For French-headquartered publisher Ubisoft, the Petz series of animal sims is a surprisingly vibrant casual franchise - with recent financials revealing the series has sold more than 8 million units worldwide to date.
In fact, its rise is so notable that Ubisoft Montreal has taken the Wii version of Dogz 2008, the latest in the 13-year history of the franchise, in-house to ensure internal development competency for the series.
At a recent Ubisoft event, Gamasutra had a chance to speak with Benoit Galarneau, producer of Petz title Dogz 2008 at Ubisoft Montreal, and a veteran of licensed and family-specific games at the publisher.
