PS4 vs Xbox One: Ubisoft Sales Show PlayStation Games Outsold Xbox One Games
The advantage of Sony in the battle of the video game consoles is remarkably overwhelming with Ubisoft's latest earnings report. The data crunch revealed that the publisher's PlayStation 4 games outsold Xbox One games by over double.
According to a report from GameSpot, the PlayStation 4 was the French publisher's top-performing console with 27 percent of the company's total sales over a six-month period ending Sept. 30. Although this is over double of its biggest rival, it's also a significant drop from last year's 32 percent slice of Ubisoft's sales.
The next biggest performer is the PC platform with 17 percent of total sales, while Xbox One comes third with 12 percent. Sony and Microsoft's previous generation consoles PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 both accounted for nine percent each of the publisher's sales.
The report from Game Spot revealed that Ubisoft achieved more than their projected revenue and back catalog sales increased by 53.1 percent, although the company chalked up a €65.7 million during the period. Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot addressed the findings in a statement to Game Spot.
"The quality of our back-catalog and the growing digitization of our business enabled us to deliver a solid performance in the first half of the year, even though -- as planned -- we did not release any major titles during the period," Guillemot explained. "The fact that more than 80 percent of our annual sales are expected to be generated in the second half of the year mechanically weighed on our earnings for the first six months."
Among the games that Ubisoft will be releasing by the end of 2015 are "The Crew Wild Run," "Far Cry Primal," "The Division" and the much-awaited "Rainbow Six Siege."
In a statement to the Examiner, Guilemot shared his positive outlook for the first quarter of 2015-2016 and Ubisoft's future, especially with the onslaught of open-world games.
"The outlook for our industry continues to be very promising, with a return to growth, a healthier competitive environment, and the favorable impact of digital," he said. "Against this backdrop, Ubisoft has unique value-creating potential. We are ideally positioned in open-world games, whose market share is increasing. We also own our brands and have the in-house skills and expertise to create them. These two significant characteristics offer our shareholders an unrivaled level of long term visibility and security."
Guillemot added that other advantages of the publisher include multiplayer games that improve player engagement and digital profits, as well as being able to extend the different franchises beyond gaming.
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