Ubisoft wants to restore the "creativity and innovation" that built its success in "2010 - 2020," and it's cut over 2,000 employees in 2 years to help do it
Oct. 30, 2024Ubisoft has slimmed down to a mere 18,666 employees
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ContinuingUbisoft’s ‘it’s time to go back to the old me’ arc, CEO Yves Guillemot says the company is in the middle of a transformation meant to “restore the level of creativity and innovation that builtUbisoft’s success.”
Beyond juicing its sales, Ubisoft’s back-catalog is also increasingly doubling as something of a guiding star for the company, which has been treading water for several years in the absence of new mega-hits.
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“Over the past semester, we also further advanced our cost reduction plan thanks to strict control on recruitments, targeted restructurings and lower external spend,” Guillemot adds. “This is the fruit of a group-wide effort, and I would like to thank the teams as we are transforming the company into a more efficient and agile organization.”
Last month, as Star Wars Outlaws fell short of sales expectations, Guillemot reckoned that just making “solid” games isn’t enough when you have “gamers expecting extraordinary experiences.”
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