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EnergyZ
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President of MM Wiki
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posted October 25, 2015 05:13 PM |
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So wait, does this mean Ubi has less influence on making new games? Or what does this actually mean? I am not a marketing expert... or an economic one.
But, more importantly, does this affect the MM team?
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Pawek_13
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Maths, maths everywhere!
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posted October 25, 2015 05:19 PM |
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Elvin said:
I am not convinced that the takeover was an ethical issue 
I know that the most likelyreason why Vivendi bought Ubi's and Gameloft's shares is because of their desire to once again be presentin the gaming market. Through my post I tried to explain why did they pick Ubi and not other company, like Rockstar.
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jadw8888
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Avenger Ultimate
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posted October 25, 2015 05:24 PM |
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I think Ubi have full influence on their games - but they have a budget to stick to, which is why they're not making a Fallout 4 any time soon.
What would be interesting is, if Ubi get taken over by a larger company, shouldn't that mean games like Might & Magic get a better budget?
If MMH7 fails after it's fully patched and makes a loss, chances are Limbic will be out and either Heroes is finished or MMH8 will be under some new developer with a new vision and new ideas.
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verriker
Honorable
Legendary Hero
We don't need another 'eroes
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posted October 25, 2015 05:56 PM |
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the other day Vivendi actually bought even more of Ubisoft (raising to 10.4%), and now they are the majority shareholder, dis gon be gud lol
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Datapack
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posted October 25, 2015 08:50 PM |
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verriker said:
the other day Vivendi actually bought even more of Ubisoft (raising to 10.4%), and now they are the majority shareholder, dis gon be gud lol
Why on earth would they invest money in Ubi?
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Stevie
Responsible
Undefeatable Hero
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posted October 25, 2015 08:51 PM |
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Edited by Stevie at 20:53, 25 Oct 2015.
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"These investments are part of a strategic vision of operational convergence between Vivendi’s content and platforms on one hand and the Ubisoft and Gameloft productions in video games on the other." - source
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GenyaArikado
Bad-mannered
Supreme Hero
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posted October 25, 2015 10:06 PM |
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What exactly are you expecting out of this? Because the last recent thing of this kind i recall was when Blizzard and Activision got merged (by Vivendi) and it didmt really change snow.
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EnergyZ
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President of MM Wiki
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posted October 25, 2015 10:09 PM |
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GenyaArikado
Bad-mannered
Supreme Hero
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posted October 25, 2015 10:22 PM |
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Arent Vivendi just "buying" Ubisoft?
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verriker
Honorable
Legendary Hero
We don't need another 'eroes
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posted October 25, 2015 10:23 PM |
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GenyaArikado said:
What exactly are you expecting out of this?
all non-cash cow IPs, such as Might and Magic, will be thrown into the nearest shredder by Vivendi and never be heard from again lol
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Gryphs
Supreme Hero
The Clever Title
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posted October 25, 2015 10:32 PM |
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Isn't that where Might and Magic is charging right now?
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EnergyZ
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President of MM Wiki
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posted October 25, 2015 10:36 PM |
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verriker said:
GenyaArikado said:
What exactly are you expecting out of this?
all non-cash cow IPs, such as Might and Magic, will be thrown into the nearest shredder by Vivendi and never be heard from again lol
Even if it existed for 30 years? That fact along must mean something.
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Stevie
Responsible
Undefeatable Hero
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posted October 25, 2015 10:36 PM |
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Or invested in properly from Vivendi's allocated budget for at least a cycle to see what results it brings. If their coming on Ubisoft's board warrants a continuation of the M&M franchise, then I do hope Vivendi reads this and deletes the current M&M Team's staff altogether, starting with Erwan le Breton first and foremost.
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Elvin
Admirable
Omnipresent Hero
Endless Revival
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posted October 25, 2015 10:51 PM |
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verriker said:
GenyaArikado said:
What exactly are you expecting out of this?
all non-cash cow IPs, such as Might and Magic, will be thrown into the nearest shredder by Vivendi and never be heard from again lol
Crossed my mind to be honest. From a neutral point of view, heroes is a risky investment and Ubi hasn't exactly done a good job keeping it afloat. Then again, who knows?
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3lion
Known Hero
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posted October 25, 2015 11:28 PM |
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*sigh*
Bye-bye, Might & Magic, Prince of Persia, Settlers, Beyond Good&Evil... Hello, JustDance...
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Stevie
Responsible
Undefeatable Hero
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posted October 25, 2015 11:32 PM |
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3lion
Known Hero
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posted October 25, 2015 11:37 PM |
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Stevie said:
You guys really believe Vivendi went there to disown Ubisoft of its franchises? What kind of business sense is that?
No, they came to make money. More money than they already spent on purchasing the share.
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Avirosb
Promising
Legendary Hero
No longer on vacation
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posted October 26, 2015 06:17 AM |
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Edited by Avirosb at 06:22, 26 Oct 2015.
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Maybe they could relocate resources from other M&M spinoffs to the one spinoff that actually matter 
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Stevie
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Undefeatable Hero
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posted October 26, 2015 06:44 AM |
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That'd be the sensible thing to do. Focusing on the two main titles, the TBS flagship (should stop being the flagship tho, it doesn't work) and some RPG between Dark Messiah and M&M, would be way easier and efficient than having to also manage all the extra dying spin-offs like DoC and HO.
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Elvin
Admirable
Omnipresent Hero
Endless Revival
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posted October 26, 2015 08:09 AM |
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Eh doc went really good but they let it die. I had been there from the very beginning and there was so much they could have done. The devs were around and checking the forums regularly so they knew what to do.
I do not think it was a bad investment, anything but. Just mismanaged.
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