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PS5 & PS4 Dominate Ubisoft Sales; Assassin's Creed Valhalla Generates Second-Highest Profit Ever

Ubisoft announced its financial results for the second quarter of the fiscal year 2021-22, related to the period ended on Sept. 30, 2021.

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phoenixwing909d ago

I only bought Valhalla because they said there would be no boosters they're having one less sale next time

Orbilator909d ago

Ah well as a PC player and a lover of steam I'm sure your not the customer that Ubisoft cares about. Not a slagging m8, but judging buy your previous comments your not a console player.

Darkborn909d ago

They care about the kinds that have lots of money and little time to play games.

phoenixwing909d ago (Edited 909d ago )

Not to slag you either but you should realize a sale is a sale in business. They could give a fart to the wind whether or not it was from console or PC that they got their money.

Mr Pumblechook909d ago (Edited 909d ago )

Marketshare of Ubisoft game sales

PlayStation 4 & PlayStation 5 = 37%
PC = 20%
Xbox One & XB Series X/S = 19%
Nintendo Switch = 7%

Ubisoft is one of the biggest publishing companies so its sales numbers take account of huge international markets. These sales figures reveal that the PlayStation install base is approximately double that of the Xbox install base. And is almost the same as the Xbox and PC userbase combined. Of course the marketshare will change over the generation, but how? Will the success of Game Pass lead to more third party game sales on Xbox?

https://twinfinite.net/wp-c...

Flewid638909d ago

You aint lying man, I can never get Ubisoft games to run well on my PC and I have a strong rig. I just end up buying the PlayStation versions of their games to avoid any problems.

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barom909d ago

Team PlayStation, let's go!

Deathdeliverer909d ago

Jesus… PlayStation accounts for a large portion of their income every quarter. Literally the main source even if you go to the previous quarters results. Then a drop to PC in most cases, but a considerable drop to Xbox then a considerable drop to Nintendo. All these things play heavily into those “early access” deals and timed exclusives. A company would really have to fork over some serious dough to cut PlayStation out of a deal for any length of time. The numbers speak for themselves. Really makes me wonder how much Microsoft had to pay Sega to unseat the Yakuza series. It must have been crazy.

jukins909d ago

Gave up on ubisoft awhile ago. Black flag i feel like was their last actually good game just my opinion dont @ me

Deathdeliverer909d ago

Black flag is all that and a bag of chips.

Stanjara909d ago

PlayStation will put all their games day 1 on PC and shut down console production... Sure people sure.

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Sony Patents To Prevent You From In-Game Harassment By Reading Your Emotions

A new patent recently published by Sony wants to gather biometric data of gamers to track whether one is being harassed using AI tools.

Profchaos9h ago(Edited 9h ago)

I hope this is one of those patents that never comes to fruition.

I already dislike the fact you can pay a significant amount for a online service buy associated games and content on said service and get banned from that service over potentially a misunderstanding the bans are already handed out for flimsy reasons

I'd rather see money invested in a ban that simply removes the offensive players ability to communicate with unknown players allow them to continue party chats with friends but not with Joe blow on cod.

exputers5h ago

Agreed. Blizzard recently banned a college Overwatch 2 player who's dependent for saying "shit." Pretty harsh.

z2g2h ago

Take my social security and bank account numbers too! Here’s a picture of my wife and our address.

phoenixwing1h ago

Cmon where's the pictures of your children. Don't hold out on them.

H91h ago

At this rate I feel Sony will eventually sell a room to play games in it where they can monitor your every breath

SegaSaturn66950m ago

I want them to censor erotic content by measuring my groin temperature so i dont get too distracted while playing black ops 2.

Popsicle33m ago

Terrible idea. Not only do I not consent to providing my biometric data, the potential for mishandling biometric data is almost a certainty. Positive stress and negative stress can produce similar changes in biometrics. Interpreting the precise emotion a person is feeling is not only invasive but could be easily misconstrued. I hope this never comes to fruition.

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Embracer CEO Lars Wingefors: "I deserve a lot of criticism."

Embracer CEO demonstrates a masterclass in mental gymnastics in latest interview.
"I'm sure I deserve a lot of criticism, but I don't think my team or companies deserve all the criticism. I could take a lot of that blame myself. But ultimately I need to believe in the mission," he said.

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on_line_forever3h ago

OK give us Kingdoms of Amalur 2 with AAA budget and we will accept your excuse

kaos891h ago(Edited 1h ago)

The king of the studio asset flip scheme that failed.

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Microsoft Seemingly Closes Bethesda France

As part of its plans to cut 1,900 jobs, Microsoft has reportedly shut down operations at Bethesda France, letting go roughly 15 people

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Hereandthere17h ago

Microsoft should have left them stay 3rd party

GamerRN14h ago

If they are let go, they can be whatever they want. They ARE 3rd party now... 🤦

Barlos11h ago

Yeah, they're also jobless.

GamerRN5h ago

They can form a company if they want, they are just as jobless as if "Microsoft had left them as 3rd party".

peppeaccardo6h ago

"MIcrosoft leaves Bethesda do what they know how to do best" ... close! Oh the irony ....
(Citation from a week old article)

ChasterMies2h ago

I think Microsoft and other game publishers are letting people go because they think ai will replace them. Doesn’t matter how much profit they make. They were always going to be let go.

PassNextquestion16h ago(Edited 16h ago)

Bethesda France was made up of roughly 15 people... they couldn't of being doing much

Bethesda France mainly did publishing and marketing within the region

blacktiger14h ago

that's a shame for you to say that, i'm sure Elite loves hearing what you just said.

Mr Logic36m ago

What a stupid thing to say. The elites give 0 fucks what we say on an obscure website in the comments section.

Profchaos16h ago(Edited 16h ago)

Bethesda France focused on publishing and marketing in the region. And 15 people lost their jobs as part of the closure.

I wonder if this is part of Microsoft's strategy to abandoned physical media or possibly gamepass advertising makes their roles redundant you don't need to market a game as hard when the majority of players get the game as part of a sub which already promoted upcoming games

Tacoboto16h ago

It's France too, there's a high likelihood only 1-2 people on the team even had an Xbox.

Profchaos15h ago

Possibly guven all the leaks we know the Xbox brand is really struggling in the region.

Yi-Long12h ago

Well, if your consoles and games are barely found in any stores any more, of course you're gonna struggle finding consumers ...

XiNatsuDragnel15h ago

Tbh Microsoft I think Bethesda being 3rd party same with Activision would probably more competitive than thus scenario imo

Profchaos13h ago(Edited 13h ago)

I think it would have been better for all parties really especially gamers

TheColbertinator14h ago

The recently purchased Activision French offices might take over all the licensing and marketing for Microsoft in France from now on.

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