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Skull and Bones Hits Second-Highest Ubisoft Engagement

Skull and Bones surprises with second-highest player engagement in Ubisoft's history, marking an unexpected success story.

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thorstein58d ago

Funny how all the clickhate was trying to spin that it was "struggling" to reach these very numbers.

Jin_Sakai57d ago

They have less than 1 million players but some people are playing 4 hours a day. That’s your record engagement.

thorstein57d ago

😢 😭 people are playing a game I hate and having fun. Why aren't they hating the game as much as I do?

GamerRN57d ago

It's an absolutely terrible game....

boing157d ago

I don't believe it one bit. Second highest to what? Any numbers?

ChasterMies57d ago

“Ubisoft announced that ‘Skull and Bones’ boasts over four hours of average daily playtime.”

So the few people playing it are spending a lot of time playing it. But there aren’t enough whales to feed this fleet. This game will die like so many other live service money grabs that came before it.

anast57d ago

This includes free trials.

shinoff218357d ago

I've read that same thing. Ifbtruebits not really impressive. Also maybe I missed it but I didn't catch any numbers in the article. Lastly what I did read felt more like an advertisement as if the site mightve caught a couple dollars from the publisher.

anast57d ago (Edited 57d ago )

People are saying it's around 850k across all platforms and free trials. To put it into perspective Helldivers 2 has around 360k 24hr peak on Steam and another 300k at least on PS5, and no free trials.

Aloymetal57d ago

Most likely. I tried the demo on PS5 and it looks so blurry I was shocked, crappy graphics. I thought for a minute I was playing the wrong version (PS4) but then again most games on PS4 look a 1000x better than this not to mention it's a grinding galore. F that.

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Aloymetal57d ago

@EdgeyMan
Yea man, PS is doom now with these layoffs, watch the PS brand starts doing those same lame xbawx numbers from now on.;)

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Media Molecule’s Next Game is Going to be a New IP

A job listing published by the UK studio reveals that its next project will be another entirely new IP.

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Inverno9h ago

The only PlayStation dev I care about tbh.

Cacabunga9h ago

Hopefully doesn’t take them a complete gen to release it

TheColbertinator4h ago

Good. Something not boring, not one of those "make your own game" crap and also on Steam would be nice.

Stopac2h ago

I too like to look for things in the wrong places.

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Outriders Dev's Next Game Has Been Canceled After Publishing Agreement With Take-Two Fell Through

Outriders developer People Can Fly's next game has been canceled after its publishing agreement with Take-Two Interactive fell through.

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Tacoboto1d 13h ago

"the capital group of PCF Group S.A."

If you're getting funding from a group that needs two different ways of Acronyming itself, things will not go the way you want them to.

banger881d 7h ago

If it was more online-only crap then good riddance.

jjb198117h ago

Outriders was crap. They slapped that game together and threw in a loot system to get players' attention. This game was absolutely jank and the always online nonsense made it stutter like crazy. People Can't Optimize.

thorstein16h ago

I liked Outriders but I could see where the artistic vision was compromised. The way the industry is now, it wouldn't surprise me that upper management would scrap something that didn't pull in money via gaas, mts, or other means.

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Escape from Tarkov Unheard Edition Reneges on Promised Content Behind $250 Price Tag

The new Escape from Tarkov Unheard Edition has the community in an outrage after promising exclusive access to the new PvE mode for $250 USD.

Christopher1d 6h ago

$250? Do they not know all the other games that already exist or will be made in the future that can do similar?

SimpleDad22h ago(Edited 22h ago)

This is for the hardcore people that have 2500 h in the game. They basically play that one game the whole year.
Oh and those same people are mad as hell at this... what a way to reward fans of your game and annihilate newcomers.

got_dam6h ago

Read a comment earlier calling it a "special monetization operation." I had to chuckle at that.