With so many studios starting to get vacuumed up by the bigger companies, fans have begun to wonder about who is left and what their futures could possibly be. Fan speculation has even attempted to link certain developers to companies, such as Sony and Konami, who holds the rights to traditional PlayStation IPs like Metal Gear and even Silent Hill. Some of the bigger fish still independent are Electronic Arts and Ubisoft, both of which recently addressed their futures and even the idea of being acquired.

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In terms of Ubisoft, CEO Yves Guillemot and CFO Frédérick Duguet recently held a conference call with investors, reporting on sales, taking questions, and laying out release windows for games currently in development like Skull & Bones, Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope, and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. However, Guillemot was asked specifically about the recent rise in acquisitions around the industry and what Ubisoft’s perspective would be.

Surprisingly, Guillemot seemed fairly open to it, though he did confirm that Ubisoft plans to remain an independent company thanks in large part to its financial scale as well as its large portfolio of IPs. However, any offer made to acquire Ubisoft would be reviewed by the board of directors instead of being outright rejected. When asked why the company hasn’t yet seen any offers to be purchased, Duguet and Guillemot declined to comment, simply reiterating the company’s high value assets and scale to “create very meaningful value in the future.”

What’s interesting about this admission is that Ubisoft now appears open to being acquired, something the company was vehemently against just a few years ago. A multi-year saga between Ubisoft and Vivendi took place back in 2016, raising hostilities between the two companies regarding being acquired. Vivendi initially wanted a bigger presence in the gaming industry, so it began purchasing more and more stock of the Ubisoft. Fearing a hostile take over, Ubisoft began rebuying shares to keep Vivendi from becoming majority owner and initiating a takeover bid. Ultimately, Vivendi backed off, selling off its shares and leaving Ubisoft to remain independent.

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Source: Ubisoft