What is Ubisoft doing? A few days ago, canceled the presentation of financial results for the last semesterand stopped trading on the stock exchange.
Rumors suggest that another company could take over your assets; a mess that adds to the subsidiary itself created by Ubi, to manage its large licenses.
But shareholders no longer wait: they need to know these results. Ubisoft warns that they will not be positiveand you’ve already found the perfect culprit: free games.
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Ubisoft attributes its decline to a lack of momentum in new releases
Ubisoft’s UK division presented a strategic report, warning that annual revenue will fall in the current fiscal yearwhich ends in March 2026.
According to your data, this loss It is due to the drop in sales of physical gamesand point to two main culprits: the most popular free games, such as Fortnite or Roblox, and subscription services.
This is how the report explains it: “The traditional “full set” model, which involves selling the consumer a single set for £50 to £60 as a one-time purchase, is becoming less frequent”.
According to the British subsidiary, subscription services, games as a service, free and cloud gaming offerings They offer increasingly attractive alternatives to traditional paid titles.
“Users are playing fewer games, spending more time on them, and as a result, Many new titles are having a hard time standing out and achieve the sales they could have achieved before”they add.
Faced with a more volatile market, where the potential of any specific security is less predictable, Ubisoft anticipates “limited revenue for the next fiscal year”.
While Ubisoft’s arguments are not new, the report itself adds a key that changes everything: the company will receive less revenue because it will barely release any games in 2026.
In fact, they point out that the loss of income will be related to “a smaller calendar of physical releases next year”.
There is nothing confirmed about this possible game lineup.in addition to the possible debut of the remake of Prince of Persia. No sign of Splinter Cell’s return or the new Far Cry.
Very soon we will know if Ubisoft’s “prophecies” are based on: They are expected to publish their fiscal results soonwhich could be accompanied by a total transformation for the company.
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