Ubisoft Accused of Bulking Up Assassin’s Creed to Delay Resales
TL;DR Summary
Former Ubisoft director Alex Hutchinson revealed that Ubisoft intentionally added content to Assassin’s Creed games to increase playtime and delay resale, aiming to keep players engaged longer and prevent quick trade-ins, especially to retailers like GameStop.
- Ubisoft seemingly bulked out Assassin’s Creed games to delay people reselling My Nintendo News
- Assassin's Creed 3 director says Ubisoft put "a lot of pressure" on devs to "add play time" and "bulk" out games with RPG elements "to delay resale as GameStop was the only one making any money on that transaction" GamesRadar+
- Ever Wonder Why Assassin's Creed Feels So Bloated? It Has To Do With GameStop Resales, Ex-Director Says TheGamer
- Assassin’s Creed 3 Director Claims Ubisoft Pressured Devs to Add ‘Play Time’ and RPG ‘Bulk’ to Delay Resales MP1st
Reading Insights
Total Reads
0
Unique Readers
2
Time Saved
1 min
vs 2 min read
Condensed
89%
329 → 36 words
Want the full story? Read the original article
Read on My Nintendo News