Interesting Tidbits From The Ubisoft Investor Call

Ubisoft’s investor call following their fiscal year results this past week revealed some interesting details about their games and operations as a whole. None of these were big enough for their own stories, so we compiled them into a quick bullet-list for anyone that wants to read up:

• Digital sales accounted for 18 million Euros of Ubisoft revenue in the past year. Going forward, most games developed by them — including some on the Wii — will include DLC right off the bat.

 

• Assassin’s Creed 2 has sold over 9 million units — over 40% of the first game’s sales so far.

 

• A beta-test will be held for Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood’s multiplayer mode in the coming months. One can expect more details at E3.

 

• Splinter Cell: Conviction, too, has sold about 40% more than prior entries in the franchise in North America. Sales in Europe, however, have been lower.

 

• The Avatar game sold best on Wii with 2.7 million units. Sales were boosted by the movie DVD.

 

• There’s — surprise, surprise — another fitness game coming this year. No mention of whether it would be on Wii, Natal, Move or all of the aforementioned platforms.

 

• Red Steel 2 is selling in line with Ubisoft’s revised expectations. Ubisoft believe big-name games tend to do be among the better selling games on Wii. This is the reason Prince of Persia, HAWX and Ghost Recon all have Wii SKUs.

 

• Ubisoft are forecasting revenue of 145 million Euros in their ongoing first quarter for the current fiscal year.