Ubisoft has too much dead weight because they are not just a publisher but also a distributor in Europe.
Not to mention French labour laws will prevent anyone from culling the staff.
Sony already has a presence in Europe but they made significant cuts also.
Nintendo has ~8000 employees
Sony ~12000
EA ~13700
Ubisoft ~18000
Who wants to add 18000 poorly motivated activist employees to their headcount of which ~10% are French and "work" from 9 - 5 with a permanent contract and will go on strike the minute you announce cutting back paid vacation days from 60 to 50 days to save some costs. Plus it's a family business which is already a headache when buying a 'small' family business let alone a bloated one like Ubisoft.
Sony would probably be interested because they think they can turn Assassins Creed into a multi-billion dollar entertainment franchise with TV shows, movies and games and they can rival Xbox in size again. But it would instantly turn the screws on anything PlayStation does from here on out like the Activision deal did for Xbox.
Not to mention French labour laws will prevent anyone from culling the staff.
Sony already has a presence in Europe but they made significant cuts also.
Nintendo has ~8000 employees
Sony ~12000
EA ~13700
Ubisoft ~18000
Who wants to add 18000 poorly motivated activist employees to their headcount of which ~10% are French and "work" from 9 - 5 with a permanent contract and will go on strike the minute you announce cutting back paid vacation days from 60 to 50 days to save some costs. Plus it's a family business which is already a headache when buying a 'small' family business let alone a bloated one like Ubisoft.
Sony would probably be interested because they think they can turn Assassins Creed into a multi-billion dollar entertainment franchise with TV shows, movies and games and they can rival Xbox in size again. But it would instantly turn the screws on anything PlayStation does from here on out like the Activision deal did for Xbox.