YoVG # 472 Ubisoft is For Sale
Yves Guillemot, CEO of Ubisoft, decided to address the rumors that Ubisoft is for sale. The buyout by Tencent failed, because the Guillemot family wanted to sell the company, but somehow retain control. Which, as you may already know, is insane. So Tencent apparently passed.
But Yves says Ubisoft is not actually for sale. in his words, they are exploring: "various transformational strategic and capitalistic options to extract the best value for stakeholders."
So, to reiterate, Yves says NO, Ubisoft is not for sale. It's just "for sale".
Now what does that mean? Which franchises could they…
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