janh
03-04-10, 04:29 PM
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot: "In a highly competitive environment, Ubisoft reported full-year sales growth of 18 percent at constant exchange rates in 2008-09, as well as the second-best profitability among comparable companies in its industry."
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6208802.html
Guess there's no meaningful way to check present sales or preorder statistics for the new PC games with DRM in Q1 2010? I'd be curious whether there will be a connection between DRM, quality and sales? Though the above statement indicates that increasing revenues doesn't lead to a feedback to increased quality releases, or the other way around. Shouldn't SHIV impacted this period, too? What about more recent sales reports, any secured numbers?
This one would be nice to read....
http://www.alacrastore.com/research/thomson-streetevents-Q3_2009_Ubisoft_Sales_Annual_Targets_Conference_Ca ll-T2679886
This seems to be a partial transcript of the above. Interesting, Ubi clearly moves away from PC towards consoles.
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/27165/Ubisoft_Q3_Sales_Edge_Down_As_It_Ramps_Up_Big_Fran chises.php
"The company also said it will reduce "new creation investments," a strategy that Ubisoft says will lower risk and give investors higher visibility, reducing volatility, while accelerating cash flow."
Read: release new games earlier and more regularly. Less development time... SHV? So the SHIV development will start in a couple of weeks?
Yves Guillemot: "Our goal is to increase [release frequency], and release games more often," Guillemot said. "If we can [release major franchise installments] more often, we don't think it will fatigue, but actually increase the visibility of those brands, and allow our customers to expect them more often."
Now, I would strongly disagree with that. How much new features would a game with short development cycle have? Or would each new game sequel under that concept be released right away in the budget section? I'd bet there is a person that will leave his CEO chair this autumn...
http://www.adrbnymellon.com/dr_profile.jsp?cusip=90348R102
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6208802.html
Guess there's no meaningful way to check present sales or preorder statistics for the new PC games with DRM in Q1 2010? I'd be curious whether there will be a connection between DRM, quality and sales? Though the above statement indicates that increasing revenues doesn't lead to a feedback to increased quality releases, or the other way around. Shouldn't SHIV impacted this period, too? What about more recent sales reports, any secured numbers?
This one would be nice to read....
http://www.alacrastore.com/research/thomson-streetevents-Q3_2009_Ubisoft_Sales_Annual_Targets_Conference_Ca ll-T2679886
This seems to be a partial transcript of the above. Interesting, Ubi clearly moves away from PC towards consoles.
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/27165/Ubisoft_Q3_Sales_Edge_Down_As_It_Ramps_Up_Big_Fran chises.php
"The company also said it will reduce "new creation investments," a strategy that Ubisoft says will lower risk and give investors higher visibility, reducing volatility, while accelerating cash flow."
Read: release new games earlier and more regularly. Less development time... SHV? So the SHIV development will start in a couple of weeks?
Yves Guillemot: "Our goal is to increase [release frequency], and release games more often," Guillemot said. "If we can [release major franchise installments] more often, we don't think it will fatigue, but actually increase the visibility of those brands, and allow our customers to expect them more often."
Now, I would strongly disagree with that. How much new features would a game with short development cycle have? Or would each new game sequel under that concept be released right away in the budget section? I'd bet there is a person that will leave his CEO chair this autumn...
http://www.adrbnymellon.com/dr_profile.jsp?cusip=90348R102