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Re:More than 300 game developers lost their jobs in one day,... by jsheard on Thursday December 05, 2024 @12:01PM (#42330027)
I don't particularly enjoy Ubisofts games, they're the definition of bland uninspired AAA slop, but they are profitable. As a publicly traded company their financials have to be transparent so we know for a fact they were net positive over FY 2024.
Re:More than 300 game developers lost their jobs in one day,... by sickofparadox on Thursday December 05, 2024 @12:22PM (#42330261)
They are held afloat by a few massive live service games, but every single one of their major releases this year has been a disaster. From the comedy of errors in their latest Assasin's Creed game, to the first ever "AAAA" flop Skull and Bones, to Star Wars outlaws, which was so bad the board announced a comprehensive internal review to figure out what went wrong, and the recent announcement of the sunsetting of their "COD killer" XDefiant. They can't coast off of Rainbow 6 Siege forever.
Re:More than 300 game developers lost their jobs in one day,... by Cumpiler69 on Thursday December 05, 2024 @12:10PM (#42330136)
Their share price today is lower than in 2008. Unadjusted for inflation.

Ubisoft is always making profit but their profit margin getting smaller and smaller so that one day (if this continues), executives will begin to sack developers to keep their high salaries intact while pandering to shareholders.

Re:More than 300 game developers lost their jobs in one day,... by jsheard on Thursday December 05, 2024 @12:15PM (#42330189)
The 2008 peak was around August, and then dropped sharply in November of the same year because they did a 2:1 stock split (i.e. the stock price halved but they doubled the number of stocks in circulation, keeping the companies value the same). Comparing the price of a single stock now to then is apples and oranges.