Ubi's yearly sales up 36% on Rainbow Six Vegas 2, Assassin's Creed

by Jason Dobson { Apr 24th 2008 at 6:29PM }

Money continues to pour into the House that Rayman built as Ubisoft announced fourth quarter sales growth of 10% to €217 million ($339 million). In addition, the company saw its wallet grow by an impressive 36.4% over the entire fiscal year ended March 31, 2008 by some €928 million ($1.45 billion) driven by "stronger than expected" sales of Rainbow Six Vegas 2 (nearly two million units sold), Assassin's Creed (more than six million units sold), and titles from its casual "Games For Everyone" brands.

Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot called 2007-08 a "remarkable year" thanks to "excellent sales" of established brands and a "steady output of new releases...that have performed exceptionally well." Ubisoft also continues to work towards a sales target of €1 billion, or $1.42 billion, for 2008-09, while the exec set the bar high for his company going forward with an expected growth of "at least 15 percent" in the coming year.

Lastly, Guillemot boasted of a "particularly strong" line-up of titles in the year ahead, including seven existing franchises, five new releases, and a continued focus on bringing more casual games on the Wii and DS, one of which we think should be based solely around counting money.

Tags: assassins-creed, assassinscreed, guillemot, rainbowsixvegas, rainbowsixvegas2, ubisoft, yves

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

PojoMofo @ Apr 24th 2008 6:32PM

not suprised,

What I am supprised at is just how well Assasins Creed continues selling. For a new IP, on a game that got so-so reviews, truely remarkable.

EihBeir @ Apr 24th 2008 6:35PM

*sniff*

*sniff, sniff*

I smell an attempted EA buyout nearby.

PojoMofo @ Apr 24th 2008 6:39PM

idk, Ubi might be too big of a fish for even EA to buy. I think EA was going to buy Ubi before AC basically single-handedly made enough money to keep them out of EA's reach

voodoo_craig @ Apr 24th 2008 6:41PM

Ahhhh, Ubisoft! All they need now is a line of sports games and they'll be the new EA.

DangerMouse @ Apr 24th 2008 7:04PM

A Tom Clancy and John Romero collabo would be a sight to see.

DangerMouse @ Apr 24th 2008 7:04PM

Wow, i'm 2/2 today. I should just stop posting. Meant below.

theturtle363 @ Apr 24th 2008 6:44PM

That picture makes me want to have a game where you play as an elite squad of counter terrorists soldiers sent back in time to fight hordes of crusaders

Vcize @ Apr 24th 2008 7:26PM

Wow, that would be all kinds of awesome.

theturtle363 @ Apr 24th 2008 11:01PM

also space dinosaurs, also from the future

cc123 @ Apr 24th 2008 6:49PM

And an important part that was left out:

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/869/869161p1.html

"Breaking down Ubisoft's sales by platform, the publisher revealed their continued emphasis on the Xbox 360. Games for Microsoft's newest platform accounted for 33% of all of Ubisoft's game sales for the quarter, and 26% of all their sales over the past year. The Playstation 3 accounted for 23% and the Nintendo DS 27% of all of Ubisoft's game sales both over the last three months, each growing a few percentage points from their overall yearly performance. The combined sales for the Wii, the PC and the PSP accounted for a mere 15% of all sales for the quarter and only 21% for the entire year. "

Xbox 360 = 33%
NDS = 27%
PS3 = 23%
Wii+PC+PSP = 15%