Ubisoft making a loss - but remains hopeful

[qornea]

Ubisoft reports R861-million loss

Ubisoft upbeat as it expects the PS4 and Xbox One to be a new driving force in the industry

[PaPaRaZZ!]

Ag Watch Dogs and The Division will make up easily for the loss!

[Grievous]

Ag Watch Dogs and The Division will make up easily for the loss!

Yeah. .. but doubt thats going to make the shareholders that happy since one has been delayed to the 2nd quarter next year and the other is only in the 4th quarter. Thats a few quarters of losses still to come.

[AlienTaker]

Don't mention delays please it makes me depressed i was so looking forward to play watchdogs, But i think if they have enough titles to go around on next gen when they are launched it might make up for the loss in revenue a bit but that is a huge loss

Wonder how much of it is contributed to piracy

[Ike_009]

That's the issue with IFRS, it's so hard to capitalise development costs so most expenses get pushed to the SCI. Still I'm sure after watch dogs hits the stage and the next gen kicks off they should return to the green.

[AlphaJohn]

Maybe if they stop forcing Uplay and work with Steam, I would start buying their games again.

[Grievous]

Maybe if they stop forcing Uplay and work with Steam, I would start buying their games again.

This... I would have bought more of their games and the ones I did buy earlier if I didn't have to use Uplay. I don't have issues with companies having their own system, though not fan of having multiple logins, but they force you to use Uplay, and its a piece of shit.

[DeAnt28790]

I feel I should point out the amount quoted is in Rands. $86mil is almost nothing to a company like Ubisoft, and given how Assassin's Creed is still to be released on PC and next-gen, and there's still watch dogs and the crew. You'll find sales of at least $1Billion combined I think.
I still can't make up my mind whether I like Ubisoft. They do make good, quality games, and frequently which is really impressive. I think I just still don't trust them after their DRM days. Plus I still have issues running the last Splintercell.

[Wlad]

I don't get all the hate for Uplay, I actually prefer it to Steam sometimes simply because it does not force you to download any patches when you're installing a game for the first time (or ever, for that matter). I know you can turn off automatic updates on Steam, but I've never been able to skip a patch when I install a game the first time. Hitman Absolution comes to mind; bought it on release day got home at about 19:00 really excited to play, was greeted by a 3GB patch and only managed to start playing at like 00:00 or something. At least with Uplay you can skip the update and get straight to playing the game, allowing you to update the game at a later stage. I hate having to wait to try out a new game I bought. I also really like the Uplay point system, it's cool unlocking bonus content in games.

[AlphaJohn]

I don't get all the hate for Uplay, I actually prefer it to Steam sometimes simply because it does not force you to download any patches when you're installing a game for the first time (or ever, for that matter). I know you can turn off automatic updates on Steam, but I've never been able to skip a patch when I install a game the first time. Hitman Absolution comes to mind; bought it on release day got home at about 19:00 really excited to play, was greeted by a 3GB patch and only managed to start playing at like 00:00 or something. At least with Uplay you can skip the update and get straight to playing the game, allowing you to update the game at a later stage. I hate having to wait to try out a new game I bought. I also really like the Uplay point system, it's cool unlocking bonus content in games.

See your problem is right there, the whole buy a disk thing is so 1990's.

On Steam, I buy the game via the website or even my phone using the Steam mobile app and hit remote install. By the time I get back home my game is ready to go.