Gaming News This video game makes Ubisoft almost as much money as the entire Assassin’s Creed license combined!
Despite the difficulties faced by the publisher, Ubisoft remains one of the biggest in the industry. And according to his latest financial reports, the Frenchman has a few tricks up his sleeve.
A reinvention that is worth it
In 2015, Ubisoft released Rainbow Six Siegethe latest part of his famous tactical game series. This represented a change for the series Rainbow Six However, since the narrative games that made the series famous were not Ubisoft had decided to make it siege a 5v5 multiplayer game. While hardcore fans of the series weren’t necessarily happy to see their series go the game service route, it was a successful transition for Ubisoft. Despite its almost 10-year existence Rainbow Six Siege still enjoys a large fan base and a thriving e-sports scene.
However, it is an adventure that has not been easy for the French publisher. When it was released, this was Hero shooter has received some criticism from players due to numerous bugs and balancing issues. Out of, The development teams have worked to make numerous changes to the gameby improving it from season to season while regularly adding content, particularly in the form of new operators and new playable maps.
Siege in search of the throne of Assassin’s Creed
Recently, Ubisoft released its financial results for the first half of the fiscal year. including a brief summary of the financial success of the various licenses. This short paragraph, discovered by Insider Gaming, states: that Ubisoft congratulates on the 4 billion dollars generated through the “franchise”. Assassin’s Creed“, which reached 2 billion by Far awaythe billion 6 licenses included The division, Ghost Recon et Just dance but above all the three and a half billion collected by Rainbow Six Siege alone.
With such a financial windfall, we can easily understand why the studio would want to make something XDefiant his next popular service game. That has to be said Rainbow Six Siege has mastered the game service step perfectlywith what that means in terms of the season pass (paid) and cosmetics (also paid). There is no doubt that Ubisoft will not abandon the game or its economic model anytime soon, and if the studio is currently looking to improve its image with it publicly, It is likely that the publisher will repeat the process with a new game in the genre, as it seems confident in the viability of the model.
