| PS3 is UbiSoft's top sales generator for 2008 | |
| Posted on April 29, 2009 | by Nick |
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UbiSoft's 2008 fiscal year just came to a close on March 31, and the multi-national developer released their preliminary stock holder report. Surprisingly, the PS3 was the top sales generator of the 3 home consoles for UbiSoft at 20%. The XBox 360 and Wii followed closely behind, however, at 19% and 18% respectively. Year-on-year, the PS3 was stagnant, remaining at the aforementioned 20%, while the XBox 360 fell 7% and the Wii rose 7% from the 2007 fiscal year.
UbiSoft released several titles for the platform in the 2008 fiscal year, sharing many releases with the XBox 360, including Prince of Persia, Far Cry 2, Tom Clancy's HAWX and EndWar. UbiSoft did publish one exclusive for each platform, Haze and Naruto: Broken Bond, for the the PS3 and XBox 360 respectively. During the 2009 fiscal year, UbiSoft is banking on several big name franchise sequels, namely Ghost Recon 4 and Assassin's Creed 2. The full report is due out May 27.
http://www.ps3center.net/news/2846/ps3-is-ubisofts-top-sales-generator-for-2008/
