Ubisoft and Tencent have Partnered Up

[Grimno]

So remember all those people claiming Tencent was going to BUY Ubisoft?

Turns out, that's not happening~

Ubisoft is forming a new subsidiary company in partnership with Tencent.
The subsidiary is valued at ~$4.3B and includes IPs like Assassin's Creed, Far Cry and Rainbow Six.

Tencent is investing a 25% stake in the company.

So Ubisoft and Tencent have partnered up.

https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/tencent-acquires-25-stake-in-ubisofts-new-gaming-subsidiary-93CH-3952688

This will also help shield those IPs in case anything does happen.
Tencent will be getting royalties for sales, but they're a financial backer/partner.


Edit: Funny enough, this very thing got reported on happening by Eurogamer almost 2 weeks ago

https://www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-reportedly-considering-fresh-business-to-own-assassins-creed-and-other-big-franchises-co-owned-by-others-like-tencent

[Xina10]

Nguyên văn bởi AP0THICx:

Tencent have a 25% share which means all decisions do have to go through Tencent.

After closing of the transaction, the new subsidiary would remain exclusively
controlled and consolidated by Ubisoft.

Ubisoft may not cease to hold a majority of New subsidiary voting rights and share capital
for a 2-year period

[Darkrayne]

Nguyên văn bởi AP0THICx:

Tencent have a 25% share which means all decisions do have to go through Tencent.

Not exactly. They, shareholders, either have voting or non-voting stock. They have a vote on the "important" issues and no say in the day-to-day stuff.

[Ubi-VaeVictoria]

Nguyên văn bởi quadZe:

Ubisoft Carves Out Top Games Unit; Tencent to Get 25% Stake

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-27/ubisoft-carves-out-top-games-tencent-invests-1-16-billion

Your topic has been merged with this one to keep the conversation around this topic centralized

[Ongen]

Nguyên văn bởi HiRed_ThuG:

Nguyên văn bởi Xina10:

They are losing money, cash injection will mean nothing if they keep operating in the same way. Easiest way to trim expenses are layofs

They were losing money. That doesn't mean that it needs to continue and the cash should help with that.

Pouring more money into the same family that is the reason of years of failure wont change a thing. Guillemots greed cause Ubisoft to fail and will continue to make them fail... Guess Tencent will regret letting Guillemot stay in charge 😂

[Grimno]

Nguyên văn bởi Xina10:

Nguyên văn bởi AP0THICx:

Tencent have a 25% share which means all decisions do have to go through Tencent.

After closing of the transaction, the new subsidiary would remain exclusively
controlled and consolidated by Ubisoft.

This.
Ubisoft owns it all and has complete creative freedom.
Tencent is just getting royalties for its 25%

They lost nothing

[AP0THICx]

Tencent are smart as ♥♥♥♥. Wait till they are ravenous and desperate then go in for the save and reap the profits from it

[Riktor87]

Ah correction, so tencent didn't even increase their voting share in ubisoft, just a royalty share of 25%, interesting move.

[Riktor87]

Nguyên văn bởi AP0THICx:

Tencent are smart as ♥♥♥♥. Wait till they are ravenous and desperate then go in for the save and reap the profits from it

Ngl I would be tempted to put money on it if I wasn't more focused on finishing my house payoff.

[Grimno]

Nguyên văn bởi Riktor87:

Ah correction, so tencent didn't even increase their voting share in ubisoft, just a royalty share of 25%, interesting move.

People were saying Ubisoft badly needed investors

Now they got a big ass one lol

[WildStargazer]

This new subsidiary looks like a lifeboat with the most valuable goods saved from a sinking ship. I guess there is no hope to save the big ship itself.

[AP0THICx]

Nguyên văn bởi Riktor87:

Nguyên văn bởi AP0THICx:

Tencent are smart as ♥♥♥♥. Wait till they are ravenous and desperate then go in for the save and reap the profits from it

Ngl I would be tempted to put money on it if I wasn't more focused on finishing my house payoff.

Im watching the market as we speak and I see no reaction either up or down tbh

[AP0THICx]

Nguyên văn bởi Grimno:

Nguyên văn bởi Riktor87:

Ah correction, so tencent didn't even increase their voting share in ubisoft, just a royalty share of 25%, interesting move.

People were saying Ubisoft badly needed investors

Now they got a big ass one lol

Now they just gotta make good games and stop messing around

[Deadly Dan]

Nguyên văn bởi Ongen:

Nguyên văn bởi HiRed_ThuG:

They were losing money. That doesn't mean that it needs to continue and the cash should help with that.

Pouring more money into the same family that is the reason of years of failure wont change a thing. Guillemots greed cause Ubisoft to fail and will continue to make them fail... Guess Tencent will regret letting Guillemot stay in charge 😂

Most likely they won't be able to invest much of that money, as they have a lot of debt to pay off first. So the money prevents them from going under right now, but they'll still need to heavily restructure to have a tiny chance at survival.

[Riktor87]

Nguyên văn bởi Aldroen:

Nguyên văn bởi Grimno:

People were saying Ubisoft badly needed investors

Now they got a big ass one lol

Yes, a big ass investor that now has control over their IPs with their joined division being manage by tencent and Ubisoft to work on games like AC.

No they have a 25% royalty claim to the funds of the IP's and a 10% share vote in ubi as a whole. Ubisoft still controls creative license and rights of the IP's.

[Bo]

That's some sort of a slow buy out.