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Topic	Why Ubisoft is obsessed with "games as a service"
Dash_Harber 02/12/18 6:44:11 PM #7:	Darmik posted... Dash_Harber posted... Because they want to be the Netflix of video games. They smell profit and are willing to chase it off a cliff if they think they can catch it. I mean, they won't be wiped out because they have enough money printing anchors to keep them going, but it's definitely a bad direction for any video game company. The only company that has pulled off anything even remotely close is Steam, and that is still more of a storefront than a streaming service. I'm not sure what you mean. The games as a service model has paid off for Ubisoft, EA, Take Two and Activision. Ubisoft uses graphs that show the industry as a whole. It pays off for anyone who goes for it. So you think the reason that EA and Ubisoft are profitable is because of Origin and Ubisoft Club? I mean, how do you even measure that when the product you are selling is the game and you are forcing people to use the service to play them? <cite>Dash_Harber posted [p:895964082] in Why Ubisof... [t:76312593]...</cite> <quote><cite>Darmik posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Dash_Harber posted...</cite> <quote>Because they want to be the Netflix of video games. They smell profit and are willing to chase it off a cliff if they think they can catch it. I mean, they won't be wiped out because they have enough money printing anchors to keep them going, but it's definitely a bad direction for any video game company. The only company that has pulled off anything even remotely close is Steam, and that is still more of a storefront than a streaming service.</quote> I'm not sure what you mean. The games as a service model has paid off for Ubisoft, EA, Take Two and Activision. Ubisoft uses graphs that show the industry as a whole. It pays off for anyone who goes for it.</quote> So you think the reason that EA and Ubisoft are profitable is because of Origin and Ubisoft Club? I mean, how do you even measure that when the product you are selling is the game and you are forcing people to use the service to play them?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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