Ubisoft has simply revealed the statistics of its gross sales for the primary quarter of 2023-24. It has revealed that the entire gross sales for the primary quarter have been €288.9 billion, lower than what it gathered within the first-quarter of 2022. Nonetheless, the corporate additionally listed out the a number of video games which are slated for launch within the the rest of the fiscal yr 2024.
Ubisoft’s Q1 gross sales for FY 2023-24 are down by 9.2% year-over-year, the place it recorded €318.2 million within the Q1 of FY 2022-23. Nonetheless, Ubisoft expects its gross sales to go up within the second quarter of FY 2023–24, roughly as excessive as €350 million. That is based mostly on Ubisoft’s line-up of video games which incorporates Murderer’s Creed Mirage, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Rainbow Six Cell, The Division Resurgence, one other “giant recreation,” in addition to Simply Dance 24 version, Prince of Persia The Misplaced Crown, Cranium and Bones, The Crew Motorfest and XDefiant.
Whereas we have no idea what this “giant recreation” is, this unannounced recreation was additionally talked about in Ubisoft’s reviews for the third-quarter of FY 2022–23. Whereas it seems like the sport has not been revealed but, Ubisoft lately introduced its free-to-play cellular recreation based mostly on Amazon Prime’s Invincible. Moreover, Murderer’s Creed Nexus (VR title), Codename Jade and Codename Pink are additionally anticipated to launch someday in FY 23-24.
As for the confirmed titles, the following massive recreation from Ubisoft is the extremely anticipated Murderer’s Creed Mirage, launching on October twelfth, with Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora December seventh of this yr. Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown is launching on January 18th, 2024. XDefiant can be scheduled for launch in summer season, with The Crew Motorfest scheduled for 2023. Cranium and Bones presently has an “unspecified launch window of 2023–2024.”
Ubisoft CEO on Microsoft-Activision acquisition deal
In different information, as Microsoft’s acquisition deal of Activision Blizzard nears its conclusion, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot shared his ideas on the identical on the newest earnings’ name. As reported by Video Video games Chronicle, Guillemot mentioned:
“I believe it’s excellent news that the transaction can undergo as a result of it’s actually exhibiting the facility of IPs and the place the business goes. So, there will likely be numerous alternatives too sooner or later for all the businesses. And It’s additionally exhibiting the worth of IPs that may now be on console and PC, but additionally cellular, and develop into extra worldwide manufacturers, and once we say worldwide it’s actually all over the place on the earth, and that’s a improbable alternative. And Microsoft is saying that the cellular a part of the Activision deal is necessary. So, all of the funding we’re making to be stronger on cellular are additionally consistent with that, and all these components will assist the worth of the corporate to develop.”
Guillemot is specializing in how Ubisoft and different corporations will likely be positively affected, particularly with regards to increasing into the cellular ecosystem, which is without doubt one of the goals of the deal.