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Ubisoft Moving into Film, Books
Ubisoft Moving into Film, Books
GameSpot - August 13, 2007
Submitted by Makidian (555) at 2:53PM PST on August 13, 2007
Back in February, Ubisoft announced it was making a short film based on the upcoming action game Assassin's Creed. An Ubisoft spokesperson told the International Herald Tribune that, "We may consider doing longer-form films or television sometime in the future."
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2GoblinMerchant posted on Ubisoft Entertainment (UBI.PA) at 5:24PM PST on August 13, 2007. RE: Ubisoft Moving into Film, Books@Makidian, I always found it interesting when game properties are spun off into other things like books and action figures.
Blizzard is one US studio that really does this, and I've always wondered how successful these spin off products are really. Blizzard games have the deepest stories I know (pages and pages in the manual), while most other games are much more shallow. For many games, I play them because of great game play, and not necessarily an engrossing story, which is the reason one would pick up a fictional novel. You have to really feel something for the characters to want to pick up action figures. Do studios do these things just to promote the game or are they actual profit generators?[ Guru ] [ Level 21 ] [ Rank: 260 ]bids
1Makidian posted on Ubisoft Entertainment (UBI.PA) at 2:53PM PST on August 13, 2007. RE: Ubisoft Moving into Film, BooksBack in February, Ubisoft announced it was making a short film based on the upcoming action game Assassin's Creed. An Ubisoft spokesperson told the International Herald Tribune that, "We may consider doing longer-form films or television sometime in the future."[ Guru ] [ Level 18 ] [ Rank: 555 ]
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I assume books are much the same as movies, where the game studio just licenses the content and the book publisher takes the risk. No idea about action figures, but probably also low risk for the game studio. I think licensed spin off products are just additional profits if they can get someone to pay for the license.