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Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has confirmed that XDefiant has fallen behind expectations amid company struggles.

This week, the news that XDefiant is struggling went somewhat under the radar following what is arguably one of Ubisoft’s most challenging periods in recent memory. First, it was announced that Assassin’s Creed Shadows is to be delayed until early 2025, followed by several announcements at the company as a whole, including Ubisoft’s board launching an investigation into the company’s struggles.

As part of these major announcements, Ubisoft held a Trading Call Update, during which Guillemot answered questions about why the company had reduced its second-quarter revenue expectations by 30%. Nicholas Langlet of BNP Paribas asked, “So the Q2 guidance, is it only Star Wars Outlaws, or is there something else underperforming in the portfolio?”

Guillemot replied, “It mostly reflects the softer-than-expected sales for Star Wars Outlaws. We also had behind expectations for XDefiant, which we will give you a bit more detail at the end of October.” He continued, “To a much lesser extent, with a limited impact was a lower expectation for XDefiant.”

Ubisoft Says That XDefiant Has Fallen Behind Expectations

Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has confirmed that XDefiant has fallen behind expectations amid company struggles.

insider-gaming.com

 

[clarky]

Time to activate that SBMM.

 

[Salz01]

Ubisoft has fallen below expectations. (Period)

 

[Skifi28]

 

[Big Baller]

 

[March Climber]

It had a very short window of time to captivate an audience before this new Super CoD ripped it’s audience away.

 

[clarky]

Remember when this was touted as a COD killer? Yeah lol.

 

[LectureMaster]

 

[Magister]

This is what happens when you turn Rayman into a drug addict. This is from a terrible TV show oficially funded by Ubisoft themselves.

Where's a new Rayman game. That was my childhood platformer. Instead we get shit like this.

 

[SJRB]

Seriously, get these morons booted from the company. They're trainwrecking it.

What the fuck did you think was going to happen with fucking XDefiant? The initial reveal was so bad the team had to do a complete 180 and reimagine the game's entire visual design.

You okayed a game that's called XDefiant with promotional material using the XD emote. What were you thinking?

 

[clarky]

It had a very short window of time to captivate an audience before this new Super CoD ripped it’s audience away.

They also needed the game to be better and its not, by quite some margin.

BLOPS 6 isn't going to help matters.

If your going to take on the biggest and best you need to go all in, they didn't.

 

[Saber]

You put other priorities over delivering what the players want, not to mention pushing aside the people who would make good games inside. Thats what happens.

 

[Gonzito]

Maybe Yves should realize that he is the problem and finally resign

 

[havoc00]

Remember when this was touted as a COD killer? Yeah lol.

I had a bit of fun with the beta, but its just not very good after playing it for awhile.

 

[March Climber]

They also needed the game to be better and its not, by quite some margin.

BLOPS 6 isn't going to help matters.

If your going to take on the biggest and best you need to go all in, they didn't.

If this were Modern Warfare 3 they could have had a slight chance.

Treyarch is too powerful of an opponent though.

 

[Fake]

The end is near.

 

[Hrk69]

 

[Xtib81]

At this point, we should report when they actually have a hit. Underperforming has become a habit for them.

 

[ahtlas7]

How many more hits can this company take?

 

[newtypepilot]

XD

 

[Deerock71]

UbiDEAD.

 

[clarky]

At this point, we should report when they actually have a hit. Underperforming has become a habit for them.

You'd think they'd just follow MS' lead in that regard.

 

[clarky]

How many more hits can this company take?

I'm sure they'd take any sort of hit right now lol

 

[envyzeal]

these guys sure have a lot of expectations

 

[havoc00]

these guys sure have a lot of expectations

Never forget

‘Skull And Bones’ Is A $70 Game Because It’s ‘Quadruple-A,’ Says Ubisoft

Skull and Bones, the game that has been in production so long it practically became a myth, is now running an open beta this weekend ahead of its release a week from now

www.forbes.com

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Wish I could be in the room when they backtrack on DEI and tell all the blue hair woke devs to put titties everywhere.

 

[envyzeal]

Never forget

‘Skull And Bones’ Is A $70 Game Because It’s ‘Quadruple-A,’ Says Ubisoft

Skull and Bones, the game that has been in production so long it practically became a myth, is now running an open beta this weekend ahead of its release a week from now

www.forbes.com

wonder how much they pay their analysts

 

[Natsuko]

X-what? I once read about it somewhere. Long forgotten. Couldn't even tell what kind of game it is without looking it up.

 

[YuLY]

Is there anything for this company that hasnt fallen behind expectations?

Watch Dogs Legion (francize basically dead now)
Skull & Bones
PoP Lost Crown
XDefiant
SW Outlaws

If Shadows doesnt sell big they are done for. Hell, they might be done for even if it does.

 

[Moridianae]

B..but Mark Rubin said that was a bunch of malarkey!

CoD will ensure that game is 100% dead, really..

 

[havoc00]

B..but Mark Rubin said that was a bunch of malarkey!

CoD will ensure that game is 100% dead, really..

Mark def talked a big game

 

[FeralEcho]

This is what happens when you turn Rayman into a drug addict. This is from a terrible TV show oficially funded by Ubisoft themselves.

Where's a new Rayman game. That was my childhood platformer. Instead we get shit like this.

 

[Lucifers Beard]

The game is kind of shit, no surprise that it fell behind expectations.

 

[yurinka]

Never forget

‘Skull And Bones’ Is A $70 Game Because It’s ‘Quadruple-A,’ Says Ubisoft

Skull and Bones, the game that has been in production so long it practically became a myth, is now running an open beta this weekend ahead of its release a week from now

www.forbes.com

If you go to mobygames.com to see the amount of people who worked in Skull & Bones and compare it to Elden Ring, you'll understand why this game is considered AAAA and not Elden Ring (or Star Wars Outlaws).

 

[SJRB]

Is there anything for this company that hasnt fallen behind expectations?

Watch Dogs Legion (francize basically dead now)
Skull & Bones
PoP Lost Crown
XDefiant
SW Outlaws

If Shadows doesnt sell big they are done for. Hell, they might be done for even if it does.

It is amazing how Ubi ruined Watchdogs.

- First one solid experience but heavily flawed and sold on false promises setting bad blood with many gamers
- Second a drastic departure from the first in vibe but overall a good game and improves on many of the mechanics
- Legion an absolute catastrophe and a complete regression in many ways that was so terrible it straight up poisoned the IP.

To this day I still believe Legion was supposed to be another game but they couldn't get it off the ground so they slapped the Watchdogs name on it. It's just such a bizarrely different game compared to the first two. Poorly thought out, cobbled together mechanics, sloppy, boring, tons of hacking mechanics missing, terrible writing, nonsensical story.

Maybe some day we will learn what happened.

The potential for this is absolutely insane and it blows my mind that they just shipped that trash game Legion and then shelved the entire IP.

 

[Tertullian]

What even is that? XDefiant?

 

[havoc00]

What even is that? XDefiant?

The free 2 play COD Killer.

 

[Kerotan]

Wish I could be in the room when they backtrack on DEI and tell all the blue hair woke devs to put titties everywhere.

At this point it feels Ubisoft want their stock to tank so they can buy it up themselves on the cheap.

 

[simpatico]

Is it so fucking hard to make an by-the-numbers, uninspired Rainbow 6, Ghost Recon or Splinter Cell? One that doesn't involve any butt sex. None. Just regular shooting dudes and sneaking around.

 

[simpatico]

This is what happens when you turn Rayman into a drug addict. This is from a terrible TV show oficially funded by Ubisoft themselves.

Where's a new Rayman game. That was my childhood platformer. Instead we get shit like this.

We've made a lot of mistakes in the 21st century, but I really think "adult" cartoons are among the biggest.

 

[Hero_Select]

This is what happens when you turn Rayman into a drug addict. This is from a terrible TV show oficially funded by Ubisoft themselves.

Where's a new Rayman game. That was my childhood platformer. Instead we get shit like this.

Wow.. why.

Poor Rayman :|

 

[Audiophile]

I mean, it's called "XDefiant"...the feck did they expect?

 

[Zannegan]

Misfiring on all cylenders. Is there a single project of theirs this year that ISN'T underperforming?

I guess it was only a matter of time before it all caught caught up with them, but everything all at once is brutal. I have no pity for XDefiant though, which may not have been made for the sole purpose of selling NFTs, but definitely coincided with that idiotic push.

 

[wipeout364]

Unfortunately Xdefiant is not going to turn around anytime soon with the imminent release of Black ops 6 which will be the biggest game in years.

They had a window and lost it. I do hope they give it time to develop, add SBMM and overtime it might become a stable game but I think it’s more likely they pull a hyperscape and shut it down.

 

[FunkMiller]

 

[Rudius]

Wish I could be in the room when they backtrack on DEI and tell all the blue hair woke devs to put titties everywhere.

Lol. They/them would feel in Nuremberg or something.

 

[BlackTron]

Wish I could be in the room when they backtrack on DEI and tell all the blue hair woke devs to put titties everywhere.

I wanna see what happens to the first person to use the word "problematic".

 

[Ozzie666]

20,000 employees world wide and many more from outside contractors used by Ubisoft. Scary times for these people as the failures continue to mount, that's a lot of jobs.
Everyone seemed to know this would fail, execept them? Why is that? Heads need to role.
Upper management needs to go, they need to refocus their efforts and just make good games people want. Leave all the other non gaming shit out on the streets.

 

[rm082e]

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

Turn off forced crossplay with PC and ranked.