What is current status of UbiSoft games?

[mc5686]

To be more precise: I am a big fan of Steam because I usually work under Linux and I can get almost all title running under Proton (including all AC and FC series).
Recently almost all Ubi titles disappeared (I am specifically interested in "Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora", but I assume I will have the same problem in future with other titles; e.g.: AC Mirage).

Is there any chance situation will "normalize"?
If not, is there any chance Ubi games will work under Proton if I buy them directly on Ubi platform?

Note: I would like to keep buying through Steam to repay for their efforts on Proton, but if that option is not available...

If someone can point me to the current status of Ubi/Steam debate I would be grateful.

Also info about how to import Win games into Proton would be useful.

TiA!

[Chika Ogiue]

Originally posted by mc5686:

Recently almost all Ubi titles disappeared

You mean several years ago when Ubisoft signed their (timed) Epic exclusivity deal. The games will release on Steam in a year or two after their Epic/Ubisoft Connect release. Assuming, that is, the license doesn't expire first (which would affect Avatar -- the first was pulled from sale for the same reason).

[RPG Gamer Man]

The situation you mean if games will slowly come back to Steam? Yes, because Ubisoft slowly lost alot of money in the last couple of years due to trying to being like steam. You are aware that even if the game comes to steam, you will still have to use their launcher though. At least their launcher is not as bad as Bethesda's was. The games on ubisoft will slowly come to steam, like drip fed very slowly. This is because they will try to be exclusive on their own platform, but in the long run, they are losing money because alot of people won't buy games on ubisoft. So yea, i imagine the games will come to steam, but at a slow rate, and probably a year after exclustivity on their ubisoft store and front.

The other issue is that achievements are not always found on steam for the games. This also is a big turnoff for alot of steam players. Im not one of those players, and don't give a crap as it is physically impossible for me to get every achievement for every game as i am disabled on my hands, so i find achievements not a deal breaker for me, but for others, it will stop them from buying ubisoft games also on steam.

NOTE: The achievements are actually found in their launcher and store front. So for instance, when you boot up the ubisoft connect app, you can find most games achievements made by ubisoft there.

[potato]

avatar is trash