Big Ubisoft titles delayed

[Xeon]

Big Ubisoft titles delayed

July 27, 2009 - Ubisoft announced its first fiscal quarter sales this morning. Among the news that the company saw a 50% decline in sales, some of its stronger titles have been pushed to 2010.

Splinter Cell: Conviction will now be released in the fourth quarter fiscal calendar year, which beings on January 1, 2010.

Other early 2010 titles, Ghost Recon 4 and I Am Alive, are now slated for a fiscal year 2010-11 release.

Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot said the decision to delay the titles will have a better financial impact on the company long-term.

"We are disappointed that we have to postpone the release of several major games but we consider that this choice is the best one in the long-term interests of Ubisoft," he said.

 

[Tsuyu]

Re: Big Ubisoft titles delayed

Big Ubisoft Tee-tees, cousin! :lol:

Honestly, that's what I thought when I read the thread title.

 

[Xeon]

Re: Big Ubisoft titles delayed

Splinter Cell Suspended for Extra Polish


Ubisoft details reasons behind delay.


by Martin Robinson, IGN UK


UK, July 28, 2009 - Splinter Cell Conviction has been delayed in order that the game can receive more spit and polish, as Ubisoft has detailed the thinking behind pushing the game back to early 2010.

Ubisoft Montreal's game was one of a number of games from the publisher that was moved out of the latter half of this year, and CEO Yves Guillemot explained the reasoning in a conference call listened into by Joystiq. "The changes on Splinter Cell and Red Steel – it's just a question of polish," said Guillemot, "The quality of the games is there for what you've been able to see at E3, but we were not able to have that same quality on the full game of those two products."

Splinter Cell: Conviction is something of a reboot for the long-running stealth series, and early looks have seriously impressed, with Sam Fisher engaging in a more direct and action-focused take on the game. It's not the only game to have been pushed back this year, with Heavy Rain, Alan Wake and Bioshock 2 all fleeing from the behemoth that will be Activision's Modern Warfare 2.

Extra polish my ass