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Bunch of lying management people. It shows how this company is controlled and by what kind of people. People without passion for gaming. The only thing they can

Bunch of lying management people. It shows how this company is controlled and by what kind of people. People without passion for gaming. The only thing they can is lying and focusing on short term money. Any good human would just tell the truth. Of course this was planned. The reaction of gamers was not predicted and now they blame it because of a technical issue. Yeah right. Uninstall Ubisoft.

chrisfosterelli 3y ago
Yeah I play most of the AC games but I typically play them a few years behind release. Ubisoft games, especially the Assassin's creed franchise, have been getting incrementally more aggressive in pushing ads for the latest release backward into the previous games. To me it seems far more likely than not that this one just had more pushback than they were expecting so they're backpedaling on it.
gurchik 3y ago
The statement from Ubisoft is that the advertisement was only supposed to show when the game was first started, not when any other menu was opened. I know Ubisoft often does not deserve the benefit of the doubt but I find this explanation very plausible. A lot of games these days do this, even ones from much more “trusted” developers and publishers like Nintendo.
- jimmaswell 3y ago
  I recall lots of game manuals including advertisements for other games, and not having manuals anymore, the main menu is fair enough. Some PS1 demos in particular had ads for other games in the games themselves too I think.
  - munk-a 3y ago
    I don't think we need to excuse any additional creep of advertising into modern media - we're plenty over-saturated as is.
- diego_sandoval 3y ago
  I don't think popup ads that obstruct your interaction with the main menu are acceptable either, they're only slightly less scummy than in-game ads.
plagiarist 3y ago
This describes basically every AAA studio. Yet another industry taken over by nickel-and-dime enshittification coupled with a commons that allows the tragedies to occur.

chrisfosterelli 3y ago

Yeah I play most of the AC games but I typically play them a few years behind release. Ubisoft games, especially the Assassin's creed franchise, have been getting incrementally more aggressive in pushing ads for the latest release backward into the previous games. To me it seems far more likely than not that this one just had more pushback than they were expecting so they're backpedaling on it.

gurchik 3y ago

The statement from Ubisoft is that the advertisement was only supposed to show when the game was first started, not when any other menu was opened. I know Ubisoft often does not deserve the benefit of the doubt but I find this explanation very plausible. A lot of games these days do this, even ones from much more “trusted” developers and publishers like Nintendo.

jimmaswell 3y ago
I recall lots of game manuals including advertisements for other games, and not having manuals anymore, the main menu is fair enough. Some PS1 demos in particular had ads for other games in the games themselves too I think.
- munk-a 3y ago
  I don't think we need to excuse any additional creep of advertising into modern media - we're plenty over-saturated as is.
diego_sandoval 3y ago
I don't think popup ads that obstruct your interaction with the main menu are acceptable either, they're only slightly less scummy than in-game ads.

plagiarist 3y ago

This describes basically every AAA studio. Yet another industry taken over by nickel-and-dime enshittification coupled with a commons that allows the tragedies to occur.