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janh · 03-09-10, 03:04 PM

At this point we can only speculate how the new DRM scheme (and of course also the release quality) will affect the sales here. Somewhere someone posted a reference to Steam (I can't find the thread quickly), where Silent Hunter V and Assassins Creed II seem to be doing fine relative to other titles. Although I was surprised that Operation Flashpoint 2 Dragon Rising rerelease did better.

On Newegg, or amazon.com/.de/.uk the titles don't seem to be doing so well judging from the sales rank, and the consumer reviews. However, there are several versions of the releases, and you'd have to average them to get a more representative picture. Finally, all those relative sales ranks don't tell you about the total volume of sales, which is the meaningful property (and allows to estimate the all-important revenue). Finally, those are only a few sales channels, and I don't know how much percentage of sales Ubisoft makes through only those 3 channels.

So I guess we will have to wait a couple of weeks for Ubisofts official quaterly report, or the official information for their stock holders. Judging from the price development of SHV in several European Online stores established from price search engines (somewhat credible I guess), SHV price dropped from an average of ca 46 Eur to meanwhile 39 Eur within a week, steadily. On Amazon it appears to be similar. Maybe that is a market indicator for the customer reception of their OSP ideas.

The future will be exciting for sure, waiting for the effect on Ubis sales. I still hope that was Ubi's last voyage to intrusive DRM worlds (or resale limitation, etc), and that other companies will learn from it without repeating the experiment.

03-09-10, 03:04 PM	#7
janh Stinking drunk in Trinidad Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 349 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	At this point we can only speculate how the new DRM scheme (and of course also the release quality) will affect the sales here. Somewhere someone posted a reference to Steam (I can't find the thread quickly), where Silent Hunter V and Assassins Creed II seem to be doing fine relative to other titles. Although I was surprised that Operation Flashpoint 2 Dragon Rising rerelease did better. On Newegg, or amazon.com/.de/.uk the titles don't seem to be doing so well judging from the sales rank, and the consumer reviews. However, there are several versions of the releases, and you'd have to average them to get a more representative picture. Finally, all those relative sales ranks don't tell you about the total volume of sales, which is the meaningful property (and allows to estimate the all-important revenue). Finally, those are only a few sales channels, and I don't know how much percentage of sales Ubisoft makes through only those 3 channels. So I guess we will have to wait a couple of weeks for Ubisofts official quaterly report, or the official information for their stock holders. Judging from the price development of SHV in several European Online stores established from price search engines (somewhat credible I guess), SHV price dropped from an average of ca 46 Eur to meanwhile 39 Eur within a week, steadily. On Amazon it appears to be similar. Maybe that is a market indicator for the customer reception of their OSP ideas. The future will be exciting for sure, waiting for the effect on Ubis sales. I still hope that was Ubi's last voyage to intrusive DRM worlds (or resale limitation, etc), and that other companies will learn from it without repeating the experiment. __________________ Scientific facts are not determined by the opinion of the majority, nor by a democratic vote.