An authoritative insider named the main reasons for the problems at Ubisoft, which resulted in frequent cancellations and transfers of games

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Last week, the media leaked information about serious problems at Ubisoft: games are canceled, work on

The company's management has decided to significantly reduce costs, including through the dismissal of a large number of employees.

Famous insider Tom Henderson (Tom Henderson)conducted his own investigation and published an analytical article on the Insider Gaming website. He talked to some Ubisoft employees and identified a number of the main reasons that led the French company to a difficult situation.

What is known

According to employees with whom I spokeHenderson, one of the main factors that led to a sharp decrease in the efficiency of the Ubisoft team was the remote work caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Working from home, game designers have lost their usual pace and significantly worsened communication among themselves. From 2024, Ubisoft plans to stop working remotely.

The second reason why the French giantso often cancels the game, has become too much simultaneous development. Even the 20,000-strong Ubisoft team lacks the time and energy to release all projects on time and in excellent quality. Chances are most of the recently canceled games are battle royales, as Ubisoft wanted to conquer the genre and staffers say they were making about a dozen of them at one time at one point. But the popularity of this genre is gradually declining, so the efforts of the developers were in vain.

According to Henderson, Ubisoft often conducts secret tests of their developments, and if the control group does not like these projects, they are canceled.

Why is it important

Summarizing all the factors, it can be stated thatUbisoft's already mismanaged management is compounded by a huge amount of unnecessary development, an exorbitantly bloated staff and remote work. Do not forget about the economic crisis.

If Ubisoft manages to quickly localize all the above reasons and reorganize the company's work, they have a chance to remain one of the leading gaming companies in the world.The first steps towards this have been made: not so long ago it became known that the French developer will changeThe approach to developing flagship games will not try to please all players at once.One of such projects will be Assassin's Creed Mirage, created according to the wishes of fans of the old parts of the franchise.