Ubisoft: Only Triple-A Games Are Profitable

[Akalistos]

I hope Monsieur Presidente appreciates that profitable AAA franchises don't necessarioy start with a AAA game.

Killzone 1 was a flop, now Killzone 2 and soon Killzone 3
Modern Warfare 2 started at comparatively modest beginnings

And not forgetting out of nowhere huge successes JUST because they were good:
-Batman: Arkham Asylum
-Left 4 Dead
-Bioshock
-Borderlands


And franchises aren't necessarily always successful:
-Wolfenstein
-Overlord
-AvP
-SOCOM: confrontation

Ubisoft MUST realize that for great success you need long term investment even if it means short term loss.

I think he meant in a Development standpoint Treblaine. You can't call a game a Triple A title without being successful. We make them Triple A. As such, nobody think Killzone 1 as a AAA game... even if that mean Madden is one.

that was my point, Killzone 1 WAS NOT A "AAA" GAME! Yet if Sony had been like Ubisoft then they would never have had the success of Killzone 2. Also that established franchises don't guarantee anything as with SOCOM.

I'm proving his logic is flawed that only games worth making are sequels to AAA games. It's utterly incestuous, there can be no growth as sequels inevitably decline as you put the best ideas in the first game, leftovers in the second, scraping the barrel at the third. How long can they ride on a few worn out and increasingly irrelevant Tom Clancy and Assassin's Creed spin-offs.

Nobody is dumb enough to think a Video Game company can and should only do Sequel... NOBODY.
Beside, it's Ubisoft Europe... the maker of Alone in the Dark on 360. The real talent is here in Montreal, so no big deal.

 

[Akalistos]

...And i do believe you can't make 50 Assassin's Creeds and Prince of Percia, even if Blizzard still survive on Warcraft and Starcraft.

Blizzard has not made 50 Starcrafts, and its been 10 years since the original, they certainly aren't milking the franchise for all it's worth. Warcraft series had more games, but went a completely different route with WOW, it took the world of their beloved RTS game and turned it into the greatest MMO on the market.

Name 3 games made by Blizzard in the last 10 years that wasn't a Warcraft or Starcraft game. I would go to 20 but then you'll be able to pick the racing dwarf game they did when they weren't Blizzard yet and we would get to argue on it. I would call you a twat because you cheated, you would call me a ass for not letting you including it because you want to show off. It would turn into chaos.

Seriously, they did only survive with W.o.W or World of Warcraft and you can't deny that!

 

[Akalistos]

Seriously, they did only survive with W.o.W or World of Warcraft and you can't deny that!

Don't really think it's a matter of surviving, it's more like resting on their laurels/milking the WoW base. Let's be honest, they make a ridiculous truckload off of the paid subscriptions alone, to say nothing of actual game sales. The subscriptions alone are probably enough to cover server maintenance, and R/D for most of their upcoming games. lol.

And they didn't do any new IP since...*thinking* Starcraft.

Edit: I don't hate Blizzard, but you got to admit it's kinda funny when people react like all hell broke lose over the news but still defend Blizzard.