^ Yeah Ubisoft has been pretty lousy at least for the past 3 years now. Valhalla was the shitiest AC game in recent memory, FC6 was the same old shit that we have been playing for ages now, Ghost Recon is done for. Siege is probably their only game thats been a critical and commercial hit. Let's see how they fuck up the one game that I have the fondest memories of since I was child i.e. Splinter Cell.
But you are right, industry consolidation is usually never healthy and I think both Sony and MS should push the breaks now on their buying sprees if they care about the long term health of this industry in general.