{"id":596731,"date":"2023-01-12T05:49:17","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T11:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/12\/ubisoft-delays-skull-and-bones-slashes-sales-targets\/"},"modified":"2023-01-12T05:49:17","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T11:49:17","slug":"ubisoft-delays-skull-and-bones-slashes-sales-targets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/12\/ubisoft-delays-skull-and-bones-slashes-sales-targets\/","title":{"rendered":"Ubisoft delays Skull and Bones, slashes sales targets"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ubisoft’s Skull & Bones ships in 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ubisoft<\/a> announced today it\u2019s delaying at least one of its games, canceling three others and redoing its financial targets for 2023. This is all part of its new \u201cstrategic focus\u201d focusing on its primary brands in response to \u201cworsening macroeconomic conditions\u201d and how the publisher\u2019s games underperformed in late 2022.<\/p>\n

Skull and Bones, already one of the most chronically delayed games<\/a> in history, has pushed back yet again. Previously, it was set to release this coming March. Now it\u2019s due to launch sometime in early in the next fiscal year, which runs from April 2023 to March 2024. Ubisoft is also canceling three unannounced projects in order to put all of its money and energy into its major brands.<\/p>\n

Ubisoft has revised its net bookings target for 2023 from about \u20ac830 million to about \u20ac725 million \u2014 around a 13% decrease. It\u2019s also lowered its expectations for net bookings from up 10% YoY to down 10% YoY. Its new non-IFRS operating income target for 2023-24 is \u20ac400 million.<\/p>\n

According to Ubisoft, Mario+Rabbids: Sparks of Hope and Just Dance 2023 both underperformed in December and January, which was \u201cmarkedly and surprisingly slower than expected.\u201d The publisher says that it is \u201cfacing major challenges as the industry continues to shift towards mega-brands and long-lasting titles than can reach players across the globe, across platforms and business models.\u201d Ubisoft is attempting to adapt its brands and focus accordingly.<\/p>\n

Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Duguet, Ubisoft\u2019s CFO, said that the company still plans to release Assassin\u2019s Creed Mirage, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Skull and Bones and at least one yet-to-be-announced premium game in the 2023-24 season.<\/p>\n

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