Ubisoft Updates Publishing Schedule; Mysterious Big ame Delayed
Ubisoft is still in the red, but thanks to belt-tightening and good sales of Assassin's Creed: Mirage and The Crew Motorfest, it is slowly climbing out of the hole. This process could have gone faster if a certain „big game” had not suffered a delay. It could be about Star Wars: Outlaws.
Ubisoft has published the financial report for the first half of fiscal year 2023-2024, i.e. the period from April to September. We learn from it that:
- the total revenue of the French company during this period amounted to just over 836 million euros - this is 14.3% better than in the same period of fiscal year 2022-2023;
- sales of Ubisoft's games, DLC, subscriptions, virtual items etc. have increased, generating 822.4 million euros in revenue; a result 17.6% better than that achieved in the first half of fiscal year 2022-2023;
- the result achieved in Q2 was better than expected in the financial report for the first quarter of fiscal year 2023-2024 - the company estimated that games, etc. would generate revenue of €350 million, meanwhile it amounted to 554.8 million euros;
- after deducting viable expenses, however, it turns out that so far this fiscal year Ubisoft is recording a loss of $34.4 million - nevertheless in the same period of the previous fiscal year it was several times higher (190.2 million euros), which shows that belt-tightening has yielded some results.
Good game sales
Also contributing to Ubisoft's improved financial performance were very good sales of two games:
- the best "next-gen" launch of the French;
- The Crew Motorfest - which is the best-rated installment of the series.
Updated release calendar
From the report we also learn something about several Ubisoft games:
- Skull and Bones - is scheduled to be released in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2023-2024, i.e. between January and March 2024.;
- another "big game" from the French, which was supposed to come out at that time, was delayed and will hit the market in the fiscal year 2024-2025 at the earliest - it can be guessed that it is either Assassin's Creed: Red, as the interval since the release of AC: Mirage would be too small);
- before the end of March 2024 the studio is also expected to be released Rainbow Six Mobile.
More:
- Poor Star Wars: Outlaws Sales Leave Ubisoft at Disadvantage. Assassin's Creed: Shadows is Expected to Come to the Rescue
- Star Wars: Outlaws with New Captain. Drew Rechner Outlines Three Key Improvements in 1.4 Update
- Star Wars: Outlaws Launches on Steam. Version 1.4 Removes Stealth Requirement From Almost All Mission Objectives
