This isn't surprising and I am reasonably sure Ubisoft isn't the only company that wants this data hidden.

Fandom Pulse is reporting (paywall), according to a “Ubisoft insider”, that the beleaguered video game company is pushing back on Steam to try and get certain data points removed from public view. This would include data points like peak and concurrent users. The insider continues by saying that Star Wars Outlaws has still failed to surpass the 2 million units sold point having been released for almost 3 months. That’s a far cry (get it?) from the 5 million in the first month some investors were hoping for at launch.

The report also alleges that Ubisoft isn’t alone. Other companies would also like Valve to stop reporting numbers that they’d rather paint their own way on investor calls, or just dodge entirely like Ubisoft has done on recent calls where the lackluster performance of Star Wars Outlaws has come up.

  • Katzastrophe@feddit.org
    153·
    3 days ago

    “Oh no, queer people are in my bideo games” this is what the ‘DEI bad’ argument looks like to anyone with a modicum of common sense.

    Sincerely, DEI right now is just the newest made up enemy of chuds. Most of the time devs have to fight against higher ups to include any diversity apart from what gamers have considered “cis white male” adjacent.

    Women as a main character? DEI

    Pronouns? DEI

    White male protagonist isn’t manly enough? DEI

    Those are all based on real examples btw

    • AngryMob@lemmy.one
      2·
      3 days ago

      My only problem is that so many characters of all types have become these unlikable shells of blandness. People wanna blame DEI or “woke” or whatever else the word of the week is, but that’s not it. Look at the cast of Concord compared to something like Deadlock. Both are diverse enough, but only one has substance.

      • Katzastrophe@feddit.org
        1·
        3 days ago

        Shoutout to our nonbinary nuclear bomb Pocket.

        Yeah, it’s always DEI getting blamed and not just that designs are bland compared to the rest of the market

      • Katzastrophe@feddit.org
        4·
        3 days ago

        ???

        You wrote a comment in a public forum, and I formulated a factual response as to why it’s wrong. What did you expect? For everyone to suck your dick? C’mon, give me an actual response based on facts and logic as to why you’re right. Or are you only capable of declaring everyone else as sheeple without even knowing why they are?

          • Katzastrophe@feddit.org
            1·
            3 days ago

            Damn, sorry for not getting the memo I guess.

            And here I thought you were at least capable of formulating a proper argument, guess I was expecting too much from someone who lets feelings rule over their decision making.