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SamuelRSmith on 29 April 2009
kowenicki said:
Can someone explain to me why I, or anyone other than Ubisoft, should give a damn about which platform generates how much profit for Ubisoft. Particularly as it appears there is virtually nothing in it.

 

Interest?



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Soleron on 29 April 2009
Vetteman94 said:
Soleron said:
Vetteman94 said:
ruimartiniman said:
Year-on-year, the PS3 was stagnant, remaining at the mentioned 20%, while the XBox 360 fell 7% and the Wii rose 7% from the 2007 fiscal year.

If PS3 sales were stagnant then the % would have fallen since sales were up 14% for Ubisoft

 
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What does that have to do with what I said?

 

Um, sorry, I misread your statement. You are correct.

 



Loud_Hot_White_Box on 29 April 2009
Grooski said:
kowenicki said:
Can someone explain to me why I, or anyone other than Ubisoft, should give a damn about which platform generates how much profit for Ubisoft. Particularly as it appears there is virtually nothing in it.

 

Easy. Higher revenue on less unit sales for PS3 = higher cost of exclusivity for X360 = no loss of 3rd party support from Ubisoft for any console = win for gamers.

The Wii is in a different market so its figures are only important in comparison to last year.

 

 

This.

 



Loud_Hot_White_Box on 29 April 2009
kowenicki said:
@grooski

Right, like I thought. I still dont care. I, like others here, WANT exclusives.

Exclusives are good for the future of gaming.

 

The point is that it's good for PS3 getting games (and for PS3 remaining lead platform) and increasingly bad for 360's chances of getting Ubisoft exclusives, unless there's moneyhatting involved.

I agree that exclusives are awesome.  First parties are going to need to make them, though.



Grooski on 29 April 2009
kowenicki said:
@grooski

Right, like I thought. I still dont care. I, like others here, WANT exclusives.

Exclusives are good for the future of gaming.

 

Rubbish. Good, new IP for all consoles is good for the future of gaming. Exclusives are good for nothing but a slight increase in graphical prowess and for stoking the flames of the garbage console war.

 



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ruimartiniman on 29 April 2009
Vetteman94 said:
ruimartiniman said:
Year-on-year, the PS3 was stagnant, remaining at the mentioned 20%, while the XBox 360 fell 7% and the Wii rose 7% from the 2007 fiscal year.

If PS3 sales were stagnant then the % would have fallen since sales were up 14% for Ubisoft

 

Maybe ps3 sales were up 14% in units sold and so overall ( ps3, 360, wii, psp,ds,ps2,...) is 20% again.



DjFlex53 on 29 April 2009
Grooski said:
kowenicki said:
@grooski

Right, like I thought. I still dont care. I, like others here, WANT exclusives.

Exclusives are good for the future of gaming.

 

Rubbish. Good, new IP for all consoles is good for the future of gaming. Exclusives are good for nothing but a slight increase in graphical prowess and for stoking the flames of the garbage console war.

 

This

 



Being in 2nd feels so much better than being in 3rd

thx1139 on 29 April 2009
Grooski said:
thx1139 said:
Really doesnt mean anything without documenting what the releases on or around this period.

 

Makes absolutely no difference. All major HD releases (prince of persia, hawx etc) were multiplat with only 1 exclusive on PS3 and X360 - Haze and Naruto Broken Bond, and there were quite a few niche Wii titles released.

 

Soleron said:
Revenue =/= Profit. Wii almost certainly gives the highest profits out of the three.

Opinions pulled out of ass do not = fact.

Did any of the releases on the PS3 outsell the 360 counterpart.  Otherwise how did the revenue for the PS3 end up higher.  Was it an old title on the 360 that released later on the PS3 that did it? 

Edit: Well after just a little looking in this period Haze (Sales of 750K) and the PS3 version of Enchanted Arms (Sales of 160K) released with no 360 counterpart (Enchanted Arms was in a previous year) while on the 360 there was Naruto (320K).   So easy way to see why revenue was higher on PS3.



Its libraries that sell systems not a single game.

Grooski on 29 April 2009
thx1139 said:
Grooski said:
thx1139 said:
Really doesnt mean anything without documenting what the releases on or around this period.

 

Makes absolutely no difference. All major HD releases (prince of persia, hawx etc) were multiplat with only 1 exclusive on PS3 and X360 - Haze and Naruto Broken Bond, and there were quite a few niche Wii titles released.

 

Soleron said:
Revenue =/= Profit. Wii almost certainly gives the highest profits out of the three.

Opinions pulled out of ass do not = fact.

Did any of the releases on the PS3 outsell the 360 counterpart.  Otherwise how did the revenue for the PS3 end up higher.  Was it an old title on the 360 that released later on the PS3 that did it? 

Edit: Well after just a little looking in this period Haze (Sales of 750K) and the PS3 version of Enchanted Arms (Sales of 160K) released with no 360 counterpart (Enchanted Arms was in a previous year) while on the 360 there was Naruto (320K).   So easy way to see why revenue was higher on PS3.

 

So? Rainbow Six Vegas 2 sold approx 900k extra on X360, wiping out extra sales of any exclusive on PS3.

It seems that PS3 revenue per game sold is higher as unit sales would be lower across the board. Good thing for PS3 owners and for gamers is that Ubisoft will be supporting PS3 in the long term and exclusives for either console may be a thing of the past.

Which very well may mean Splinter Cell Conviction may possibly be multiplat.

 



theRepublic on 29 April 2009

Here's the whole chart (quoting myself from another thread):

theRepublic said:

Breakdown of sales by platform for Ubisoft

                                    Q4 2008/09           Q4 2007/08        12 months 2008/09        12 months 2007/08
Nintendo DS™                    23%                         27%                      29%                                 25%
GBA                                     0%                           1%                       0%                                      1%
PC                                      13%                          4%                       9%                                      7%
PlayStation®2                     2%                          2%                       2%                                        6%
PLAYSTATION®3                15%                        23%                      20%                                   20%
PSP™                                   4%                         2%                        3%                                   4%
Wii™                                    29%                        9%                       18%                                 11%
XBOX 360™                          15%                       33%                      19%                                  26%
TOTAL                                  100%                    100%                    100%                                100%

theRepublic said:
Here's the link:

http://www.ubisoftgroup.com/gallery_files/site/270/1042/1967.pdf

It is on page 5.

 



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