Ubisoft never hid number of sales if numbers were good

[RigelOne]

Just made some research and it's a fixed pattern: if sells are good, Ubi ALWAYS brag about it.
There seems to be no instance showing them doing otherwise. Every time when they hide sells, it's because of underperformance and when the game sells less than expected.

This simple fact makes that massive marketing bombardment look bizarre. You can read about massive success everywhere and the players feedback under those articles is extremely moderated.


Examples of releases where the sells were good and revealed:

- Assassin’s Creed Valhalla

- Far Cry 5

- Rainbow Six Siege


Examples of releases where Ubi hid the sells numbers and games were total flops:

- Beyond Good & Evil 2 (ongoing production with no revealed preorders or any progress-related financial details which suggests ongoing development hell)

- Ghost Recon Breakpoint

- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake

- Roller Champions


+ 2 games that sold below expectations although weren't "total" flops, but Ubi hid sells anyways:

- Riders Republic

- The Division 2

[Armor Doge]

Interesting observation.

Now, what would they have to hide?
Why?
This is really a big, BIG mystery.

[DmonHiro]

Anyone with a brain will know this already. It's so obvious.

[patrick68794]

"sells numbers"

[Citizen Cook]

I don’t know why they would hide the numbers if they’re good.
Microsoft started hiding their hardware box hardware sales when they got whooped by Sony.

[HorzaEdeo]

beyond good & evil 2 that hasn't released yet and still has no release date? THAT didn't sell well?

[Why Hello ☻☻☻]

Originally posted by patrick68794:

"sells numbers"

People's jobs are at steak if sells number are low.

[RigelOne]

Originally posted by HorzaEdeo:

beyond good & evil 2 that hasn't released yet and still has no release date? THAT didn't sell well?

they never disclosed preorder number or progress-related financial details. That's what happens when games productions stuck in so called ongoing development hell.

[bshock]

They have announced numbers. The last one mentioned two million players. Copies sold are of no concern to you. They will make an official announcement around 10 million sold as typical for Ubisoft.

[Maschendraht]

You don't know if they're going to show the sales numbers for Shadows. It's not even a week since it released. Give it two months. Until then, it's all pointless speculation.

[Citizen Cook]

Originally posted by HorzaEdeo:

beyond good & evil 2 that hasn't released yet and still has no release date? THAT didn't sell well?

BG&E would need to sell 50 million copies to break even at this point, it’s been in development so long.

[RigelOne]

Originally posted by bshock:

...Copies sold are of no concern to you...

oh, I didn't know that. Why nobody told me?!
I beg your forgiveness.

[Silvarsson]

Originally posted by bshock:

They have announced numbers. The last one mentioned two million players. Copies sold are of no concern to you. They will make an official announcement around 10 million sold as typical for Ubisoft.

2 millions players = copies sold => milestone.

They're not bragging about concurrent players.

Copies sold inclues pre sales (which big franchises always do, and tend to sell a lot during presales).

[Citizen Cook]

Originally posted by RigelOne:

Originally posted by HorzaEdeo:

beyond good & evil 2 that hasn't released yet and still has no release date? THAT didn't sell well?

they never disclosed preorder number or progress-related financial details. That's what happens when games productions stuck in so called ongoing development hell.

I’ve had a preorder with GameStop for this game since 2008 for Xbox 360.

[RigelOne]

Originally posted by Citizen Cook:

Originally posted by RigelOne:

they never disclosed preorder number or progress-related financial details. That's what happens when games productions stuck in so called ongoing development hell.

I’ve had a preorder with GameStop for this game since 2008 for Xbox 360.

oh, so that was you! thanks for clarification. ;D

[Citizen Cook]

Originally posted by RigelOne:

Originally posted by Citizen Cook:

I’ve had a preorder with GameStop for this game since 2008 for Xbox 360.

oh, so that was you! thanks for clarification. ;D

I’m keeping the faith🙂