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Ubisoft posts Q4 revenues

By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpotPosted Apr 28, 2006 3:07 pm PT

French publisher's quarterly sales sink by more than a third, but industrywide malaise allows it to increase market share.

Ubisoft has released its financial results for its fourth quarter (ended March 31, 2006), and the news is mixed for the French publisher. On the one hand, it increased its market share in the US, UK, and France by an average of 1 percent. On the other hand, its overall sales dropped by more than a third from the same quarter the year before, from 219 million euros ($277 million) to 144 million euros ($182 million).

Ubisoft attributed the gains in market share to the performance of its first three Xbox 360 games: Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie, Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, and Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII. Ghost Recon in particular sold more than 1.6 million copies for the publisher, with roughly half of them being the Xbox 360 version of the game.

In a statement accompanying the results, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot stressed the importance of the publisher's establishing a foothold on the Xbox 360. "The tremendous success of Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter confirms our ability to be at the forefront on new consoles," Guillemot said. "It should support Ubisoft's financial performance during the coming fiscal year, as we expect the Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony PS3, and Nintendo Revolution installed base to ramp up rapidly."

For the full year, Ubisoft posted a 3 percent increase in revenues, from 532 million euros ($672 million) to 547 million euros ($691 million).

38 Comments

  • pyth0n13

    Posted May 12, 2006 10:22 am PT

    i love ubisoft

  • ultimate_zero

    Posted May 1, 2006 5:40 pm PT

    Ubisoft has the greatest kind of games, their very innovative, and thats one of the things thats helping them out.

  • killaaaa

    Posted May 1, 2006 8:35 am PT

    hell yea!!!

  • XManTMG

    Posted May 1, 2006 8:26 am PT

    Just watch them jump another 5 percent when Splinter Cell hits.

  • Kwiksilva

    Posted May 1, 2006 7:12 am PT

    this year will be very good for them since they are developing on the wii

  • chrisdojo

    Posted May 1, 2006 5:01 am PT

    oops. maybe they'll make some $$$ if they publish crysis.

  • Mother-Beef

    Posted May 1, 2006 1:07 am PT

    i heart ubisoft

  • howin

    Posted Apr 30, 2006 5:01 am PT

    i wish i can have the money

  • blackIceJoe

    Posted Apr 29, 2006 7:43 pm PT

    Its good to see the games selling but wish they would have sold more for them.

  • comthitnuong

    Posted Apr 29, 2006 1:37 pm PT

    thats what happends

  • AllSystemsRocks

    Posted Apr 29, 2006 12:05 pm PT

    oh oui ubi

  • anamnawshad

    Posted Apr 29, 2006 10:45 am PT

    Ubisoft is one of the best

  • NeoJedi

    Posted Apr 29, 2006 10:25 am PT

    Everybody's going downhill, so it's just normal that Ubisoft follows the flow.

  • Blazer88

    Posted Apr 29, 2006 9:44 am PT

    Well as far as thier PC games are concerned they will probably now have increasing sales in the future as I think alot people liked thier games but didn't want to mess with Star Force.However since they have dropped them,.........should be new customers,.or returning of old ones.

  • Battta2

    Posted Apr 29, 2006 8:18 am PT

    Just make a new Prince of Persia and earn a lot of money.

  • soulknight63133

    Posted Apr 29, 2006 5:28 am PT

    Ubi and Bethesda are the only two companies I've seen that actually made true "next-gen" titles. Congrats Ubi!

  • gdogg4210

    Posted Apr 28, 2006 8:36 pm PT

    :~

  • chrisdojo

    Posted Apr 28, 2006 8:02 pm PT

    ok.

  • mkeelahi

    Posted Apr 28, 2006 6:33 pm PT

    Ubisoft is the one!!!!!

  • Shingo

    Posted Apr 28, 2006 6:20 pm PT

    Ya! Go Ubisoft! They are my 2nd fav game company behind the big N and *sigh* their wii

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