Ubisoft has simply revealed the statistics of its gross sales for the primary quarter of 2023-24. It has revealed that the overall 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 can be 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 primarily based 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 “massive sport,” 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 “massive sport” is, this unannounced sport was additionally talked about in Ubisoft’s experiences for the third-quarter of FY 2022–23. Whereas it appears like the sport has not been revealed but, Ubisoft lately introduced its free-to-play cell sport primarily based on Amazon Prime’s Invincible. Moreover, Murderer’s Creed Nexus (VR title), Codename Jade and Codename Purple are additionally anticipated to launch someday in FY 23-24.
As for the confirmed titles, the subsequent huge sport 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 at the moment 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 ability of IPs and the place the trade goes. So, there can be a lot of 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 in addition cell, 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 implausible alternative. And Microsoft is saying that the cell a part of the Activision deal is essential. So, all of the funding we’re making to be stronger on cell are additionally according to that, and all these parts will assist the worth of the corporate to develop.”
Guillemot is specializing in how Ubisoft and different corporations can be positively affected, particularly in relation to increasing into the cell ecosystem, which is likely one of the targets of the deal.