Things aren’t looking good for them at the moment Ubisoft. The listed, but owner-managed video game company from Paris has to postpone projects again and again, can’t find the right access to free-2-play such as service games and apparently can no longer rely on one of his classics and cash cows. To make matters worse, Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope, a collaboration with, also flopped Nintendo, despite excellent reviews and the widespread Nintendo Switch exclusive platform. After massive losses at stock exchange the question arises: do we need to worry about Ubisoft?
Ubisoft postpones Skull and Bones and cancels seven games
The last fiscal year was apparently more than difficult for Ubisoft. how CEO Yves Guillemot announced, one is confronted with contrasting dynamics in the games market. On the one hand there would be “Mega Brands” and enduringly popular online gameson the other hand, deteriorating economic conditions would have a negative impact on consumer behavior.
In the last fiscal year, therefore, a decision was made to Ubisoft to cancel a total of seven games in development. After Skull and Bones was postponed again, productions like Ghost Recon Frontline and Splinter Cell VR completely off. This means that two titles that should have been trend-setting fail at the same time.
With Ghost Recon Frontline, they wanted battle royale shooters like Call of Duty: Warzone or Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) competition that generate millions in sales month after month across platforms. and Splinter Cell VR could have been an important title for the upcoming Playstation VR 2.
Ubisoft in Need: Just Dance 2023 and Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope flopped
But it gets worse. how Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot frankly admits, one would have of Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope, a collaboration with Nintendo, hoped for significantly more. “Despite excellent ratings, positive reactions from players and ambitious marketing, things went badly for Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope in the Christmas business and the first few weeks of January.”
And it’s not looking good for an eternal classic from Ubisoft either. “just dance couldn’t convince either”. The dance game usually provided a decent income year after year with a very manageable development effort Nintendo Wii, which was only produced until 2013. Lost in the last five years Ubisoft around 65 percent of the market value. Despite several announced titles for Assassin’s Creed, the owner-managed game developer is facing uncomfortable times.
Source: PC gamers
