Splinter Cell en Red Steel 2 verschoven naar 2010
Er was meer slecht nieuws te melden voor de uitgever. Zo zakte omzet met 50% ten opzichte van 2008 naar €83 miljoen in het kwartaal april-juni, 12,6% lager dan de al verwachte negatieve resultaten. Dit zou te maken hebben met tegenvallende verkopen van met name Nintendo DS-games en tegenvallende gamesverkopen van titels die eerder al op de markt gebracht waren. Positief nieuws was er ook, zo groeide het marktaandeel van Ubisoft op de Wii in Europa van 4,6% naar 7,2% en in Amerika van 2,7% naar 4,5%.
"We are currently experiencing a very sharp slowdown in our sales for Nintendo DS as well as sales of back-catalog titles, in the context of a market that is tougher than anticipated. This will have a significant impact on our first-half showing. Against this backdrop, the solid performance of our Wii titles combined with the successful launches of Anno and Call of Juarez are points of satisfaction and demonstrate that good products are continuing to sell well. We are disappointed that we have to postpone the release of several major games but we consider that this choice is the best one in the long-term interests of Ubisoft," aldus Yves Guillemot, de CEO van Ubisoft.
Sam zien we pas in 2010 weer terug