Guillemot continued, emphasizing Ubisoft’s belief that over the next five to ten years, a significant number of games will be streamed and even produced in the cloud. This vision drove Ubisoft to enter into its cloud gaming agreement with Microsoft.
Last month, Microsoft revealed its intention to sell cloud streaming rights for Activision’s current and upcoming console and PC games (spanning the next 15 years) to Ubisoft, contingent on the successful completion of Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard. This move was a direct response to concerns raised by the UK’s competition regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), regarding cloud streaming.
