Ubisoft amid poor sales: cancels 3 unnanounced titles, delays Skull and Bones

[the-pi-guy]

Uhh.... Skull & Bones delayed again, it seems. Ubisoft mentions "upcoming beta phase," adding "Skull and Bones will now be released early 2023-24."

— Stephen Totilo (@stephentotilo) January 11, 2023

[kitler53]

"early 2023-24" is quite the window.  

[BananaKing]

Its crazy how bad ubisoft are doing compared to early last gen

[the-pi-guy]

Era thread

Despite excellent ratings and players' reception as well as an ambitious marketing plan, we were surprised by Mario + Rabbids®: Sparks of Hope underperformance in the final weeks of 2022 and early January. Just Dance® 2023 underperformed as well.

[nnodley]

so was AC: valhalla the last game that did well?

[kitler53]

lol,.  so they are going to blame Nintendo.  no wonder 3rd parties ignore Nintendo. 

[Legend]

Its crazy how bad ubisoft are doing compared to early last gen

Skull and bones will flop. Avatar might be their one chance to make money this year.

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[kitler53]

...or when they sellout to MS. 

[BananaKing]

...or when they sellout to MS.

MS has no idea how to handle studios, it would be interesting to see just how badly they would manage ubisoft who are already bloated and mismanaged.

[kitler53]

MS has no idea how to handle studios, it would be interesting to see just how badly they would manage ubisoft who are already bloated and mismanaged.

for MS that wouldn't even be the point.   assassin's Creed and farcry would become Xbox exclusive and playstation would be 2 steps closer to non-viable.