The developer of Baldur's Gate 3 criticized Ubisoft after another problem in the studio

Larian Studios publishing director Michael Douse, who also participated in the creation of Baldur's Gate 3, criticized Ubisoft's approach to releases. At the same time, he took a rash stance on the reckless statement of one of the studio's bosses, who said that games do not belong to gamers.

For context, let us recall that Ubisoft recently disbanded the Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown metroidvania team. The game did not meet management expectations, so the developers were redistributed to three other projects. Michael Douse from Larian Studios decided to explain what strategic mistake has been letting Ubisoft down time and time again.

He published a lengthy post in which he stated that leaving Steam for the sake of promoting its subscription was fundamentally wrong. In his opinion, if the studio had released Assassin's Creed Mirage, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora and Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown in the Valve store at launch, the games would have been much more successful.

At the same time, Michael Douse touched on one controversial phrase by Philippe Tremblay, head of the subscription department at Ubisoft. He said earlier this year that gamers need to come to terms with the fact that the games do not belong to them. The head of publishing house Larian Studios recalled these words and reminded that due to the wrong strategy the studio will fire valuable personnel:

Recall that Ubisoft recently announced a new part of Rayman. Meanwhile, the fate of the studio itself remains uncertain due to its financial situation.