First Blizzard, then Platinum, and Ubisoft can't sit still?
This morning, Ubisoft held a monthly telegraph meeting as is customary, and it seems that the question of Platinum's welcoming attitude toward the acquisition proposal issued earlier by the president of Platinum Studio, Inaba, has also aroused Ubisoft's interest.
Based on the message conveyed by Ubisoft's current CEO Yves Guillemot in this morning's conference call, he believes that whether it is Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard or Platinum Studios' statement, he believes it is very much in line with their style. Ubisoft can also look at acquisition proposals or offers from other companies under the condition of "maintaining autonomy and independence".
According to Yves Guillemot:
"Any decision made by the company revolves around our stakeholders, from players to employees as well as shareholders. Although we have a large number of talent, financial scale and original IP, if the acquisition will benefit everyone, the board will carefully review it. ”
Interestingly, TGA founder Geoff Keighley has said that there will be some large-scale acquisitions this year that are in the final stages of negotiation. Jim Ryan, president of SIE, has also expressed his intention to make further acquisitions.
At the end of the call, when asked if any company had made an offer to Ubisoft, Guillemot gave an ambiguous answer that he was not yet able to comment further on the issue.
It has to be said that since Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard last year, the entire game industry has begun to enter the whirlpool of acquisitions. Whether it is Sony's rapid victory over Bungie to the end of the problem, or the statement of Platinum Studios, Konami, and Ubisoft. Even the accelerated acquisition of small and medium-sized studios in Europe and the United States by Tencent in China proves that perhaps in some sense the game circle is undergoing some kind of huge change.
Ubisoft had encountered a hostile takeover by Vivendi in the early years, and finally got out of danger with the assistance of Tencent. So even if Ubisoft is eventually acquired, it may only end up being Tencent or Microsoft.
Fast forward to Tencent's Assassin's Creed OL.
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