Ubisoft: we take our profits from Wii and DS and fund 360 and PS3 development

[Zenien]

Ubi's casual games fund 360 and PS3 development

Buying into Ubisoft's casual range of games is going to fund its hardcore efforts.

August 26, 2007 - The development and subsequent sales success of casual games on Nintendo's Wii and DS is an "extremely profitable" business for Ubisoft, according to the company's CEO Yves Guillemot, who told Reuters at the Games Convention in Leipzig last week that these games help to finance the costly development of games for Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3.

Guillemot explained that the development of casual games costs anywhere from 1 million euros to 4 million, depending on how many platforms they're being created for. By comparison, a normal Wii game costs about 5 to 10 million euros, while an Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 one costs from 10 million to 20 million.

Casual games are expected to contribute 20% of Ubisoft's revenue this year, which is up 10% on last year. Meanwhile, the entire games industry is attracting many more customers which are, according to Guillemot, "going to grow the market tremendously. I expect the market to grow by 50 percent in the next four years," he said, concluding, "It's a very exciting time for all the developers and publishers."

http://www.aussie-nintendo.com/?v=news&p=16574

 

[GoldenAgeHero]

lmao,while ubisoft gives all thiergood games to the others leaving wii with crappy games.noice!

 

[Zenien]

Hey Ubisoft, I know that this is a radical idea, but why don't you take the profits you've made from Wii games and put those profits back into making good original IP Wii games to make even more money.

 

[GoldenAgeHero]

hush zenien.

 

[Zenien]

Oh, sorry.

 

[amazingfantasy15]

Rayman Raving Rabbids was great, if they continue to produce games like that for Wii and it funds more Tom Clancy games for the 360 I'm cool with their plan.

 

[Brainiac 8]

Meh, Raving Rabbids was quite fun....and I'm sure Red Steel 2 will improve upon the original idea the first game had.

It doesn't bother me, Ubisoft is one of my least favorite companies out there, so alls ok. if it means getting some good stuff for the Wii and some good stuff for the other systems, then it's all good.

This whole console war is stupid. The Wii is cheap enough and will have a great library by years end that it'll worth having it along side any of the two other systems. I didn't buy the Wii for Ubisofts contributions to it.

 

[GFreeman]

Ubi Soft isn't a developer thats going to take advantage of the Wii in any meaningful way anyways. The best they're ever going to put out for the system is a gimmick.

 

[WhatsHisFace]

Their money is better spent on Assassin's Creed than the Rayman games that don't even have Rayman in them.

 

[Brainiac 8]

Their money is better spent on Assassin's Creed than the Rayman games that don't even have Rayman in them.

Actually I agree....Assassin's Creed seems like it'll be the best thing they have done in a long time. There are other companies making quality games for the Wii, that I don't really care what Ubisoft does for the system.

 

[Sandman138]

Meh, I gave up on Ubisoft long ago.