Going forward, Ubisoft is tightening its belt and will focus on fewer games. All told, Ubisoft has reduced its estimated operating income for this year by around $1 billion.īy subscribing, you are agreeing to Engadget's Terms and Privacy Policy. Previously, the company expected that those revenues would increase by 10 percent. Ubisoft expects its net bookings to fall by 10 percent for the year. "We are facing contrasted market dynamics as the industry continues to shift towards mega-brands and everlasting live games, in the context of worsening economic conditions affecting consumer spending," CEO Yves Guillemot said. Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope and Just Dance 2023 didn't perform as well as the company expected. Meanwhile, the company lowered its financial projections target for the October-December quarter from around €830 million ($891 million) to approximately €725 million ($779 million). We have decided to postpone its release in order to have more time to showcase a much more polished and balanced experience and to build awareness." "We believe players will be positively surprised by its evolution. The additional time has already paid off and brought impressive improvements to its quality, which has been confirmed by recent playtests," Ubisoft said in a financial statement. "Players will be able to discover the beauty of Skull and Bones in the upcoming beta phase.
This is the sixth publicly announced delay of Skull and Bones. The pirate sim was supposed to finally emerge on March 9th, but Ubisoft has delayed it until the early part of its 2023-24 fiscal year, which starts in April. Not only that, the company has announced yet another delay for Skull and Bones - a game we first tried all the way back at E3 2017. The publisher has canceled another three games, following the four titles it killed last summer. Starting with a tiny ship and a spear, they’ll quickly work their way up to commanding larger vessels and crews, managing the ongoing threat of mutiny and finding enough food and plunder to placate everyone.Things aren't exactly going smoothly over at Ubisoft.
Set in the Indian Ocean in the 17th century, on a map stretching from the East coast of Africa to Malaysia, Skull and Bones puts the player in the role of a pirate captain seeking to make a name for themselves.
Skull and Bones was also planned to be released on Google Stadia, which debuted two years after the game’s worldwide reveal and will close down for good on Jan.
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Whenever the game gets here, it’ll be available on Amazon Luna, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, and Xbox Series X. Then at the end of September, Ubisoft moved that date to March 9. Still, last summer, the publisher was confident enough in the game to stage a one-hour gameplay reveal livestream, and to give it a Nov. In 2021, Kotaku reported that Ubisoft had sunk more than $120 million into the project. It was first revealed during Ubisoft’s E3 2017 showcase and projected for a 2018 launch. Skull and Bones, developed by Ubisoft Singapore, originated from the well-received naval combat of 2013’s pirate-themed Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag. “The additional time has already paid off and brought impressive improvements to its quality, which has been confirmed by recent playtests.” Ubisoft said it was postponing Skull and Bones’ launch “in order to have more time to showcase a much more polished and balanced experience, and to build awareness.” “We believe players will be positively surprised by its evolution,” Ubisoft said in an accompanying news release. From 2020: What happened to Ubisoft’s Skull & Bones?
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