Will continue to compliment “strong” AAA releases and more
© UbisoftIn Ubisoft’s recent earnings call (where it was revealed that the French company was the best third-party publisher on Nintendo Switch), CFO Frederick Duguet spoke about the publisher’s changing model.
It will achieve this by focusing on free to play titles and premium experiences in addition to AAA and back catalog dynamics.
“We’ve said for a number of years that our normal template is to come up with three or four AAA games, so we’ll stick to that plan for fiscal year 2022. But we see that we are moving further from a model that is to To be focused only on AAA releases for a model where we have a combination of strong AAA releases and strong back catalog dynamics, but also complement our program of new releases with free to play and other premium experiences. ”
“In fiscal 2022, we will continue our evolution from a AAA release-centric model to a model where AAA stands alongside new premium and free-to-play innovative experiences across platforms. These diverse experiences will be fueled together by complementary gameplay and business. models. “
Ubisoft recently released Watch Dogs 3 and Immortals Fenyx Rising and continues to support free-to-play titles such as Hyper Scape and Brawlhalla. In addition, it has announced the return of games such as Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and revived Scott Pilgrim.
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[source ign.com, via purexbox.com]