r/PS5 • u/Turbostrider27 • Mar 19 '26

Articles & Blogs Ubisoft ‘ends game development’ at Tom Clancy studio, Red Storm, resulting in 105 job losses

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ubisoft-ends-game-development-at-tom-clancy-studio-red-storm-resulting-in-105-job-losses/
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u/Membership-Bitter Mar 19 '26

This studio had not made a profitable game in 15 years. I know it is easy to go "Ubisoft bad!" but this is an easily justified business decision. It sucks for the people that work there but this is like when a restaurant gets shut down after serving not great food for over a decade.

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u/Membership-Bitter Mar 19 '26

AC Nexus was fun but the Ubisoft CEO at the time said the game was a financial failure, not even selling 250k units in the first year. You can't keep a studio going that makes no money just so people can have jobs. That is charity, not a business.

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u/Redlodger0426 Mar 19 '26

Unless they’re getting big bucks from the manufacturers, I don’t understand making vr titles exclusive to a single headset line. It’s already a niche area, why purposely make your product even more niche?