Patrick Plourde: "Child of Light 2 unlikely to happen because it is not a game as a service"

[TheKeyPit]

I'd rather have Valiant Hearts 2 ;)

 

[AntiMacro]

I get a bit annoyed when multi-billion dollar companies apparently can't imagine spending money on something that will still manage a profit because it won't continually manage to do so outside the purchase price.

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The money they spend to make the small profit could be put to a project that makes a larger profit. Shareholders want to see those numbers going up every single quarter, so there's really no room to 'waste' money on small profit.

 

[Nintendo]

Seriously, this industry needs to get its shit together. Everything doesn't need reoccuring monetization. Can we please fucking have Games as Games on occasion and not a poorly veiled excuse to sell more fucking skins or boosters?

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This is bollocks! The feedback from everyone that played the game were super positive. Why everything must be GaaS now? And at the end it turns out to be like Anthem. We need more games using UbiArt Framework. Child of Light and Valiant Hearts were two of the most heartwarming experiences I ever had. But no, let's make a broken GaaS instead.

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Many, if not most Ubisoft games are not GaaS. Stop acting like they only release GaaS games.

And when did Ubisoft make a broken GaaS?

 

[roguesquirrel]

Yeah, and Mario + Rabbids and South Park too. Not to mention their VR titles and that weird Ode game. I don't buy it. Not every Ubisoft game is GaaS. Child of Light 2 is definitely happening. If not, it's not for that reason.

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Ode was two years ago and they havent exactly put out any more weird offshoot projects from Reflections since then

 

[Nintendo]

Ode was two years ago and they havent exactly put out any more weird offshoot projects from Reflections since then

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They've been releasing VR titles. None of them are AAA or GaaS. It hasn't been 2 years since Ode launched by the way and games take time.

 

[roguesquirrel]

They've been releasing VR titles. None of them are AAA or GaaS.

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Wild how that doesnt change anything I just said?

 

[Nintendo]

Wild how that doesnt change anything I just said?

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They're weird offshoots.

 

[roguesquirrel]

They're weird offshoots.

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Ode and Child of Light are not weird offshoots the same way a VR title is a weird offshoot. Im surprised yall arent bringing up Rayman Legends from 2012 since this entire discussion is apparently based on "I glanced at a list of releases on wikipedia with zero other context to explain why the person who works for the company knows less than me"

Edit- Also their only 2019 VR release was announced in 2017. How is that relevant for a game that was far as we know was pitched around August 2018?

 

[BeaconofTruth]

I think it sucks that they can't do a better sequel too (wasn't fond of the first, but everything can be done better), but maybe let's dial back on the memes lads.

I don't exactly see Ubisoft strictly making just GaaS games as of now. Albeit we don't know what their future projects are and if all those are GaaS, then yeah bummer.

 

[Quacktion]

I miss when Ubisoft had ambitions.

 

[Caz]

Short video on this news story and the importance of Child of Light when it originally released i.e. what it represented for Ubisoft's output compared to how it's shifted to its current state.