and skill to personalize our style, and honestly a better looking game. This game...just didn't do it. It looks and feels boring. I am a starship nut, and her ship was a box. A boring box. This is STAR WARS, with some of the most unique and interesting starship designs in any franchise...and even the ship is boring.

I think it's the same general problem that many big studios/publishers face, like Bethesda: Over time, they started sticking closer and closer to their old tried-and-true formulas, applying them to every new game they release, just with a new flavor and a bit of a technical upgrade (higher resolution, larger maps, DLSS, etc.). So Bethesda started pumping out Skyrim-like games, and Ubisoft keeps making Assassin’s Creed-like games, some of which were still quite good and fun. But after so many iterations, we've finally reached a point where the same old formula just isn’t working anymore. Part of the issue is that those big hits of the past had their flaws (similar to the ones we see today), but at the time, they were groundbreaking and innovative, which overshadowed the problems. Now, the magic is mostly gone, and those same old flaws are much harder to overlook, making them more unacceptable.

no making bad games did them in lol lets not act like Ubisoft been making good games

The only way Outlaws would've ever delivered, is if its gameplay and story actually focused on "Outlaws". Creating a highly illegal intergalactic smuggling & spice trading organization while making morally questionable choices is what I envision under "an outlaw". Instead we get this goody two-shoes "too cool for the Empire ;-)" bs, that's only connection to it being an "Outlaw", is the MC being anti-Imperial. So they basically just made another Rebel story line, how intuitive.

Also with Frostpunk 2, Space Marine 2, and the new DLC for Rogue trader coming out that has to hurt this game because the other games are selling great and they are for a lot less in price.

Having played a good out of hours….this game was just a shame. So unpolished, unimaginative and most importantly, a wasted opportunity. Like Eck its playable but man it’s dry

I’m really tired of this “under preformed bs”. Did it looses money? Or did it make money but not a Bull Shit amount of money? Or did it make a Bullshit amount of money but you though you make a “are you fucking serious” amount of money?

Outlaws didn’t kill Ubisoft. Assassins creed shadows will

punching out armored troopers with bare hands? Lol

Bro this punching thing is sooo dumb , it actually triggers me , deserves a negative review just because of this

Update: The stock is at 9 euros now.

And here I am playing and enjoying galactic campaigns in Empire at war, an almost 20 years old game (although with the AotR mod) and I always have fun, unless the AI decides to throw me like 2 or 3 dozens of MC-80 Justice cruisers, I still have bad memory of that battle. Seriously, we need a modern remake of that game.

Outlaws captivates what Disney has been doing to Star Wars for the last decade.

Ahhh, Victory.

Concord reportedly had a toxic positivity work environment, where nobody was allowed to give criticism and I wonder outlaws had a similar thing where developers weren’t allowed to give ideas only the leads and the leads are only focused on the sales and not how good the game can be

Got a Trojan ad before this video

Rayman legends was their last decent game, but they did this to them selves over the past decade and a bit, doesnt help with the low point the SW franchise is currently in too

I wouldn't play this game, even if it was for free we wanted 1313 not this

no

No. Ubisuck deleted itself. And disney attempted to kill SW, but ideas are bulletproof Mr.Creedy.

Just seeing the video clips of the main character punching stormtrooper armor and helmets and somehow knocking them out in two hits makes me not want to play. That alone makes no sense and shouldn't be possible. Dumb and glad I didnt get it.

The last time I was this early Darth Vader uploaded his "WE BLEW UP ALDERAAN" video

Ubisoft is about to scale back heavily and make more games like The Lost Crown. Shorter games that people will get through faster. In 2024 there are just too many long form games like Helldivers II and FFVII-R. Shorter games like Astro Bot and Resident Evil are doing well in terms of sales.

God I hope so

You know, I wanted to go into videogame design when I was a kid. The late 2000s/early 2010s were practically the peak of gaming's evolution. Now, looking at the state of the industry and all the big games (aside from Indy games, which you don't need a job to do), I'm actually glad I didn't go down this path. Kinda bittersweet...

Ubisoft and Disney is like a partnership between AM and Judge Holden

Poetic justice 🎉

Great! The Game was Trash.

I don't think Outlaws killed Ubisoft, I think the current model of AAA gaming is killing the industry in general. These multi-million dollar video games have to be megahits to have any hope of making good returns. A 6 year development cycle, $100s of millions in investment and releasing $80 (with micro transaction) middling products just doesn't resonate with gamers. Studios need to reign in their budgeting and scope. They need to stop paying $5 million to get a big Hollywood star to voice a main character. They need to stop creating games 16x the size, with infinite replayability and the worlds best graphics in a 50 hour package. Look at Hellblade 1 vs Hellblade 2. Scope ballooned, the project suffered and no one really felt Hellblade 2 was an overall better game. Companies need to start releasing tight 8 hour campaigns that cost $40-50 dollars, full of budding video game voice actors and maybe a few big names in the VA circle like Laura Bailey, Steve Blum, Jennifer Hale. Stop buying super bowl ads. Stop spending $50 million on a booth at PAX or Gamescom.

I haven't played an Ubisoft game since AC3

Outlaws looked so BAD, BLAND and BUGGY, that it finally got me to play Jedi: Fallen Order. I am having WAAYYY more fun then I ever would with a UbiSlop title.

It it looked like a dull game playing it safe so I didn't care. Now if they released star wars 1313 and didn't sanitize it i would have bought that.

Gotta admit I’ve been struggling to find the motivation to play outlaws, and play games in general. I think part of the burnout simply has to do with all the drama surrounding the games industry right now.

Even if it doesn't god i hope it does Ubi needs to go down they just keep messing up and need to go

One can fucking hope that it's the last nail in the coffin for Ubisoft. Now we just need to get rid of EA.

A smal girl one punching a stormtrooper through the helmet is hard to watch for me😢

I would hate being Ubisoft right now - Outlaws sales are bad - xDefiant kinda dying - AC Shadows demolished by Sucker Punch Ghost of Yotei

Make expensive games better. Or charge less. Simple economics!

Maybe game companies should start making games that are actually interesting and more importantly, FUN

...Did it kill Ubisoft? God, I hope so.

Hopefully

I would have gotten the game day 1 if it released on steam. I know from a bunch of friends that it would have been the same for them.

Haven't played this or the new fallen order, can't play it on the xbox 1. What I have seen of the game, it's broken

It’s amazing to me that anyone at Ubisoft ever thought this concept would be profitable? Did they do any market research at all?

ubisoft : - people hired because of their ideas rather than their actual skills - delusionnal-driven decisions - laziness - woke - not even managing to make self introspection to see what made their games successful in the past and you should start by applying the success recipe again rather than pooping a game without thinking first. they 100% deserve to completely collapse and I hope, to shut down forever. What they do is criminal

"Soft sales" is an interesting way to say "it fucking bombed"

We can only hope

I hope it did

"We'll investigate what's wrong with our sales" Zero attempts to try anything new, Siege is literally limping from the total lack of real care given to it, open world games were already getting old with Far Cry 4, fire whoever thought of making a pirate game without letting you actually be a pirate. Investigation done. I'd expect my consulting check in the mail but something tells me the check would bounce.

I can proudly say I’m comfortable not owning Ubisoft’s games

People who actually play games knew this wasn’t new Ubisoft has a reputation that sticks and spreads for a reason games journalist don’t know or care which is why this is a “surprise”

I had noticed there had been a period of quite a bit of news, and now a period of less news, and as someone who is more interested in not-news than news, I appreciate the attempt to keep balance. This news sounds pretty good for me too, having to get it on Uplay was a big turn-off, so knowing they're going to do a Steam release justifies my hesitation. I might just hesitate a bit longer and see if they let it go at a discount. I like singleplayer games and the stealth focus and interesting upgrade systems appeal to me, it's only its lukewarm reception that's making we wait. Definitely want to get it at some point but I am more than willing to be patient for my best opportunity.

Outlaws critically wounded Ubisoft. Assassin's Creed Shadows will deliver the fatal blow

I think Outlaws was a victim of Ubisoft more than Ubisoft was a victim of Outlaws. Even if it was a "just ok" game, a studio with fewer problems might have made it more of a success.

It's more ubisoft slop. If you've played any ubsioft open world game in the last few years, you've played them all. Same generic boring game play and nothing to get you interested whilst costing an arm and a leg

As others have said, Ubisoft killed Ubisoft. It was announced and i already didn't care because it was Ubisoft chum. They announced the release options and pricing and it just looked worse. I thought I'd probably get it on sale eventually as I exclusively play single player games and I'm a lifelong Star Wars fan... Then I watched someone who was positive on the game streaming it and I was shocked how shallow and frankly boring it looked. I'm not gonna waste my time. I was burned on Jedi Survivor which I pre-ordered the deluxe version of, struggling through about half of the game - between garbage performance, game breaking glitches and too much of a focus on high republic boredom. Fallen Order was one of my favourite ever Star Wars games and I love Cal and the Mantis crew but that series is done for me. This doesn't even have any established characters I want to follow so I'm not gonna struggle through at my own expense. I've just accepted that Disney are never going to make any of the games I'd want to see out of Star Wars 🤷 Saves me money I guess but it's sad, they killed off interest in the main saga, then Boba Fett, wasted likely the last appearances of Obi Wan & Qui Gon, squandered faith in Mando, I don't even know how I feel about the Ahsoka series (other than Shin, Baylan and the Anakin episode carrying it)... I know enough about the Acolyte to have only watched the Stranger fight and story summarys on YT and frankly I'm just glad I won't have to hear any more about it. Hopes are intact for Andor and Ahsoka's second seasons (dubious about the Mando movie) but maybe I'm just not gonna like anything new Lucasfilm put out? Saves me a LOT of money...

They did it to themselves when they attributed quarantine period rise in sales to the success of "new internal policy" and doubled down on it. And no, they're still alive. AC:Shadows going against Ghost of Yotai is what is going to kill them. They hope that another american special month and Valentine's day would save them. But they're banking too much on US alone at this point. But we'll see if several extra months would be enough to make it a good product. And if shareholders will wait for so long.

Obviously more power to everyone for what they enjoy but I genuinely could not finish the game. The story was fine, I watched some cutscene compilations after I canceled my Ubi+ subscription. But the gameplay legitimately made it impossible for me to continue. Felt more like a chore and a job than a videogame. If the KO animations weren't so unsatisfying, or I at least had the option to drag bodies away, then it'd be a lot less of a drag. Not having a leveling system or actual options when it comes to weapons that you can carry really neutered it for me also.

UBISOFT - they were always going to deliver garbage

Ubisoft will find and make any excuse to place blame for their failures on anything/anyone except the actual culprits. The leadership.

Incorrect. As usual. Remember Concord? Most people understand that it failed because the character models were ugly. This was a conscious decision by the Dev. It was a woke decision. Outlaws did the exact same thing. Everyone complained that the main character model was extremely ugly. Ubisoft ignored the complainers to their peril. It's a new form of Wokeness. People naturally see themselves in the character of their game or movie. Do you think they want to see themselves as objectively ugly or at least somewhat attractive? On top of all that, the video of this game looks awful. It does not look fun at all. It's a derpy stealth game without any common sense. How is she punching people through their armor? Is she a robot? Is she an X-Man? But the main issue the un-attractiveness of the lead character. Concord proved this beyond any possible doubt.

So basically Ubisoft is the opposite of Valve lol

Make Red Dead Redemption 2 in the Star Wars universe that's all this game needed to be. and the engine an example is already there. whereas this is a boring travesty

This is a comment more related to the video footage as opposed to the subject of the video, but shouldn't it take more than a single punch to the head to knock out a stormtrooper? I mean, shouldn't their armor be good for SOMETHING?

I just… didn’t care. I didn’t care for the gameplay, the characters, the story, any of it. There’s no, zing. It just felt like boring busy work that wasn’t going towards anything I could get into. Not a fan.

If only we could have made our own character. I like the setting, but the character and story is... blegh. And then the ridiculous stuff like punching a soldier wearing a helmet and knocking them out. WHAT? No, neutronium hard pass.

Honestly, it's likely a lot of things that are building up to kill Ubisoft. Their reluctance to excise certain cancers from their upper echelons, their peddling of exploitative schemes, jumping on bandwagons that were set to veer off a cliff, putting out a ton of games that are the same old grey dickdribble, having a pretty crap launcher, and the list goes on. High-profile failures might seem like major players, but they're probably just nails in the coffin. Thing is, in the fallout of Ubisoft going belly-up, we need to make sure that it is the higher-ups who suffer, not the poor sods on the ground floor. Cut the strings of the golden parachutes, ensure that the ones responsible for tanking the company are stripped of the privilege of doing the same shit at another company.

I'm so glad People could see this Game was going to be boring and Lackluster. You could honestly just tell from the trailers

No Star Wars Outlaws didn't kill Ubisoft.... BOTH kill themselves. I threw 70 dollars to the trash with Outlaws not even Darth Vader appareance saved this very forgetabble Star Wars title. Gotta say if this was the Star Wars Open World that Ubisoft promised way back in 2021 what a flop

Unfortunately, this is the only way things will improve. Massive game complanies won't stop pumping out uninspired garbage until it affects investors.

I remember when companies would make boat loads of money by simply making a good game. now, lots of big studio games are lipstick on a pig with no soul at extortionary prices

Ugly, boring, sometimes pandering and outright insulting. Every game they’ve made recently. People would forgive the formula for cool, awesome looking setpieces and characters and locations and choices. But there’s no choices, nothing looks good, nothing leaps out at us, we can’t be who or what we want, what anyone would want, we’re just some scruffy looking box checking HR hire doing exactly what we’re allowed to do, in a bland desert. Ugly, boring, sometimes pandering and insulting. What a waste of a great license. Good coverage Eck, thank you.

Ubisoft stock has been going down since the start of 2021. People are done with modern games that have become increasingly mediocre for much higher prices than previously seen. Bethesda is in a similar boat where realistically their next game could put the nail in the coffin after the issues with F76 and Starfield

Everything Star Wars has sucked since "Rogue One". Company has millennium worth of timelines to work with. Pre made characters in novels and comics written for them. Hur durr lets make boring wandering smuggler game but reuse all the worse elements of all Farcry. Yesss perfect... What wut? it's not making us money? What was that game that cost us next to nothing over a decade ago that was the most profitable per dollar spent we ever had.. oh right blood dragon... right got it. whatever that was NEVER do that again.. Sheesh it made our original game look bad can't have that. I mean the people actually liked it. That's not our way, the French probably. I'll never ever touch anything to do with Ubisoft connect or EA play, worst experiences ever. Stole my money once each never again. I learn quick and games are a luxury not necessary, plus there a thousands of old games without your BS.

Ubisoft did not release this game on the largest PC platform out there. By the time they do release it on Steam they will also have to discount it to get anyone to pay attention. PC is a huge market and Ubisoft just keeps cutting their own throat. They also have this pattern of making online activation requirements in their single player games so many of their old games are not playable anymore or the DLC no longer works even though it is a single player game. This is entirely self-inflicted on Ubisoft. I stopped buying their games regardless of the reviews because I was tired of the games just not working later. Maybe in 5 years with a steam deck 3 I would want to replay something like outlaws but knowing Ubisoft there is a high chance it would not work.

funny i was just looking at disney's stock performance. the company is up 321 percent since january 2009 when they acquired marvel but since january 2015 it's down 0.3 percent meaning it has not beaten inflation since 2014. a company in decline. wish they'd put all their eggs in one basket so we could drop a torpedo down its (sabotaged) exhaust port. hoping star wars will be good again before i die. i watched the special editions in theaters as a teenager around 1997; with only a few exceptions (rogue one, andor, the bad batch, most of the clone wars and rebels, parts of ahsoka and the mandalorian) it's been a steady decline from there. it's sad that things have gotten so bad that older material which wasn't initially well received now actually looks good in comparison (the prequels).

Outlaws looks like it was from 2014, not 2024 to start with. Typcial modern "AAA" unfinished, bugged out junk heap you get to pay full price for still, where they will sell you the rest of the game in DLCs and micro transactions. Ugly character design, uninspired gameplay that again was done better a decade ago already. Just put it in the bin with Concord as another pile of ill advised, poorly planned, out of touch corporate slop to be ignored. Ubisoft and the rest of this industry all started smoking industrial crack at some point to fail so much and so often now by these greedy little frauds and thieves.

Maybe make sure your game is actually fun and not half baked before asking for $130.

This is Ubisoft's burning of Rome. Ultimately, they're going to see that their sloppy micro transactions, dollar store marketing, and generic titles are what's going to make them have to talk with chapter 5/11. I think we can all say that they don't warrant enough content in order to make their games worth buying anymore. I firmly believe that this "investigation" they conduct will just turn into the Simpson "it's the customers who are wrong" while trying to find some way to drop more Ubislop on us.

Ubisoft did this themselves. Them also angering the Japanese also doesn't help. Let's also remember how they said we need to get comfortable with not owning our games. We'll I'm more than fine with not owning their games. The only game I even have the slightest interest in from them is Mario and Rabbids Sparks of Hope, and even then it would have to be on a really good sale. It being half off isn't good enough. It has to be %75 off at the minimum before I buy it.

Ubisoft didn't listen to the fans when they made the game. So, of course the game is going to do poorly. Ubisoft had better pray that Star Wars fans boycott it even harder.

Star Wars is toxic now (nothing to do with Outlaws perse), and Ubisoft clearly signalled its desire to spread The Message over selling games, so people were wary of Outlaws.

They said we should get used to not owning our games...i guess they should get used to not owning our money 🤷🏼‍♂️

Lets face it - too much woke bullshit and too much of the same BS gameplay... get back to making fun games and stop pushing "the message"... P.S. this game lost me when a slim woman punched out a stormtrooper with a single blow... as a dude who has punched someone in a full faced helmet, I can tell you it is not a single punch process and your hand takes a beating...

Outlaws and AC Shadows about to tag team KO Ubisoft

I've been watching your channel for years, and I was beginning to feel like you were moving away from the classic Eck style videos, which were the reason I started watching in the first place. While I do enjoy keeping up with the news, it's great to see a return to form lately man