"we'd rather amputate that entire source of revenue than pay workers fairly"

Wow, a whole unionized and competent studio now free to pursue internally chosen productions? I sure hope they don't get some of those "Canadian Heritage" media subsidies. Seriously though this is the shit the state should be funding, it'd be a shame to have this kind of resource squandered.

Ubisoft is just seeding their own demise.

If the Canadian government were real it would exact punishing fines on the company's Canadian held assets in response to this. And I don't mean cost of business fees, I mean hurtful costs, because these giant fucking companies seriously damage Canadian lives when they just rugpull the labour after making massive profits of Canadian operations. There is no justifiable reason to side with Ubisoft or their scumsucking management here.

so you are saying we can end ubisoft by simply unionizing?

My 10+ year long Ubisoft boycott still looking like a good idea.

As far as I'm concerned, unionization should be government mandated for every company everywhere in every industry.

But unfortunately we live in hell.

Right... They closed it as a "cost-cutting measure" and "not because the studio unionized". This is where the lawmakers are just letting everyone know that they are garbage to be walked all over. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize that "cost-cutting" a studio that just unionized is because they unionized, because a union means they have to start paying their workers their fair share, which means "higher costs" to them, when it should've been like that from the start.

Whelp, I already de facto boycotting Ubisoft since I'm a patent gamer. Guess I'll actively boycott them now.

capitalism is terrorism

Jesus fucking christ so blatantly evil

The open corruption and lack of empathy for the working class is just embarrassing. I hate EVERY company now since they only care about shares. They don't even consider us as human, we are simply just tools for them and can be thrown away at any moment.

Ubisoft is a dumpster fire of a company I'll never buy from again.

Anyone notice that Halifax is spelt 3 different ways in the article?

My personal favourite is Hailfox.

It's so easy to not buy games. When was the last good game they made? I guess I'll continue to ignore their catalog.

Solvent corporations shouldn't be legally allowed to dissolve positions.

Nothing will meaningfully improve until the rich fear for their lives

Ubisoft just continues to be awful.

How convenient this decision was supposedly made prior to the decision to unionize and is related to only financial issues.

I bet they are always discussing what studios to cut or downsize in case of "economic downturns" or "failing to meet quarterly projections" so they can't be accused of union-busting or retaliation.

I think we need to learn more about the union movement in Canada and US. People fought and died over these rights. Companies and governments forgot unions were the agreement we made to not drag their asses out in the streets and beat their asses.

It would be good for those in power to remember this compromise, because we are getting ripe for another wave of work reform.

Now all Canada needs to do is legalize piracy on Ubisoft products.

So apparently being a French or Canadian company doesn't necessarily mean that you respect or understand unions, I thought that was mostly American practice, I was wrong

I guess I will continue to not buy their games. I'm lucky they make it so easy by making so many bad games.

I'll just add it to the pile of reasons why ubisoft is on my shit list alongside ea, epic, and activision.

Next thing I'll learn will be that Splinter Cell was a pro fascist story all along

Painful, but these companies need to fuck off then.