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In addition to the postponement of “Assassin’s Creed: Shadowbringers” to 2025, Ubisoft announced at the end of September that it would revise its fiscal year targets. Another reason is that the initial sales of “Star Wars: Desperados” were lower than expected. Although the official figures have not been announced, According to foreign media reports, the game is said to have only sold 1 million copies in one month.
According to sources close to the game obtained by Insider Gaming, it has been one month since the release of the AAA-level “Star Wars: Desperados”. Currently, there are only about 1 million units sold worldwide, which is the same as Ubisoft’s last 3A game. “Assassin’s Creed: Visions” is far from the performance of breaking 5 million units in 3 months after its launch.
Ubisoft’s move to update financial reporting targets is not common among major game companies in recent years. Although the main reason is the delay of “Assassin’s Creed: Shadowbringers”, the lower-than-expected sales performance of “Star Wars: Desperados” was also mentioned in the announcement. , even though the authenticity of the sales figures disclosed by insiders has yet to be confirmed, the sluggish sales performance of this 3A Star Wars game is both a fact and a pain point for Ubisoft.
On the other hand, the delayed release of “Assassin’s Creed: Shadowbringers” has attracted intense attention from the outside world. Tom Henderson, a well-known breaking reporter, also mentioned in an exclusive report that many Ubisoft employees have previously promoted the postponement of “Shadowders” internally. At the same time, The development situation has also caused concerns, such as poor team communication, lapses in the approval process, and involvement of historical experts later than usual… and other uneasy situations.
A few more tidbits –
– Never say never when it comes to delays, but the new date, I’m told, is adequate time.
– The delay will affect the AC pipeline, but it is unclear what that looks like for the moment.
– Invictus (AC multiplayer), Obsidian (Black Flag Remake), and…— Tom Henderson (@_Tom_Henderson_) October 1, 2024
It is worth mentioning that there are crazy rumors that “Yasuke” will be removed during the delay. Henderson said that this is unlikely to happen, but the development team is indeed making some story changes about Yasuke, including the way he is portrayed in the game. Ensure the game has a historical foundation in the Assassin’s Creed universe.
According to Henderson, Ubisoft’s internal employees seem to be happy to see the game return to the Steam platform, because many developers have been in favor of letting the game be released on Steam for many years. After all, even Ubisoft’s own announcement has to be frank. Now the Steam platform has become Ubisoft’s current emergency. It is an important platform to revise the distribution strategy and place high hopes on sales.