Silent Hunter Online

Originally Posted by KeldorKatarn

At least give this a chance ok?

No.

UBI has earned the "Utter Crap Until Proven Otherwise" reputation. They have proven time and again that they care only for making profits and sales and will screw over their customers if it will make them a quick buck.

Its genius of them to use Silent Hunter really, its already a dead series to them so if they can use it as a testbed for this stuff, if it fails then nothing is really lost, if they succeed then they can get lot's of moneys and can go about turning their more profitable series into freemium crapfests, like Assassin's Creed.

[KeldorKatarn]

Guys, you should really learn the difference between publishers and developers. Ubisoft is just paying for this, they are not developing it.

[Sailor Steve]

A convenient excuse. In SH5 the developers did what the publisher told them to. It's not Ubi Romania's fault SH5 is a dog. Are you saying it's different this time?

I don't care if this is good or not - it's not my kind of game. That said, UBI has developed a reputation for shooting themselves in the foot and blaming everyone else for the catastrophe, everyone but themselves.

[Sonarman]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

A convenient excuse. In SH5 the developers did what the publisher told them to. It's not Ubi Romania's fault SH5 is a dog. Are you saying it's different this time?

Even Dan himself took issue with that assessment.

Originally Posted by Elanaiba

Ubisoft is a company, of which Ubisoft Romania is a part. Please stop separating the two. Not everything that is good is our merit, not everything that is bad is "the suits" fault. I, of all people, have my parts in the failures of SH5. The people "high up" could have simply decided not to do another SH, just as you guys can choose not to buy.

Please stop trying to create a war / antagonism between modders and devs, we need each other.

Originally Posted by KeldorKatarn

Guys, you should really learn the difference between publishers and developers. Ubisoft is just paying for this, they are not developing it.

Alright, the developers should quit and reform as an independent developer, indie games are doing quite well these days. If they don't want to be considered part of Ubisoft then break all ties with them.

[7thSeal]

Originally Posted by Rilder

Alright, the developers should quit and reform as an independent

That has really been the battle for the last ten years, but corporate buys up all the independent as quick as they develop and show a profit. That's what business has become world wide and again business is about money.

Edit\ Surely you've heard the saying before? Everything/Everyone has a price.

[7thSeal]

Originally Posted by KeldorKatarn

Guys, you should really learn the difference between publishers and developers. Ubisoft is just paying for this, they are not developing it.

Money is developing it, any way you look at it. Developers respond to those paying them. It doesn't matter how you slice it... money is the knife. Money is spent looking for a quick turn around nowadays. Quality is actually frowned upon as it cost more money for the corporate.