I took a quick gander at the Ubi financial statements for 2008-09:
Highlights:
- sales: E 1,057 million
- funds re-invested
in game development: E 209 million
- sales from products developped in-house: 81% (60 out of 112)
- PC game sales: 9% of total sales (i.e. 81% from consoles)
-number of employees : 5,765 (83% or 4,790 in production)
-average age of employees: 31.2 years.
http://www.ubisoftgroup.com/index.php?p=195&art_id=
- Ubisoft's profits have gone down from E 110 million in 08 to E 68 million in 09 and they are forecasting a loss of (E 50 million) for 2010.
They have more important things to worry about than a boycott of SH5 by a few hundred consumers.