Ubisofts vice president of live operations, Anne Blondel, pratade nyligen med pcgamesn.com om Vivendis övertagande av den franska utvecklaren och utgivaren. Hon sade bland annat att om Ubisoft förlorar sitt oberoende, är hon rädd att identiteten går förlorad:
"The thought I have is that I have been [...] with Ubisoft, for 20 years, and I know what made us so successful for 30 years, is being super independent, being very autonomous. [In regards to sales] sales, well sometimes we take a lot of risk, you think about The Crew, that was a risk. People would look at that like, 'maybe it's not going to work, another racing game, what are you thinking?' Child of Light, Valiant Hearts, all those kinds of titles."
Hon fortsatte med att förklara vad som gör Ubisoft så unika, enligt henne:
"I think that's what makes Ubisoft so different, and personally speaking, I think this is what we are. This is what we want to remain, it's what has made us successful and been able to deliver the type of games we've been delivering for 30 years".
Men om Vivendi köper upp företaget så kan saker förändras mot mer säkra kort och mindre experimenterande. Hon avslutar:
"So far so good, I would say, because gamers are still [with Ubisoft] and I know for a fact, having been there for 20 years, that if you [separate] us from our independence, if you take away the way we like taking risk and inventing new stuff, well it's not going to be the same Ubisoft - for me, it wouldn't be the same."
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