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Ubisoft Breaks Down Game Sales By Platform - PS3 Rises And Wii Drops

Which video game consoles do the people running a giant publisher like Ubisoft like the most?

Possibly the ones on which they can sell the most games.

Yesterday, as part of a sales announcement , the "Assassin's Creed" and "Rainbow Six" publisher released statistics that show just which consoles help move the most games.

Ubisoft didn't disclose raw sales figures but did reveal the percentage of the company's game sales on each platform.

Lessons learned: Given that the PlayStation 3 accounted for 20% of the company's sales last year, it's clearly a meaningful machine to Ubisoft. But maybe not as much as the Xbox 360 and the DS, which contributed 26% each.

And what did the Wii do for Ubisoft last year?

You don't want to know.

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Chitown71291 - 612 days 5 hours ago

1 - This is good

Now developers will see that they can make exclusive games for the PS3. They will probally see what can happen when you take your time with the PS3, after Metal Gear Solid 4 releases (which is probally gonna push about 3-4 systems.) It will also sell about 7-8 million copies easily.

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cmrbe - 612 days 5 hours ago

1.1 - I think

The majority of devs knew that it was just a matter of time for the PS3 to regain its dominance. If a non pro analyst like me could see it coming. Big publishers like Ubi would definitely see it as well. This is basically what Sony was saying last year when there were doubts about the PS3 software selling Ability. Stick with the program and you will be rewarded in the long term and not just immediate gains.

Big publishers look at the long term viability of consoles and not just how software are selling this early in the console war. The PS3 they know is future proof and Sony has demonstrated that they do support their consoles for the long haul. As we go forth. The non standard HD and smaller disc space will only make developing more complex games on the x360 alot harder. As for the PS3. The learning curve may be hard and the initial dev cost is expensive but in the long run it will pay dividends as they will be able to produce more games on the PS3 due to its 10 year life cycle.

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ElementX - 612 days 1 hour ago

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BS on 7-8 million copies of MGS4. The last one only sold 3.7 million with 120+ million PS2 owners. Not good

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mistertwoturbo - 612 days 1 hour ago

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I'm going to say MGS4 is going to sell 6-7 million in it's lifetime. It is the last in the series, the added hype and hate from 360 owners will make more people want to buy it just to see what it's all about. Plus the metal gear fans around the WORLD will buy it because it's the Grand Finale.

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angel604 - 612 days ago

1.4 - @1.2

well if you remember when mgs3 came out it didnt have the hype sons of liberty or guns of the patriots had

and its was overshadowed by the hype of halo 2 and gta: San Andreas

and the ps2 library was so vast..so if your gonna knock it because people didnt think it was a good game then your wrong

your probably one of those "metacritic and sales figure determines what kind of game it is" punk lovers

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ElementX - 612 days ago

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Actually, no, i'm not one of those. You can't blame the low sales of MGS3 on lack of hype, Halo, or San Andres. First of all, Halo was on the competitor's system, didn't Xbox only have around 25 million units sold? How would those 25 million XBOX users affect sales of a PS2 game?????????????????

Second, San Andres catered to a different audience. MGS is about stealth, not running around carjacking, hiring prostitutes, and running from the police. If MGS2 sold over 7 million copies worldwide, how would the sequel only sell 3.7 million? If 7 million people PLAYED AND ENJOYED MSG2, wouldn't you think they would buy the next game in the series? Apparently that isn't so. I dunno how to explain it, but the numbers are out there. Your guess is as good as mine

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Danja - 612 days 5 hours ago

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How many games did Ubisoft release for the Wii last year....

and how many of those games were good ?..worth buying ? Rayman ?

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PS360WII - 612 days 5 hours ago

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Now that's a valid point.

Seems they are making good games for the 360, PS3 and DS though.

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Voiceofreason - 612 days 2 hours ago

3 - Ubisoft didnt offer anything worth buying on Wii in 07.

Even the games they did offer were mainly just published by them. They offered very little for the hardcore. Last year was all Petz,Dogz,Catz. And of course they wont learn anything. Their top games on Wii are Redsteel, Rayman, and NMH. 2 out of 3 are not casual games yet they'll keep shoving those down our throats. I wouldnt even doubt it if they were dumb enough to cancel RedSteel 2. Also this list really doesnt mean that much, at least not in the way some think. The only game they offered on PS3 that amounted to any sales was Assasin's Creed with 2.5, everything else they offered had pretty low sales. Some comparable to the casual offerings that Wii owners are getting stuck with.

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Bathyj - 612 days 1 hour ago

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Wow, I'm really surprised the PS3 is so close to the 360 considering userbased. Now devs can probably see PS3 owners DO buy games and buy this time next year when the gap is non existant both consoles will probably be giving Ubi 35% each of there sales if they concentrate on them.

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mistertwoturbo - 612 days 1 hour ago

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Assassin's creed actually did pretty well on the PS3 worldwide. The gaps are really closing in. Maybe that's why they agreed to just let Haze be an exclusive to the PS3.

Assuming PS3 owners even buy Haze considering it's an afterthought to GTA IV and right before MGS4.

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mccomber - 611 days 22 hours ago

4.2 - Agreed

That really surprised me. For all the user base rhetoric we kept hearing, the PS3 is actually moving software; now, if that damn attachment rate would go up a little faster...

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name - 611 days 22 hours ago

5 - @ element x

MGS2 sold 9 million copies.

And wtf @ you acting as if the PS2 was born with 120 million users from launch or something.

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mistertwoturbo - 611 days 22 hours ago

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that is correct name. the install base of PS2 around that time was probably only about 30 million. infact, MGS2 was one of the sole reasons why people even bought a PS2.

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DarK-SilV - 611 days 13 hours ago

6 - You think 120 million console = 120 million persons

I had at least 4 ps2 consoles

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zerolinkgannon - 611 days 13 hours ago

6.1 - I had 3 ^.^

The fat black, the slim black, and now the slim silver. ^.^

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wiizy - 612 days 5 hours ago

1 - lol

none of ubisofts big games came to the wii so that explains the percentage and they were suppose to be a big wii supporter.

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Marty8370 - 612 days 3 hours ago

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Wii has'nt the hardware too do the Big Ubisofts games.

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Voiceofreason - 612 days 2 hours ago

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Yeah AC can be on the DS but some how it cant be put on Wii... not very bright are you.. NO that wasnt a ?

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Lord_Ash - 611 days 15 hours ago

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Please don’t mention AC on the DS it’s one of the worst games ever, I don’t think any one would want this garbage on the Wii and the real game (PS3/360) was having allot of issues on such powerful consoles (like Frame issues, tearing and hanging) I don’t want to think about the unplayable version that would’ve been on the Wii.

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Voiceofreason - 611 days 22 hours ago

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I dont understand why everyone thinks third place sales are enough for any developer to just make everything PS3 exclusive.. Every site is flooded with PS3 supporters now who think the PS3 is just the greatest ever. Yet it shows that in no shape form or fashion. It has the lowest sales of any console. It has the lowest attach rate of any console.Constant delays. The only reason this year is so good is because of all the massive delays last yet.Even in this article it shows that PS3 is 3rd for Ubisoft in sales. Yet people act like it is a major victory and proof every company should be PS3 exclusive. Dont get me wrong I love my PS3. I just cant act like things are golden when it is getting its ass kicked on every front.And that Wii isnt next gen cop out wont work either. thats like xbox claiming the victory last gen because the PS2 was so inferior to the others its sales didnt matter..Sounds retarded yes? Thats what you people that claim Wii isnt next gen sound like. Its pathetic and only shows desperation on your aprt to put your console in first at any cost.

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achira - 611 days 20 hours ago

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are you on drugs ? go play your rodd box.

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ravinshield - 611 days 4 hours ago

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are you on drugs ? go watch gay-ray movies.

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