French publisher reveals sales targets for major holiday releases, including Far Cry 2, Brothers in Arms, and Shaun White Snowboarding.
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The latest release schedule from Ubisoft shows that both the PC version and its prequel, Assassin’s Creed: Altaïr’s Chronicles for the DS, will now be released on March 28th. Previously, both games had been slated for Feb. The schedule also shows that the release period for Haze has been firmed up slightly. The game is scheduled for fiscal Q1, or April-June
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Ubisoft released its Q2 results yesterday for the 2008-09 fiscal year. Sales totaled €175 million (US $220.24 million), beating the previous forecast of €160 (US $201.36 million) and ending up 37% higher than the same quarter last year. The financial report cited the successful launches of Soul Calibur IV in Europe and Hell's Highway, as well as sales of Imagine Teacher, My Secret World and -- Joystiq's favorite -- PlayZone Sports Party.
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First quarter sales for Ubisoft have risen by 25.8 per cent to EUR 169 million, driven by dedicated hardcore games and a rise in sales of the Games for Everyone brand. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2, Assassin's Creed and Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 have been singled out as helping the publisher smash the company's own estimates for Q1 2008 of EUR 154 million
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Ubisoft has announced “record-high profitability” in its full-year 2007-2008 results, with sales climbing 36.4% over 2006-2007 to €928.3 million.
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Sales for the first six months of the fiscal year totaled €261 million ($371.9 million), up more than 52 percent over the same period last year (or 55 percent at constant exchange rates
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US reports suggest that the French publisher may well be clearing a path to a merger with Take Two Interactive... Doesn't sound more than a rumor so far. But an interesting one!
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Ubisoft has told GamesIndustry.biz that the current global economic slowdown won't affect the games industry – as the publisher embarks on a massive recruitment drive to hire 900 new staff within the next 12 months.
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Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter believes that Ubisoft paid $60 million to acquire all of the IP rights to the Tom Clancy name, while Rainbow Six Vegas 2 shipped a million units during its first week on sale.
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Ubisoft announced it has postponed the release of three titles, Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway, Far Cry 2 and Tom Clancy's EndWar, into fiscal 2008, which begins in April. The reason for the delay is to boost numbers for the 2007 fiscal year. Assassin's Creed has sold more copies than Ubisoft initially forecasted and by pushing back the release of these three titles, the publisher cuts on development and marketing costs associated with the launch of a video game.
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