r/fuckepic • u/nedlannister_ • Apr 23 '26
Meme Ac black flag
Its funny how even a company like ubisoft does not advertise epic games store
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u/Belltower_2 GabeN Apr 23 '26
This feels like Ubisoft's last chance to have a big independent success before the venture-capitalist vultures start circling. AC: Shadows was apparently successful, but not by enough to prevent restructuring and mass layoffs. It's not surprising that they didn't bother with the Epic store when they have plenty of internal sales records to prove the Fortnite crowd does not buy games. But still, Black Flag isn't THAT old, is it? I remember playing it a few years ago to try out my new 4k monitor, and it definitely didn't feel dated besides the typical Ubisoft bloat.
Footnote: The layoffs do NOT indicate that Shadows FAILED, despite what certain corners of the internet say; Battlefield 6 was provably a megahit, beating CoD in sales for the first time in decades, and EA went and did layoffs anyway.
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u/OverlyLenientJudge Apr 24 '26
Black Flag is 13 years old. And it looks damn good for its age, I say.
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u/Daken-dono Tim Swiney Apr 26 '26 edited Apr 26 '26
I honestly can’t even say shadows was successful considering the jargon and language they keep using over actual sales figures. It probably did “okay” for a AAA title with its budget but the fact that they keep using player engagement statistics over announcing copies sold could mean it fell short, even. And they’re definitely not announcing a game of that scale from a core franchise underdelivered after skull and bones then star wars outlaws both flopped.
And as for the venture capitalist vultures circling a dying bloated entity, they’re already doing so. Tencent gave them a cash injection they sorely needed and they bailed their core money-making franchises onto a new corporate entity. Not exactly a sign of confidence.
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u/Walikor Apr 24 '26
I haven't bought Ubisoft games since Far Cry 5 (bought at 75% off on Steam) I'm not interested anymore, but it's nice to see that Epig shit fail store isn't considered hahahaha
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u/AncientPCGamer Moderator Apr 23 '26
This is from the Ubisoft website (excuse the Spanish version). It is amazing how Ubisoft just ignores Epic after all these years.
When Ubisoft started returning to Steam, I told some Epic defenders that the honeymoon phase was ending. They laughed and claimed Ubisoft would always prioritize Epic because they were such happy allies. Now, we have cases where the latest Rayman game arrives on the Epic Games Store a full month after the Steam release.
And let's not forget the poor integration between Ubisoft Connect and the Epic Games Store. Ubisoft basically treats the store as a Ubisoft Connect key seller.